The proposed link between the resorts of Les Deux Alpes and Alpe d'Huez will be opened in 2012, a source at Deux Alpes Loisirs (DAL) confirmed today. The link will go from Mont de Lans in the Deux Alpes area to Auris in the Alpe d'Huez area via the village of Freney.
It is thought that work on the telecabine will start later this year and be completed for the Winter season 2012/13. It also emerged that DAL, which controls the mountain and the lift system of Les Deux Alpes, will be put up for sale shortly. Speculation is rife that Alpe d'Huez will buy Les Deux Alpes, but it does seem more likely that an independent company will take over.
Both pieces of news have received a positive response in Les Deux Alpes. Currently a season lift pass allows just 10 days on the mountain in Alpe d'Huez and a six-day tourist pass, just one. The combined ski area would encompass 469km of piste and we are yet to hear whether the two resorts will also be linked by pistes via Freney.
