Nightlife Previews and reviews in Alpe d'Huez

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My final après report of the season and there is a lot to report from closing parties around this great town.

Hello everybody and here is my report, as promised, from the future.

I'd like to say that this week's Aprés Report will show my more sophisticated self and prove to be a calmer, more mature approach to the week's party scene. And in many ways, that's true. I haven't been burning the candle at both ends this week, and instead have moved some my ski-free activities to the daytime so there's still been plenty of fun!

Hello from my first Après ski report of the season, and there is an awful lot to report!

TLast week's Après Report centred on the events organised by BUSC, the British Universities Snowsports Council and finished with just one more event to go... the Closing Party.

With the season just kicking off in Alpe D'Huez and the new seasonnaires slowly starting to settle into resort, the nightlife is certainly starting to kick into gear. Lifts opened on Saturday, and to celebrate 4 days of continuous snow, Smithy's Tavern and DJ Kapich got the official season calendar off to a bang. The windows steamed up, the vodka shots flowed and Planete Surf's Fatbeat got his decks out to round off the evening.

My après week began, as many Thursdays in resort do, with a full English breakfast in the fabulous Rendez Vous up on the Rue de la Meije. It's served from 11am till 5pm so even if you are planning a big day on the mountain you can still fit one in. If you are like me however, it is a great excuse to not go up, and a great place to write your snow and après reports. Thursday night was the birthday of Underground legend Busty, and in typical Busty fashion there was plenty of drinking involved and the night almost certainly ended in chaos.

It's been a busy week for Alpe d'Huez's party scene, especially for those who have braved the extreme cold and early-season flu to make the most of the promotions in the bars. I'm afraid I've been a bit of a wuss this week, favouring riding over partying and saving my meagre cents rather than splashing out on the jugs, spheres and plain old pints that have been flowing freely this week.

Welcome to my report on the goings on in Alpe d’Huez once the lifts are shut, the ski lockers padlocked and the town at the foot of those wonderful pistes comes to life. Apres-ski, for any non French speakers out there simply means “after ski” and is a term used to describe everything that happens in a ski resort that doesn’t (or sometimes does) involve wearing ski boots.