Ski Pass Prices in Alpe d'Huez

The Alpe d'Huez ski season runs from 5 December 2026 to 25 April 2027.

Alpe d'Huez ski pass prices

The standard prices below are for the principal winter tariff period from 19 December 2026 to 9 April 2027; cheaper rates are available during parts of the early and late season.

Standard child prices apply from age 5 to 12. Adult prices apply from 13 to 64, with separate senior rates from 65 to 71 and discounted Grand Senior rates from age 72. Children under five ski free, although you'll still need the appropriate hands-free lift card and proof of age may be required.

Ski-pass products, promotional offers and conditions can change, so check the current price for your dates when booking.

Which Alpe d'Huez ski pass should you buy?

For most visitors on holiday for one week, the six-day full-area Alpe d'Huez pass gives you the freedom to explore all five connected resort sectors and is the product around which the ski area is designed.

If you're travelling as a qualifying family, check the Family offer first. If there are three or more of you travelling together, check Tribu.

If you're a complete beginner, don't pay for the whole ski area until you're ready to use it. Ask your ski school or lift-pass office which beginner product covers the lifts you'll actually need.

And if you're staying in Oz or Vaujany and are happy skiing locally, the Oz-Vaujany pass can save a substantial amount.

Unlike some Alpine resorts, you don't need to spend much time working out which mountains your main Alpe d'Huez pass covers. Once you've bought the full-area product, virtually the whole 250km linked domain is yours to explore. The useful decision is simply making sure you're buying it at the best rate for your group.

What does the main Alpe d'Huez ski pass include?

The normal Alpe d'Huez ski pass gives you unlimited access to the whole linked ski area. The domain has around 250km of pistes, 67 lifts and skiing up to 3,330m at Pic Blanc. You can ski between Alpe d'Huez, Auris-en-Oisans, Villard-Reculas, Oz 3300 and Vaujany without buying another ticket or using road transport to move between ski areas. You can spend one day exploring the quieter pistes towards Auris, another skiing around Oz and Vaujany, and another heading high towards Pic Blanc and Sarenne without changing passes. For most people staying in Alpe d'Huez itself, this is the pass to buy.

Is all of Alpe d'Huez connected on skis?

Yes. The principal resorts and sectors covered by the full Alpe d'Huez pass are linked by pistes and lifts. As with any large ski area, don't leave a long cross-domain return journey until the last lift of the afternoon. Weather, wind or temporary lift closures can also affect individual links, particularly at altitude, so it's worth checking the live lift status before setting off on a long circuit.

The key point, however, is that your 250km ski pass is genuinely usable as one interconnected ski area.

Family ski pass rates

Alpe d'Huez has a particularly useful Family offer for six days or more. The online offer is based on a minimum family group of two adults aged 23 to 71 and two children or young people aged 5 to 22, with everyone skiing for the same duration and on the same dates.

This is particularly valuable for families with teenagers or young adults. A 13 to 22-year-old would normally fall into the standard adult tariff, whereas the Family offer charges the same preferential rate across the qualifying group.

The best Family rate is an online-only advance-purchase offer and must be ordered at least three days before the first ski day. A family product can still be available at resort ticket offices if you've missed the online deadline, but it is normally less advantageous.

If your group fits the criteria, compare this before buying four ordinary passes.

What is the Tribu ski pass?

The Tribu, or group, pass is the useful alternative if you're travelling with friends, as a couple plus child, or in another group that doesn't qualify for the Family offer. It is available for groups of three or more people aged 7 to 71, provided everyone buys the same pass duration for the same dates. It's not as heavily discounted as the Family product, but for three or four adults travelling together it's effectively free money for doing a little planning in advance.

The Tribu offer is online only and needs to be booked at least three days before skiing.

Can you ski Les 2 Alpes with an Alpe d'Huez ski pass?

If you buy an Alpe d'Huez pass for six days or more, you also receive Grande Galaxie benefits at several partner ski areas. The most useful for most holidaymakers is Les 2 Alpes, where a qualifying six-day or longer Alpe d'Huez pass currently includes two ski days. You'll need to travel between the resorts, and a day at Les 2 Alpes should be treated as a separate ski day rather than part of a normal circuit from Alpe d'Huez.

For a week's holiday, we'd consider the Les 2 Alpes benefit a genuine bonus if you fancy seeing somewhere different, rather than a reason on its own to buy a longer Alpe d'Huez pass.

What other resorts are included with a six-day pass?

The Grande Galaxie scheme also gives holders of qualifying six-day or longer passes complimentary ski days at other partner resorts. Current benefits include two days at Les 2 Alpes and a day each at Montgenèvre, Serre Chevalier, Puy-Saint-Vincent and Sestrières in the Italian Via Lattea. These are useful extras, but it's worth keeping them in perspective. None is connected to Alpe d'Huez and several involve a substantial drive, so somebody staying in Alpe d'Huez for just one week is unlikely to use all of them.

So don't think of the Alpe d'Huez pass as a giant multi-resort ski circuit. Think of Grande Galaxie as a collection of useful extra ski days attached to a longer pass.

Is Sarenne included in the normal ski pass?

Yes. The full Alpe d'Huez ski pass takes you to Pic Blanc at 3,330m, from where experienced skiers can tackle the famous Sarenne black run. Sarenne is around 16km long, descending from Pic Blanc to around 1,510m. The lift company describes it as the longest black run in Europe.

Is there a cheaper Oz-Vaujany ski pass?

Yes, and this is one of the alternatives worth knowing about. If you're staying in Oz 3300 or Vaujany and don't intend to explore the whole Alpe d'Huez domain, you can buy a cheaper local Oz-Vaujany pass. The trade-off is that the local pass does not give you unrestricted access to the whole 250km domain and Alpe d'Huez itself. You are deliberately choosing a smaller local ski area. For beginners, families who prefer quieter local skiing or visitors only spending a few days in Oz or Vaujany, that can make perfect sense. Stronger skiers on a full week's holiday will probably appreciate the freedom of the complete Alpe d'Huez pass.

If you're uncertain, ask locally about current upgrade options before buying.

Complete beginners do not need to buy a full pass simply to learn to ski. Alpe d'Huez and the other villages in the ski area have dedicated beginner products giving access to a more limited selection of easy slopes and lifts.

For winter 2026-2027, the Alpe d'Huez tariff includes a Beginner pass and a wider First Slide / Première Glisse product. Which one is appropriate depends on how far you've progressed and which lifts your lesson or ski school intends to use - ask your ski school what pass you actually need before buying the full-area product. Once you're happily using chairlifts and skiing longer green and blue pistes, the complete Alpe d'Huez pass becomes much more worthwhile.

These local beginner products are best bought or discussed at the lift-pass office in your departure resort. The operator specifically recommends checking locally for a first purchase because the beginner areas and products vary between Alpe d'Huez, Auris, Oz-Vaujany and Villard-Reculas.

The ski-pass age bands are straightforward. The standard adult tariff applies from 13 to 64, the child rate from 5 to 12, and the senior rate from 65 to 71. Skiers aged 72 and over benefit from a separate Grand Senior tariff.

Children under five ski free, although you'll need to arrange the appropriate pass and provide proof of age.

There is also a student tariff for 13 to 25-year-olds, but there's an interesting catch: it's currently most useful for stays of up to four days. From five days onwards, the decreasing price of the standard adult multi-day product can actually make the normal pass cheaper.

For longer family holidays with teenagers or young adults, the Family offer can be considerably more interesting because it includes qualifying 5 to 22-year-olds at the same preferential family rate.

There isn't one trick that produces the cheapest pass for everybody. The best saving depends on who you're travelling with and how you plan to ski.

For families, the Family offer is the first thing to check. For three or more friends, compare the Tribu price. Beginners should buy only the beginner access they need, while visitors staying exclusively in Oz or Vaujany may save substantially with the local pass. There are also special online offers at different points in the season. Both the Family and Tribu web offers must currently be booked at least three days before your first ski day.

The operator currently promotes discounted Saturday passes, with the best price available when bought online before Thursday midnight, as well as reduced early- and late-season tariffs.

The important point is to look at the promotional products before arriving at the ticket office. Several of the best deals are online-only and need to be booked a few days ahead. Online purchases can be collected from automated terminals in resort, or you can use one of the staffed lift-pass offices.

For certain concessionary products, proof of age and a photograph are required. Child and Grand Senior online products currently require additional validation, so don't leave these until the last minute.

You heard it right, you can ski for free in Alpe d'Huez... but only if you're under five years old, or using one of the beginner lifts. You'll still need to pay €2 for a hands-free card to get through the turnstiles, but this can be used on subsequent visits to Alpe d'Huez.

Several lifts within the resort are free, although these are primarily urban transport lifts rather than a free ski area. The Télécentre, Alpe Express and Huez Express help visitors move between neighbourhoods, snow fronts and Huez village without needing a car or ski pass. They're useful whether you're skiing or simply getting around the resort, but don't confuse them with the dedicated beginner ski passes needed to access a broader range of learning terrain.

Non-skiers don't need a ski pass to get into the mountains. Alpe d'Huez offers dedicated pedestrian passes giving access to selected gondolas and cable cars, high-altitude walking routes, mountain restaurants and viewpoints.

It's a useful option for non-skiing family members who want to meet skiers for lunch or explore the mountain without paying for piste access they won't use.

Cross-country skiing uses a separate Nordic pass rather than the normal alpine ski pass. Alpe d'Huez has its own network of groomed Nordic trails around the high plateau, with passes available from lift-pass offices. If cross-country skiing is your main interest, see our dedicated guide rather than buying a normal downhill ski pass.

If you're spending a large part of the winter in Alpe d'Huez, a season pass can represent much better value than repeatedly buying holiday passes.

For winter 2026-2027, the standard Alpe d'Huez season pass is valid from 5 December 2026 to 25 April 2027, with particularly strong early-booking discounts before the season starts.

There is also an annual product covering both winter skiing and summer lift use, plus a Supernova pass designed for skiers who want extensive access to Alpe d'Huez, Les 2 Alpes and La Grave. These products make much more sense for residents, second-home owners and frequent visitors than for a normal one-week holiday.

If you're considering one, buying early is important: season-pass prices rise substantially as winter approaches.

Insurance isn't automatically included in the prices above. The lift company offers Assur'Glisse as an optional add-on, currently priced at €3.50 per person per ski day.

You don't need to buy the lift company's insurance if you already have suitable winter-sports cover. Check what your travel insurance, bank account or annual policy already provides before paying twice for similar protection.

Whichever policy you use, make sure it covers mountain rescue, medical costs, repatriation and the type of skiing or snowboarding you intend to do.

If you're unsure whether you need the full Alpe d’Huez pass, a beginner pass or the cheaper Oz-Vaujany option, you can buy in resort instead. You can buy or collect your ski pass from the main sales points at Grandes Rousses (1800), Les Bergers and the Maison de l’Alpe - Tourist Office. There are also ticket offices in Oz 3300, Vaujany, Auris-en-Oisans and Villard-Reculas. 

Self-service machines are available at several locations for collecting online orders, reloading cards or buying a pass. 

If you already know which pass you want, buying online in advance is usually the simplest option.