Ski hire Alpe d’Huez

Ski hire in Alpe d'Huez

Book your ski rental online for the 250 km Alpe d'Huez ski area, which links five resorts (Alpe d'Huez, Auris-en-Oisans, Oz 3300, Vaujany and Villard-Reculas), and collect your kit fitted to your size and level, with no queuing at the hire shop.

Which range should you choose in Alpe d'Huez?

You pick the range when you book; the shop sets the length of your skis when you collect them, based on your height, weight and ability.

• Bronze — for beginners and people who only ski a few days a year: easy-turning skis designed for green and blue runs. Full set from €24.50 a day.
• Silver — for skiers who are comfortable on blues and reds and want more stability. From €30 a day.
• Gold — for advanced skiers after grip and precision at higher speeds, including on black runs such as the Sarenne. From €38.50 a day.
• Platinum — for expert skiers who push their kit in any snow, all the way from the 3,330 m summit of the Pic Blanc. From €49.50 a day.
• Ski touring (Platinum) — touring kit for skinning uphill under your own steam. From €51.50 a day.
• Cross-country (Platinum) — a full Nordic ski set. €28 a day.
• Kids — children's kit with bindings set to the child's weight, in three ranges: Bronze from €19 a day, Silver €24.50 and Gold €40.
• Snowboard — board and boots: Bronze (Step On) from €30 a day, Silver €38.50, Gold €49.50, kids €24.50 and splitboard €61.

What does each pack include?

• Full ski set: skis with bindings set to your weight, height and ability, boots and poles.
• Skis only: if you bring your own boots. From €20.50 a day.
• Boots only: if you bring your own skis. From €12.50 a day.
• Full snowboard set: board and boots. You can also hire just the board (from €28 a day) or just the boots (from €12.50 a day).

A helmet is not included in any pack and cannot be booked on this page.

Alpe d'Huez ski rental prices per day (2026/27 season)

Price for one day, VAT included.

Ski — price per day

Snowboard — price per day

How much does a week's ski hire in Alpe d'Huez cost?

Total for the full set by number of days. In Alpe d'Huez every day costs the same: the total is the daily price multiplied by the number of days, and you see it when you choose your dates, before paying. A 6-day ski week with the Bronze set comes to €147.

Where and when do you collect your skis?

• Collection point: our Alpe d'Huez shop (CaranvaSports Alpe d'Huez). The exact address comes in your booking confirmation email.
• Opening hours: the collection point's hours come in the same email, together with the address.
• Return: at the same place, at the end of your last hire day.

To get around the resort with your skis, some of the village lifts can be used without a lift pass: the Télécentre, the Alpe Express and the Huez Express.

How does booking work?

1. Choose ski or snowboard, the range and the pack (full set, skis or board only, boots only).
2. Pick your collection and return dates: the total appears straight away.
3. Enter each skier's height, weight, ability and shoe size, and pay online.
4. Get the collection point's address by email and pick up your fitted kit with no queuing. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before and the CaranvaSports Guarantee.

Alpe d'Huez at a glance

Alpe d'Huez sits in the Isère, in the Oisans valley, at 1,860 m and less than an hour's drive from Grenoble; the road climbs up its famous 21 hairpin bends. The ski area has 250 km of pistes, 111 runs (36 green, 29 blue, 27 red and 16 black) and 67 lifts, and tops out at the 3,330 m Pic Blanc. The slopes face south and the resort boasts 300 days of sunshine a year.

From the Pic Blanc starts the Sarenne, which the resort bills as the longest black run in Europe: 16 km and 1,820 m of vertical, down to 1,510 m.

2026/27 season: 5 December 2026 to 25 April 2027. The nearest railway station is Grenoble; Grenoble-Alpes-Isère airport is about 100 km away, with flights from the UK and Ireland, and Lyon-Saint Exupéry about 150 km. By car it takes around 2 h 30 from Lyon and 2 h 45 from Geneva.

Alpe d'Huez lift pass 2026/27. It is not included in the hire and we don't sell it: buy it at skipass.alpedhuez.com or at the ticket office. From 19 December 2026 to 9 April 2027, an adult day pass (13-64) costs €68 and 6 days €336.50; a child pass (5-12) costs €56.50 a day and €264 for 6 days. Reduced rates apply from 5 to 12 December and from 10 to 18 April. With the online Family offer (2 adults and 2 children aged 5 to 22, booked at least 3 days ahead), 6 days cost €264 per person on those dates and include 2 days' skiing in Les 2 Alpes.