Les 2 Alpes in the French Alps has announced that it will operate the longest summerski season in France this year, opening from 18 June to 27th August. It has also announced that it will be offering a lot more than snowsports for anyone visiting and buying a six day lift pass, pried at €196.50
The 6-day pass includes free access to the swimming pool and ice-rink, 6 luge runs, 1 hour of tennis, 1 golf session, 1 archery session, and 1 day of mountain biking in one of those 4 resorts: Alpe d'Huez, Serre Chevalier, Puy ST Vincent or Montgenèvre. The 6-day pas also gives a discount to the Aventure Parc Venosc.
Les 2 Alpes has one of the biggest summerski areas in the world, spread over 111 hectares, with 400m of skiable vertical down from 3600m and including 11 ski runs graded green to red, served by 17 lifts and including a large terrain park where summer camps are staged. More than 50 ski instructors work on the glacier in the summer.
The summerski business is big at the resort attracts an average of 1500 skiers and boarders each morning (The slopes are open from 7am to lunchtime daily) and more than 130,000 in total during the nine week long summer season.