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In English
Les 2 Alpes Massif
In the native language of the webcam owner
Massif des 2 Alpes
Les Deux Alpes (also Les 2 Alpes or Les 2 Alpes 3600) is a ski resort in the French Isère "département". The town sits at 1650m (5,413 ft) and lifts run to 3600m (11,811 ft). It has the largest skiable glacier in Europe and is France's second oldest ski resort behind Chamonix, where the largest mountain in western Europe is located, Mont Blanc. It is a 71 km (44 mile) drive southeast of Grenoble. The "two Alps" in the name do not refer to the two mountains that the resort encompasses but rather the two villages of Venosc and Mont De Lans that sit at either end of the north-south plateau on which the resort was built. Access to the resort is by road from the north - no road connects the resort to Venosc down the steep slope to the south. The glacier enables year-round skiing. A funicular railway tunnelled under the ice transports skiers and, in summer, tourists to 3450 m (11,319 fr), from where panoramic views can be seen of the surroundings, including Mont Blanc, some 100 km (62 ... Read more about Les Deux Alpes on Wikipedia