Lessons (2007/08 prices)

Alpe d'Huez has good instructors and offers skiing, cross-country and snowboarding lessons. There are plenty of English-speaking instructors in the Alpe d'Huez.

Choose from the French Ski School (04 76 80 94 23), the British Masterclass (476 80 93 83) or the International Ski School (476 80 42 77). The French and International Ski Schools have similar pricing. The British Masterclass programs cost more.

Private lessons at the French Ski School are €37 per hour for one to two persons; €46 per hour for three to five skiers. A off-piste guide for the day costs €320 and for a half day, €200 with up to four skiers.

The British Masterclass charges €70 for an hour for one or two skiers.

Group lessons are held from Sunday through Friday. Morning lessons last for nearly three hours and afternoon lessons last for two-and-a-half hours. They cost €37 per adult and €30 per child for a morning lesson; and €27 per adult and €23 per child for an afternoon lesson.

All-day group lessons cost €42 for adults and €36 for children.

Six days of snowboard or ski lessons without a lift ticket costs €187 for adults and €177 for children. There are also special snowboard only lessons that cost €151 for six mornings; €120 for six afternoons; or €187 for six full days.

At the British Masterclass a three-morning package of lessons will cost €140.

Special lessons for powder skiing, snowboarding, mono-skiing, ski ballet and freestyle skiing are available. There are also racing clinics and a ski kindergarten.