Les Deux Alpes - Top to bottom - Skiing 100 km/h!! - Over 2000 Meters Vertical Descent
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- One of the longest skiing descents in Europe over to 2400 meters to 1600 meters is possible the top drag lift from the final climb was unfortunately closed at the time I was in Les Deux Alpes.
I filmed the run using a Gopro hero 10 black originally in 5k but UA-cam compresses the video down to 4k I extracted the telemetry using Gopro telemetry overlay.
So I didn't hit 100 KPH when I smoothed out the data I realised it was more like 97.4 KPH I already made the thumbnail and a guy gotta make a living somehow lift passes are expensive haha.
Chapters:
0.00 Intro
4.25 First flat
4.57 End
5.59 Second flat
9.24 End
11.29 Third flat through the town
12.41 End Mont De Lans
Thanks for watching!
![[4K] Skiing Les2Alpes, 10 km Glacier (Blue) Top to Bottom at 3400+ Metres, France GoPro HERO11](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2zpb1wOHk1U/mqdefault.jpg)
Damn that was fast and fun, the same run takes me 20 to 25 minutes (still working on my carving). Definitely one of the most relaxing, satisfying and forgiving run I've done!
I loved it as well so much fun
Another really good video! I miss Euro skiing so much. The long runs from top to bottom, especially end of day. You can really drag out that last run.....make it last seemingly forever!
Hi Michael glad to see your still around 👍 Thanks for your comment for sure I love these long runs.
It’s the little quick turn but at 3:30 for me.. when you’ve just got that vibe flowing and it’s like bam bam bam haha loved it !!
first month of skiing and loving it! working on my carves on blue runs now.. want to get out there on the big mountains eventually
Hey d that's great that you have got into skiing and your loving it. If you ever need any advice then let me know. Good luck with getting the skills up so you can visit the big mountains.
@@Alexskiing thanks Alex! your videos are a major source of motivation for me just starting out this season. recently working on “intermediate carving” where i want to reduce skidding in my turns and have the edges bite more into the hill. i think the solution here is more ANGULATION!
My father used to say: skiing is like learning to cycle in the beginning you will struggle and it will look impossible but once you get the hang of it you’ll never forget how to do it
And no gates, fences and wardens and no lift queuing system, freedom
I love your videos, just the sound of the wind, snow and ice! Plus the scenery is beautiful! 💚
Glad you like them!
You are such a confident skier! Growing up where topology isn't that great, I don't think I can get 12km of skiing after an entire day of going up and down the runs lol, I am so very much looking forward to my first Euro ski trip!
Hi Collin, you will have such a good time!
Every time you dropped into a tuck, my mind would be screaming out in fun!
I think it’s pretty cool that you superimposed the speedometers in the corners 👍
My knees have way too little cartilage left in them to do this anymore, but I enjoyed it vicariously ✌️
Hey, Thanks for the comment I am glad that you like the speedometers in the corner. Glad you liked the video I have no ACL in my left knee so I feel your pain.
How do you manage the risk of your knee collapsing? Do you wear something? @@Alexskiing
Another amazing video! The quality of that camera (and also the skiing) is just fantastic to look at! Les Deux Alpes might be my favorite ski resort so these videos really bring back a lot of memories!! Keep it up!
Thank you for adding another item to my bucket list. Fantastic run!
My pleasure!
Beautiful. You're making me jealous. I missed the Christmas season due to COVID but am currently gonna be skiing in Tignes in March/April. Let's hope it's still as beautiful
Hi Robert, haha thanks for the comment. I am heading to Tignes next week and I will be posting some videos hope it makes you excited not jealous. Enjoy your trip 👍
Nice 👍
I think you ski just like I do, it felt perfect following you all the way. Top notch. I assume you had visited the area before, you have such confidence in some of the hidden passages. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Cool!
I was in Les Deux Alpes in January 22 and I did this descent a few times. probably not at this speed, as there were a lot of people at this time. Thanks for sharing.
that's got to be the best slopes i've ever seen. so open and loooooong, i wish i could go
It’s an amazing resort!
A pure joy to watch. Thank you for uploading.
Why do you pass next to other people realy near from them, when you have some BLVD! At 10:50 you almost hit the snowboard just waiting here for nothing ! I know he waiting at the wrong place but that for thoses reasons, we can see all the time helicopters ! Else that a realy good Spot, nice view !
11:50 *
Nice!
Can’t wait to get into it again in Switzerland next week. Over two weeks of wintersport enjoyment and visiting good friends awaits 😁
Oh and I’ve been in Le Deux Alpes twice. Amazing resort!
Amazing I hope you have a great time!
Wysoki poziom umiejętności. Mega kontrola nad nartami. Respekt
Love snow sport. You are clearly a very competent skier but also very inconsiderate. There is absolutely no need to cut so close other on the slope and especially at such speed. Please, give people more space.
true giving me anxiety watching haha but its very satisfying even for a snowboarder
i agree! very good video and he's clearly a very competent skier, but has no regard for other people - majority of this run was on blue slopes with families and learners/beginners and he showed little respect for their space, speed, and skill level
Great to see you posting again Alex!
Hey man I hope you are well and I see you are enjoying Canada!
@@Alexskiing Having a great time thanks Alex, never seen so much snow. Looks like Europe got a caking though?
as a person who lived in a desert all his life, I feel snow is a magical thing.
Thats cool to hear!
Nice run! I struggle to get anywhere near 100kph, as I'm usually wearing a summit jacket over my windstopper, which creates far too much resistance to go that fast. I used to ski Val d'Isere at least once a season, which has some decent runs from the top of the glacier, though haven't been to France since the start of the pandemic. One of my favourite runs is in Ischgl, Austria, which is 11km, top to bottom, with a good mix of black and reds, including some mogul and off-piste options. There are longer runs (17k), where you can ski into Switzerland, though much of it's quite flat and it can get very busy with duty free shoppers. The main thing that stands out for me when comparing France with Austria is that the best Austrian resorts have better lifts than most of the resorts in France and it tends to be a bit cheaper too. Incidentally, and without wanting to seem too critical, some of the shots where your shadow appears suggests you occasionally use too much upper body in your turns, which reduces your control over the skis, and although you are clearly an inter-advanced skiier, you could give a tiny bit more consideration to other skiiers, as even at 30mph, if one of them turns into you you're going to hurt them. Just saying!
For many years I've been skiing in France, because its just soo cheap, compared to other countries, and oh how much I miss the Austrian lifts.
@@davidkovacs5432 Yes, the fact that you can still do all-inclusive chalet deals does make France a bit cheaper, especially as many of the old-style guesthouses in the best Austrian resorts, which used to be excellent value for the money, have now been turned into 'boutique hotels'. If you're skiing at either end of the season there aren't that many good options that are snow sure, so Solden was always our first trip of the year, usually in late November. Dec-Jan in Ischgl, or maybe Val d'Isere or Meribel if Ischgl was booked up, which started to happen when the rich Russians discovered the place. They'd book up all the best hotels and there'd be a trickle down effect, with even the most basic hotels charging premium rates. Though Ischgl is still hard to beat for a last hurrah at the end of the season.
I watched the whole video and enjoyed it very much, but I also thought he was passing people too close (some times). It can be quite scary when people pass you like that and can cause an accident even if you didn't touch them. With that being said, I'm pretty sure I have done the same thing a million times, but it's something I try to be better at myself. :)
Loved les deux alpes! The slopes are really playful undulating. Feels more nestled in the mountains that Huez too!
It is a great ski resort and very snow sure!
It's probably the worst resort I have been to, how can you be positive about L2A? Trash food places, trash people who can't ski, way to crowded, boring ski area where everything is just one long line, disgusting toilets. Trash, utter trash ski destination for cheap people with no taste.
@ I went for a couple of days only as part of my alpe d'huez ski pass. It wasn't crowded and had good apres. We found a lovely family run resto on the slopes (ask a lift operator or local it's not hard to find) and the glacier had spectacular views and you could even see mont blanc. It's linear yes but I loved the run down and like I said, a lot of the slopes were quite playful! Plenty of snow when I was there. I wouldn't spend a whole week though.
@ I just did the same, did you also try Serre Chevalier? For me better than Alpe d'Huez and L2A combined.
I miss skiing! This brought back some great memories for me, skiing in the western US (Idaho specifically). No runs are nearly this long out here though! Great vid
Thats great glad a could bringback some memories!
I love watching the other people on the flats, so funny looking at all their different poses
haha
Looks beautiful, cant wait to get out snowboarding !
Hi Reconnecting thanks for the comment. Nice I hope you are going somewhere cool.👍
This is making me excited to go back to the alps at Easter
Hi Dylan I am excited for you glad you are able to make it to the mountains this year.
A very good video. Thank You.
For those of you wishing to practice the longest run at Les 2 Alpes in the winter,
you can go from the max top to the min bottom, which is from 3600m to 1000m.
Instead of turning right when descending to Les 2 Alpes as depicted in Alex Wrigglesworth ' s video,
you turn left and descend to Venosc.
It is 2600m of vertical fall in a very beautiful and very long run.
The only " detail " is the enormous amount of time you lose to climb from 1000m back to 3600m !
Just 2 things more : you need to be a skilled skier and you
only can ski to Venosc in january when snowy.
I wish you all good runs and I wish myself
to go and ski someday in the US,
which is my dream , a dream
I have written in my
to-do list
I have written : skiing in the USA, skiing in Asia or New Zealand, skiing in South America 🎿⛷⛷⛷🎿
Nice! I can imagine how long it takes to get back on top ... 😀👍
25/30min. It's all modern high speed chairlift to the top.
@@MtNikota Yea, 25/30min you will spend only in queues! ... 😂
@@ivokoimecs most queues in FR stations take less than 5 minutes on high season for chairs
I still remember the week I was in this station, sleeping in this building on the left 12:17 . Great memories
Les deux alps is the best ski area I know I can't wait to get back there in March 😍
Hope you have a good trip although I am sure you will!
The best you know??????? HUH????????
It’s a nice walk in the summer too! Lifts up, walk down. Mountain views, less effort :-)
It really is!
Makes me miss it, my best was 118.9km/h, once you get to the high 90's, the wind really becomes the battle!
Les deux Alpes is such a good ski station. There aren't a lot of slopes but each one of them is incredible
Hi Firfle I couldn't agree more. Well said!
It is not come on, there are probably 10 better areas within 90 minute car trip. Grow up man.
Nice skiing mate 👍 that’s a nice run , particularly the top section, trying to get there this march for a few days , looks really good, how many dumb f””ks stand in the middle of a narrow run though , still amazes me that, thick
Excellent video. Thku for the job.
Thanks for watcing I appresiate!
I’ve went here with my school a couple of years ago and it was my first time skiing and they accidentally put me in the top group for good skiers so on the first day they chucked me in one of those egg lifts and next thing you know I was falling down a black slope 😂
Haha , Glad you weren't heart. I bet that was stressful for the teachers and you! Yep when it you falls on these blacks it's so hard to stop
You didn't have to go down it, a little word always works, the word is No.
@@Puzzoozoo the people barely spoke english and i didnt want to look like a pussy infront of my friends who new how to ski and a few older kids in the years above (i was also like 12 and was shy to talk to the french instructor that barely spoke english)
Nice video! Makes me ache for the coming ski vacation. You have really nice edge control so it pains me to watch you lead with shoulders and ski with sloppy sticks :D I think you would feel the difference in your carve as well ;) enjoy the season and thanks for all the nice runs you upload!!
Hi Philip thanks for the comments and the tips! Hope you have a good season to.
Awesome drift at 14:54!
Fifteen straight minutes of "GET THE FUCK OUT THE WAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY"
Any other tips?
Congrats, in this video you are about 1 mph faster than I've ever been
We survived skiing 2 weeks in Les Deux Alpes. 1980's
Such a great resort I love it.
2 weeks? I did the whole resort in 1 day, wtf have you been doing?
In my skiing I've noticed that when the skier begins to approach 60 mph, his jacket starts acting like a sail, slowing down his acceleration until he can't ski faster anymore
Super Alex. I never managed to get to the bottom. There wasn't enough snow. Thanks.
Hope you get to go again. There have been lot of lift improvements recently.
An incredible run! While I think skiing looks fun, about a month or so back internally fractured my elbow while learning to ski, and while it is healing I doubt that I'll ever have full range of extention and contraction in that elbow.
But still - that looked fun!
Damn bro, how is the recovery going? Got most of your movement back?
@@Jell0zz It's been over a year, I can do everything fine, it's just that instead of my arm extending to 180 Degrees it's more like ~175.
Also around this time I was a bit of an attention seeker so my comment makes me cringe internally.
@@toxic765 Well, I suppose you were right so far ;) glad to hear it's only a minor loss.
And I have to say, I have seen much cringier things on here, don't worry about it. We all grow with time.
Scary fast, and at 3:32 you almost hit that sign.
Haha it does look close on camera!
Great Video wish i was there keep up the good work :)
Hi Bee33 thanks for the comment really appreciate the encouragement!
L2A is my alltime favorite and I am coming back again this March. I might try to challenge myself with this video :) Maybe I'll even make a video of my own, we'll see :)
This trash ski area is your favorite? What others have you done, ur backyard?
Super satisfaisant et relaxant à regarder, merci :)
Merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire :)
You realize you can avoid squeezing past all these people instead of choosing to get as close as possible to people you are passing!
Spoken like a true jabroni.
Its cool
Ah, you must be an American
@@jsmit9484 why do you say that?
@@Molly-jh4kz I just decided to generalize a whole nation into being sensitive and butthurt people with strange rules and morals.
Let's wait until we know wether I was right, though. Before you start disagreeing with me
haha, using slipstream on slow parts. absolutely love it
Impressive...
I would have been forced to stay and relax my legs at least 5 times during that run...
I tried the supposed longest run in Europe in Chamonix with at 22 km length and 2808m drop in alitude just for the experience of it.
That was quite OK, but this run seems to be a lot more fun...
In switzerland you have the opportunity to go from a station on the Klein Matterhorn at 3‘883 m down to around 1‘600m at Zermatt, so slightly over 2‘200m difference and also around 17km piste :)
Nice
Thanks for the info I would love to give this run a go hopefully next year!
These trails are so wide and smooth I feel like I'm back in highschool playing 1080 snowboarding while I watch these videos.
That red got my hands clammy at the bridge. Valle Blanche next month? I’ll still be on the blue slopes at Le Tour. Bevan.
Hey man I was wondering when you were going to spot the videos this year. Haha looking forward to skiing with you next week 🤞 Yep for sure Valle Blanche next week.
@@Alexskiing conditions are crap up there at the moment. Maybe snow on the 1st.
Nice content! Keep up the good work
Hi Mark thanks for the comment really appreciate the encouragement!
Looks fun wish we had long ones like this in the us
gonna go there in 6 days i cant wait and cant stop thinking about it havent been skieng in 2 years now because of covid
Hope you have a great time!
@@Alexskiing thanks
Hopefully il get to ski in Austria at Easter been practicing on the dry slopes in England
That definitely helps when you go skiing I have spent countless days on the dry ski slopes in England.
amazing, ty for this video 😊😊
Just looking for advice which one is better the Rockies or the alpes
This looks like it would be one of the most fun things to do ever! I have been inline skating for years, but have always wanted to try skiing! It would feel weird not being able to do crossovers and fast running strides, but I do enjoy a good downhill run even on my skates! Hopefully all that experience will do me more good than harm when I finally decide to start skiing! Maybe they have shorter skis that would feel a little closer to inlines...
Hey I really hope you get to try skiing soon. Expert skiers sometimes practice in the summer on inline skates so I think it would be really easy for you to start skiing.
I subscribed for this kind of content
Thanks Pshady I appreciate it.
woah! That looks really fun. I would love to go there if I got the chance!
Bro, you are insane skier
Seems like heaven to ski on
1:07 😮😮😮😂😂😂😮😮😮 brutha, you do this kind of skiing first chair in the morning.
was there a tunnel? what is 100 KPH? so many questions. love how easy it was for you to skip other people. reminds of my biking 😍
A lot of the runs here weren’t pisted enough but it was still very fun
5:00 is this where you enter the subway train goin up to 3200? its been 15years and im havin trouble orienting
Wow that was great!
Great video
Thanks great name!
Thanks!
In the movie, all these steeper sections seem flatter than in reality.
Never skied above the tree line before looks cool but maybe kinda boring? I love the glades....
when skiing down the mountain, i notice you were zigzaging, does it help slow down you speed? sorry never ski before in my liffe
Wow. Nice skiing Alex. That's one long speed run. Looks fun. Late Jan is a brilliant time to go skiing.
@Jiros00 glad you enjoyed the video late Jan is also a favourite. Hope you got to ski this year
The slopes near me are all fouled up with snowboarders sitting down vaping and talking about how gnarley and epic they are.
Haha I sometimes speek to snowboarders don’t tell anyone.
Made the very same top top bottom un les 2 Alpes but in the summer on a mountain bike... This tiny trail made of Sharp stones... 2.5 Hours long, falling notre being an option 😅
I have never done it but the downhill biking looks pretty insane. I could see some of the bridges that the track uses when I was coming up the lift.
That's a lot of freaking vertical. Like skiing from the top of Arapahoe Basin to Denver.
Yep that’s a great thing about Europe lots of big vertical drops
I'm there now, I take it you start from lauze but where do you finish and any hints? Much appreciated!
Sorry I am 8 months late let me know when you are in your next resort and I will respond faster!
How to get that thing that counts how fast u go?
Great long descent and high speed! 💪👍 Though looks like it consists from blue runs only! As I remember you were unlucky to be in Soelden in the lockdown time last year, and many runs were closed to try the longest descent in Soelden. I think the longest descent in Soelden is more interesting. One question. How long time your GoPro 10 accumulator worked in the cold and at what temperature? Do you have Enduro accumulator?
Besides my Sony XDR 3000, I used GoPro 10 this year as well having regular accumulator and sometimes it did not want to work even at about minus 7-8 degree.
Hey! I would love to try the long decent in Soelden. I just use the normal battery's but I keep them in my pocket and until I need to use them so they stay warm. When you start the GoPro make sure you obtain GPS signal then start the recording. I use 4k 60fps when it starts recording it tends to be fine as the heat generated by the camera keeps the battery warm enough to work at much lower temperatures.
@@Alexskiing Thanks for the recommendations!
have you tried the run from klein matterhorn down to zermatt? it's about 2200 vertical meters i think
No I havent but I would love to give it a try!
Ah man I miss skiing so much. Soon.
Nice video, question : how do you get the km/h ??
ANy chance you could move the preview video to a corner or something so we can see the last part?
Can you help me understand sorry I dont quite get it?
Awesome recordings, but you ride too dangerously against other people. Please keep more distance, don't assume things you can't see (what's behind this or that).
Take the black Valentin instead of blue Jandri 1 !
Good video !
Hi Raoul, still getting to know the resort I am amazed I found my way to the bottom.
@@Alexskiing ah ok !
I understand why
Geez what's the radius and length of those skis? Looks like a radius under 11 m
How did you keep your gopro battery from dieing from cold? Also how much years of exp do yo have skiing
I recognized the start of the Megavalanche MBX course. :)
I think that’s in alpe d huez no? I could be wrong
11:23, what is this person riding? Skiiboard?
yep think so
crazy!
Does anybody know why they don't build the long awaited link to Alpe d'Huez ? It's literally just across the street (almost)
Its never going to happen there are lots of reasons why but its not even planned any more.
i would absolutely set a speed record goin down this thing
Let me know when you have posted the video!
can someone explain to me why he is so much faster on the flat part in the middle of the video than everybody else? He was standing like all the other people.
Nice job bro🤟🤟
Thanks 🔥
Very amazing quality video! Wich program use for having speedmeter and other data?
Hi thanks for the comment I use a program called GoPro telemetry extractor!
Great video and run, Alex. Were you using a helmet or chest mount? Thank you!
Thanks so much and sorry for the late reply I had a year off UA-cam. It’s a head cam
Nice video and skiing although I have to remark on how close you get to others.
Hi, do the overlays on the video showing speed/distance etc come from GoPro or is it 3rd party stuff cheers
Hi Archie its GoPro data but the overlays are done with an amazing program called GoPro telemetry overlay.
@@Alexskiing oh great thanks for the comment