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Les Deux Alpes is a Ski Resort in the French Isère '' Département ''. The town sits at 1650m and lifts run to 3600m. It has the largest skiable Glacier in Europe and is France's second oldest ski resort behind Chamonix . It is located about 40 km southeast of Grenoble . The "two Alps" in the name do not refer to the two mountains that the resort encompases 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, from where can be seen panoramic views of the surroundings, included Mont Blanc , some 100 km distant, L'Alpe D'Huez and the Plateau De Vercors above Grenoble. In terms of pistes the resort has been termed "upside-down", as the lower slopes down to the resort are steeper and more challenging than the higher ski areas, including the wide and forgiving glacier runs. Less advanced skiers either take a gondola down to the resort or follow a lengthy, gentle but narrow, track on the path of the access road. A wide area at the very bottom by the town is given over to nursery slopes. EXTERNAL LINKS
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