Sector: Les Crêtes
At 2100 m (6888 ft) altitude, immediately above Les Deux Alpes, this is the first of four busy ski-lift & piste hubs through which the different sectors of the core ski area are linked together.
Although this is very busy intersection, there are actually only two pistes flowing into the area: the
Route du Thuit, coming from the Lac du Plan area and facilitating the only continuous on-piste route from the summit of the Dôme de la Lauze; and the wide
Crêtes piste, flowing down from the neighbouring sector interchange at
Le Diable 2400.
Clear directional signage and a piste map/information post with a tool point are positioned at the centre of the wide plateau, overlooked by the terraces of the chalet-style
La Patache bar/restaurant. Just above & behind that building are the upper terminals of the
Village chairlift (27) and the Ancontres button tow (30).
The shared
Jandri 1 gondola (25) &
Jandri 2 cable car (33) station is at the upper end of the wide and open snowfields, overlooking this entire area.
Orientation
Looking towards La Patache restaurant from the Jandri lifts station, the wide
beginners' zone is in the roped-off area to the left, with piste traffic flowing past it from the
Route du Thuit which emerges from behind-left.
To the extreme right, at the far side of the station, is the upper terminal of the Voûte chairlift (31); just to the left of that is the entrance for the
Voûte run.
For all other pistes, put your gear on outside the station and glide down past the restaurant building.
The
Crêtes piste is flowing in from above skier's left, down the line of its namesake chairlift (28); it shares its lower slope with the shorter parallel
Petites Crêtes piste, served by a second parallel chairlift also called the Petites Crêtes (29). Both these lifts, plus the
Chemin des Demoiselles and the
Valentin home-run pistes towards Les Deux Alpes, are reached by following the flow of the slopes down to skier's right. After 300 m (328 yd), you come to a junction point: to the skier's left is the base terminal of the
Petites Crêtes chairlift (29); to the skier's right is a good link track to the
Crêtes chairlift (28). For the
Chemin des Demoiselles and the
Valentin pistes, keep straight on down past these lifts, following the clear signs towards the next junction just ahead.
