Firstrax Mountain Guides
Mountain guides and fully certified international instructors in Les Deux Alpes
With over 10 years of experience, these mountain guides offer freeriding in the best powder spots of Les Deux Alpes and La Grave.
They can help you discover great, yet safe, secluded places where you can make fresh tracks. Just have a look at the video by pressing the play button on this page to see what you could experience.
All their guides speak English and are fully qualified ski instructors who can also give you useful tips on how to excel off-piste.
Safety equipment can be provided on your behalf but you are welcome to bring your own. Items that are mandatory are a transceiver, shovel and probe. They also ask that all clients wear helmets. Your guides will show you how to use all the kit, when you need to use it and why.
The guides take up to four people per group which is €140 for 2 hours, or if there is just one of you it is €88 for 2 hours. Whole day outings are also available.
What to see
Sights in Les 2 Alpes
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Ice Cave
Located <1 km away
Walk through a 200m gallery to access a magical network of rooms carved out 20 metres below the surface of the snow, deep inside the glacier.
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Horse drawn sleigh rides
Located 1.3 km away
Discover the joys of sleigh rides through an idyllic setting on one of our 3 daily departures: 10am, 2pm and 3.30pm (1 hr 15 minute ride).
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Chasal Lento Museum, Mont de Lans
Located 2.7 km away
The aim of the museum is to preserve and display objects of bygone life in Oisans, displaying the traditions and arts of Mont de Lans,
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Alpinism Museum, St Christophe en Oisans
Located 7.3 km away
Discover historic mountaineering exhibits, old photos and a history of alpinism in the Ecrins and Meije areas.
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Bourg d'Oisans Museum
Located 8.7 km away
Located in the attic of the church of Bourg d'Oisans and is accessed by a building to the left of the church.
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Ecrins National Park
Located 22.1 km away
The Ecrins National Park is one of the highlights of the Southern Alps region.
Where to lunch
Restaurants in Les Deux Alpes
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La Porte d'à Côte Restaurant
Located in Les Deux Alpes
Traditional regional cuisine made with local produce all year.
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Le Trappeur Restaurant
Located in Les Deux Alpes
This restaurant, open all year, serves local fish, Charolais beef or duck, as well as salads, pastas, and vegetables.
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Le Paellou Restaurant
Located in Les Deux Alpes
Known for its simple, but great, traditional French cuisine and reasonable prices, Le Paellou restaurant is also organiser of the unofficial "World Championship for raclette eaters".
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Smithy's Tavern Restaurant
Located in Les Deux Alpes
They serve Tex-Mex, grilled meats and fish and delicious desserts (they'll even put sparklers in your pudding if it's your birthday).
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Casa Nostra Restaurant
Located in Les Deux Alpes
They have a great wine menu from Corsican and French vineyards, or try the Corsican chestnut beer.
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Le P'tit Polyte Restaurant
Located in Les Deux Alpes
This is the renowned restaurant of the 4* Chalet Hotel Mounier, famous in the Southern Alps for its fine cuisine based on fresh local produce and the inventiveness of the chef.
What to do
Things To Do in Les Deux Alpes
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Palais des Sports
Located in Les Deux Alpes
The sports centre in Les 2 Alpes is open throughout summer and winter and offers 1200m2 of leisure and sports space, as well as a large conference room and amphitheatre.
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Ice Skating Rink
Located in Les Deux Alpes
This 1,800m2 open-air artificial ice rink, located right in the heart of Les Deux Alpes, is great fun for friends and family.
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Ice Cave
Located <1 km away
Walk through a 200m gallery to access a magical network of rooms carved out 20 metres below the surface of the snow, deep inside the glacier.
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Le Strike Bowling Alley
Located in Les Deux Alpes
Challenge your friends to a game of bowling over a few beers.
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Les Deux Alpes Golf Course
Located in Les Deux Alpes
Enclosed in the snowy peaks of the Ecrins massif, the course is natural, not very long and punctuated by fairly fast greens with many slopes.
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White Water and mountain activities
Located in Les Deux Alpes
From white water rafting and mini rafting to canyoning and via ferrata
