This family resort is situated at Oisans's doors and at 45 km from Grenoble, at Taillefer (2857m) and Grand Serre (2141) mountain range feet.
Located at the gateway to the Oisans region, just 45 minutes from Grenoble,
L'Alpe du Grand Serre is a welcoming, family-friendly mid-mountain resort open in both winter and summer. Nestled at the foot of the Taillefer Massif (2,857 m) and the Grand Serre peak (2,141 m), it is one of the oldest ski resorts in the Dauphiné region.

The ski area covers 550 hectares and offers 55 km of alpine slopes, including 2 black runs, 12 red, 19 blue, and 5 green. The resort also offers many opportunities for off-piste skiing.

L'Alpe du Grand Serre is a charming village of chalets and alpine pastures, a peaceful place where life is good.

This museum is about the mining exploitation through the visit of the gallery, an exhibition and a film to tell you the story of miners.
The anthracite mines from La Motte d'Aveillans created under Napoleon I and closed in 1956 was resurrected in 1986 by the Association Sauvegarde et Mise en Valeur du Patrimoine Mottois.. Several galleries of mineral extraction has been re-worked and open to visit.
A guide leads you through authentic galleries where you will follown 2 centuries of mineral exploitation, technics, material from different periods e work conditions of "Gueules Noires" on the Plateau Matheysin where the exploitation was definitively closed in 1997.
The exhibtion room of the museum will permit you to discover the Lampistery, the hanged room, day works, social universe of the mines and daily stuff of miners but also some beautiful mineral in the famous "treasure room".

Tourist office of la Motte d'Aveillans