The Mayor of Oz en Oisans, Phillipe Sage, has announced that there will be a new name for Oz Station, the ski resort.
The Mairie thought that “Oz Station” did not reflect the real status of the Commune of Oz within the Grand Domaine of Alpe d’Huez.
The new name for Oz Station will be Oz 3300.
Pic Blanc is in Oz
It is common for visitors to the area officially called Alpe d’Huez Grand Domaine to think that the highest point of the resort, Pic Blanc, is in Alpe d’Huez and that Oz is just a small area at the northern end, dominated by Vaujany.
However, Pic Blanc is in the commune of Oz and around 25% of the Grand Domaine is in Oz. The famous Tunnel run is also entirely in the commune of Oz.
There are four 2000m vertical descents that can be made from Pic Blanc. Two are entirely in Oz and one is in the Oz-Vaujany ski area. The Sarenne piste which starts at Pic Blanc runs through the communes of Le Frenay d’Oisans and Auris.
Fabulous skiing
Along with a new name for Oz station, the Mairie will be emphasizing the commitment of the commune to the ski domain and the size of its fabulous skiing area.
Even within the Oz-Vaujany ski area visitors are often confused about which commune is which, often assigning a large part of Oz to Vaujany.
In fact, though Vaujany only contributes the Montfrais area of its commune to the domain it also has some of the biggest and busiest lifts in the whole of the Alpe d’Huez Grand Domaine.
Although Alpe d’Huez is the most famous of the 7 villages that make up the Grand Domaine the new name for Oz should help raise Oz 3300 in public awareness.