The glacier enables year-round skiing (although the lifts are only open from mid-June to the end of August in Summer and December to end of April in Winter with some dates in October too). A funicular railway tunnelled under the ice transports skiers and, in summer, tourists to , from where panoramic views can be seen of the surroundings, including Mont Blanc, some distant, L'Alpe d'Huez and the Plateau de Vercors above Grenoble.