Les Arcs Ski Areas

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Les Arcs (1600 1800 1950 2000) All Levels

Piste Map

Marked, patrolled and mechanically groomed 10 green 51 blue 38 red 18 black
Marked, patrolled but not mechanically groomed numerous

One of the most extensive and varied ski domains in the world - great for all types of skiers from beginners to advanced, Les Arcs now linked to La Plagne, the new Paradiski area, offers 420kms of pistes, including the Aiguille Rouge glacier above Arc 2000 and the Bellecote glacier in La Plagne, guaranteeing snow. Les Arc is a skiers and snowboarders heaven.

For beginners, Les Arcs is well-equipped with gentle beginner's slopes - a boon for the inexperienced.

For intermediates, Les Arcs offers fantastic tree-lined descents into Peisey Nancroix and Vallandry and a multitude of interlinked blue and red runs. We recommend you try some high altitude skiing on the Aiguille Rouge and Bellecote glaciers.

For the advanced, ski the breathtaking 7km black run Aiguille Rouge right the way down into Villaroger (Europe's biggest vertical drop of 2000m), pound the moguls of Dou de l'Homme or take the new 200 seater lift over to La Plagne and return off-piste through the imposing Nancroix forest.

For boarders, it has become the home of a number of snowboard pros due to superb board park and half-pipe. There are so many natural hits to play on in the Clocheret area that there is no danger of running out of things to do. There is also abundant terrain for beginners to progress on all week.

In summary in Les Arcs, there are 200km of pistes, 20 hectares of snow making, the longest run Aiguille Rouge piste is 7km is length and 2100m in vertical descent, there is 30km of cross-country skiing, 16 mountain restaurants and 60 lifts (1 cablecar, 30 chairlifts (6 high speed), 24 draglifts, 1 funicular and, 4 gondolas). There is also guaranteed snow (artificial snow) back to resort all season long.

Paradiski (Les Arcs and La Plagne) All Levels

Piste Map

Marked, patrolled and mechanically groomed 20 blue 195 red 27 black
Marked, patrolled but not mechanically groomed numerous

We have already noted half of this in Les Arcs above, now for La Plagne:

For beginners, La Plagne has gentle nursery slopes and excellent English speaking ski instructors, so novice skiers will be enjoying the multitude of blue and green runs across the resort.

For intermediates, La Plagne is  a dream, from exhilarating motorway skiing to quiet powder runs in the trees. Try the long descent down to Champagny from La Grande Rochette.

For the advanced, they will relish La Plagne - try the glorious powder between the trees down to the village of Les Coches or try the 15km off-piste near vertical 2000m drop off the north face of the Bellecote glacier (with a guide though!).

For boarders, the terrain is ideal for all levels.

In summary in Paradiski (Les Arcs and La Plagne), there are 425km of pistes, 20 hectares of snow making, the longest run is 10km is length, there is 100km of cross-country skiing, 37 mountain restaurants and 171 lifts (2 cablecars, 62 chairlifts (6 high speed), 94 draglifts, 1 funicular and, 12 gondolas). There is also guaranteed snow (artificial snow) back to resort all season long.

For more information please click www.paradiski.com

Other Areas

From Les Arcs you can go for daytrips to La Rosiere/ La Thuile, The Three Valleys (Courchevel, Meribel and Val Thorens) plus Val d'Isere/ Tignes.