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| Snowmaking machines: 440 machines | | Resort height: 1800m/1950m/2000m | | Highest lift: 3416m | | No. of lifts: 131 | | No. of slopes: 117 | | Total piste length: 425km | | Snowparks: 4 including Boarder Cross | | Purpose built: Yes | | Glacier: 1 |
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Les Arcs: The resort... |
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Les Arcs is the definition of skiing convenience. The resort consists of four modern purpose-built resorts at 1600, 1800, 1950 and 2000 metres. The resorts are spread out and accommodation is generally well placed to access the skiing. Arc 1800 is the largest village with a lively atmosphere, whilst Arc 2000 is extremely convenient to access the skiing and at 2000 metres, snow-sure. Arc 1950, the most recent addition to Les Arcs, is more rustic in style, with each building designed to have views of either a valley or a peak.
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| Part of the Chalet des Neiges complex, chalet Celeste boasts a good bathroom/bedroom ratio, Satellite TV and a comfortable living/... |
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The skiing and boarding in Les Arcs |
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Skiing Les Arcs has taken on a new dimension with the Vanoise Express cable car combining the two areas of Les Arcs and La Plagne on the Paradiski lift pass. Les Arcs offers excellent skiing and boarding for every level and the superb lift system makes getting back to base very easy from any point. The Glacier du Varet guarantees snow and offers one of the longest runs in the world: 7km descent from Aiguille Rouge to Villaroger. Beginners benefit from the abundant blue runs while intermediates can enjoy the high altitude bowls and tree-lined runs to Peisey Nancroix. Experts should try the challenge of the Deux Tétes. more about the skiing and boarding in Les Arcs >>
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The apres ski in Les Arcs |
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Arc 1800 has a range of bars, shops, restaurants, night-club/discos and a cinema. For live music try the Red Hot Saloon Bar or Benjis, and for local cuisine go to the Triangle Noir. Nightlife is more limited in Arc 2000, but Whistler’s Dream, Red Rock and El Latino Loco make for an entertaining night and the KL92 disco will help finish off a good day skiing! Just 50 metres down the mountain in Arc 1950, there are a couple of restaurants and bars and the gondola to Arc 2000 runs late into the evening.
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Skiworld have teamed up with Snowball Pass to offer great discounts on a variety of alpine adventures in resorts all over Europe including Les Arcs. The snowball pass is simply a way for you to get special prices on all the things you spend money on in a ski resort in the French Alps. more about the Snowball Pass >>
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Les Arcs Resort overview |
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Les Arcs has four resorts at different levels: Arc 1600, Arc 1800, the beautiful new Arc 1950 and Arc 2000. Arc 1800 consists of three hamlets: Charvet, Villards and Charmettoger. Charvet and Villards are centred round open-air shopping centres with numerous bars and clubs. Charmettoger is prettier in the trees but it’s a 10–15 minute walk to the bars in Villards. The brand new Arc 1950 is stunning. It’s still in the final stages of being built (due to be completely finished in 2008) by the Canadian company Intrawest, and it has a certain Canadian feel to it. The apartments are spacious and modern and the buildings are colourful. A few more restaurants and shops popped up last year, and you can expect Arc 1950 to continue to grow over the next year or two. Arc 2000 isn’t the most attractive of ski resorts, nor does it have a lively nightlife, but you can’t beat the access to the extensive skiing in Les Arcs.
The skiing in Les Arcs will appeal to every level of skier and snowboarder, so is attractive to mixed ability groups. Beginners will find convenient nursery slopes, Intermediates have extensive terrain to explore, experts will find some challenging on-piste escapades as well as vast expanses of freeriding off-piste and freestylers can play in the well equipped apocalypse snow park. The villages within Les Arcs provide many activities such as bowling, helicopter trips, hot air balloon rides, overnight igloo stays, dog sled trips, driving on ice, massage, paragliding, or skidooing. There are also some great events to watch if your trip coincides with them. In January are the French ski joering championships, in February is the Robert Blanc derby, where holidaymakers compete against locals in honour of the man who co-founded the resort, and in March is the North Face Freeride, an extreme event which attracts some of the best skiers in the World.
Vanessa Webb - Co-author of Top 50 Ski and Snowboard resorts in Europe 2007
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| Last Snow | 15th April | | Forecast | Sunny skies |
| Lower Snow Depth | 0 cm | | Upper Snow Depth | 0 cm |
| Conditions | Closed for snowsports | | Runs Open | 0 % |
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