les arcs
Les arcs is one of the most famous ski resorts in france, and together with the villages of paisey, Vallandry and Villaroger constitute almost half of the Paradiski ski area.
Les Arcs ski resort is actually 4 villages, Arc 1600. Arc 1800, Arc 1950 and arc 2000. The numbers point out to the altitude of them.
In this video, we will show you the most important things you need to know before booking a vacation in Les Arcs, and show you the uniqueness of each village and the differences between them, And if you stay until the end of the video, you’ll get some great tips that will help you to make better decisionsת save time and money and have a more enjoyable vacation.
How to get to Les Arcs?
The closest airports to Les Arcs are Chambéry, with transfer time of 2 hours and Lyon, Geneva and grenoble with transfer time of 2 and a half hours.
If you are coming on the train, the nearest train stop is in a town of Bourg St Maurice where you need to take a 30 minutes buss drive Les Arcs, depending on which part of the resort you're staying in.
If you are staying in arc 1600 we recommend you to use the funicular that will take you there in just 7 minutes.
you can also take the funicular to arc 1600 and use the inter villages electric shuttles To arrive to one of the other villages.
If you are coming with a car, an indoor public parking will cost you around 88 euros per week, while outdoor parking will cost you 71 euros per week.
Les Arcs has a long ski season beginning in mid-December and last to the end of April.
Les Arcs ski area is comprised of two main sectors, separated by an impressive sharp mountain ridge:
The first contains Arc 1600 and Arc 1800, which are terraced into a steep mountainside.
The second above Arc 2000 and Arc 1950, contain the Aiguille Rouge iceberg which is watching from above on all the area and from both sides, half circle ridges creating the largest bowl in any ski resort in Europe,
making it one of the best off-piste areas in ski resorts anywhere.
The ski of Les Arcs itself has 200 kilometers of ski runs, more than 100 pistes for all ability levels. Overall there are 16 black runs, 42 red runs, 55 blue runs and 10 green runs in the ski area of Les Arcs connected by 52 ski lifts.
Les Arcs area connected to La Plagne thus creating Paradiski super ski area which can be available with the Paradiski pass with a total of 425 kilometers of connected ski runs.
The longest groomed trail, is Aiguille Rouge run, which start at peak of Aiguille Rouge above Arc 2000, and is a 7km long black into red piste onto the village of vilaroger with a vertical drop of over 2,000 meters.
For intermediates to advance skiers Many of the best pistes in Les Arcs lie above the villages of Arc 1600 and Arc 1800. They’re broad well-groomed and tree lined base for parts which make them beautiful for skiing.
for beginners the best area is at Arc 2000, and 1950 at the buttom of the aiguille rouge bowl where you can find many blue runs
Transarc gondola system. after apres ski in L’aprette or coming back from La Plagne this is your last “train” to catch if you are staying at arc 1950 or 2000, if you'll miss it you can ski to 1600 and then take a shuttle that run every 20 minutes to arc 1950 and arc 2000. The last one departs at 20:20
Les Arcs offer all the accommodation styles from basic apartments up to luxurious five-star hotels. But mainly self-catered apartments.
Arc 1600 is the closest village to bourge st mourice, and the oldest village of the 4 arcs, build in 1968.
Arc 1800 is the largest village in the ski area, and compound of 4 quarters. In the quarters of Les villards and Le Chavret you will have commercial centers.
Arc 1800 is the only village with good nightlife.
We recommend club 73 or Le carre for the clubbers.
Regarding apres ski, les arcs will add a big name, to its apres ski bars, after the opening, in 2020, of the new foulie douce in 1800, next to the top of les Villards gondola. This foulie douce will party on until 7pm each day!
Arc 1950 is the newest village.
Build by Intrawest, the company which developed Whislter resort in Canada, was Completed in 2012.
Arc 1950, aka arc 1950 le village, is a 1 of a kind concept in Europe of a 5 star apartments resort build like an old village but carefully planed for being ski in out for all buildings, and doing so with a charmful feel.
Arc 2000, is the highest village, and named 2000 not just because of its hight, but also to mention the year 2000 vision, from the 70’s perspectives.
In Arc 2000, you can have a speed riding course for a week or 1 time trial.
The villages of 1950 and 2000 are connected by a pedestrian triple egg gondola operates freely until 11pm.
Les Arcs offer many other attractions such as paragliding, dog-sled mushing, snowmobiling, hel icopter sightseeing flights and many other winter activities
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Avalanche in Les Arcs, France - 20th March 2010
This is a video of an avalanche in the Les Arcs ski resort. It was filmed by Tom, one of the other guests in the chalet that I stayed in.
Paradiski Ski Guide: Skiing from La Plagne to Les Arcs in the morning.
The ski resort La Plagne (Paradiski) is located in the Tarentaise (France, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, Savoie Mont Blanc, Savoie, Albertville). For skiing and snowboarding, there are 225 km of slopes available. 90 lifts transport the guests. The winter sports area is situated between the elevations of 1,207 and 3,167 m.
La Plagne is a skier's paradise where skiers can live out their ski dreams. This ski resort, with its 225 km of slopes in a surprising and diverse ski paradise, offers a multitude of villages, snowparks and glaciers. Seventy percent of the ski resort is situated at over 2000 m above sea level guaranteeing extraordinary snow reliability.
The ski resort Les Arcs/Peisey-Vallandry (Paradiski) is located in the Tarentaise (France, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, Savoie Mont Blanc, Savoie, Albertville). For skiing and snowboarding, there are 200 km of slopes available. 47 lifts transport the guests. The winter sports area is situated between the elevations of 1,200 and 3,226 m.
Welcome to one of the most beautiful natural terraces in Europe! In summer as well as in winter, the villages of Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Arc 1600, Arc 1800, Arc 1950 and Arc 2000 with altitudes between 810 m and 3226 m are waiting for you. Here you will find clean air, lots of space, a happy, easy way of life and a new-found freedom!
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Jan 2019
Annual ski trip (19th) 1st to 9th Feb 2019, Lyon, Les arcs, France
Skiing 2019 in Les Arcs, black piste Comborciere
12.03.2019
Heavy snow and a lot of bumps.
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Places to see in ( Les Arcs - France )
Places to see in ( Les Arcs - France )
Les Arcs is a ski resort located in Savoie, France, in the Tarentaise Valley town of Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Initially created by Robert Blanc and Roger Godino, it is a part of the huge Paradiski system which is under ownership by Compagnie des Alpes, a French-listed company owning several other ski resorts as well as theme parks.
The five areas—Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Arc 1600, Arc 1800, Arc 1950, and Arc 2000—are situated at an altitude spanning from 810 to 3226 metres, although skiing is mostly possible above 1200 metres. The ski area consists of 106 runs, 54 lifts, and 200 kilometres of descent. The highest peak in the resort is the Aiguille Rouge (Red Needle) from where is a 7 km long piste with 2026 metres in vertical drop down to the Village Villaroger. Since the opening of the Vanoise Express cable car in December 2003, Les Arcs has become part of the Paradiski group of ski-connected resorts, which also includes the La Plagne area. Paradiski in total has 425 km of pistes.
Les Arcs has the reputation of being one of the original French mega-resorts. All of them have a convenient, large, and varied network of pistes. Les Arcs has the specificity of a unique avant-garde modernist architecture labelled as heritage of the 20th century. Most of its resorts are built following this modernist architecture, with the exception of latest—Arc 1950—which is built following the traditional architecture in the Alps and also with a more defined village ambiance.
The ski domain provides a mixture of open runs (especially above Arc 2000) and wooded runs (around the outlying villages of Peisey and Villaroger in particular). Its terrain park has a good reputation, with green, red, and black jumps and rails. It is also good for snowboarders, with few drag lifts. The ski lifts have been gradually updated so virtually all critical lifts are modern, fast, and comfortable.
Modelled on the accelerated progress of the Sophringham Method, Les Arcs' ESF ski school teaches ski evolutif; students are taught parallel turns from the beginning, but on very short skis (that get progressively longer through the first week). Les Arcs is regarded as having excellent beginner ski areas in each resort, although absolute beginners have little to progress to; away from the nursery slopes things get trickier. Les Arcs is also regarded by many as the home of snowboarding in Europe. Local instructor Régis Rolland popularized the snowboard in France with the Apocalypse Snow series of films made in the resort in the early 1980s.
The ski area of Arc 2000 and 1950 consists of a broad valley, with these two resorts at the bottom of its broader part. One of the sides of the valley is the ridge with the area's highest point, the Aiguille Rouge. The other side is a ridge to Arc 1600, 1800, and Peisey-Vallandry, which hold a wide range of runs. There are also a lot of relatively safe off-piste possibilities available in addition to those where a skier would require a mountain guide.
Charlotte Perriand designed and built Arc 1600, Arc 1800, and Arc 2000. She led the Les Arcs design team that included Roger Godino, Robert Blanc, Gaston Regairaz, Guy Rey-Millet, and Bernard Taillefer. She designed the resorts to have minimal rooms, with the idea that most guests spend their time outside. Instead the buildings have great rooms that are open to the sun and nature.
Within the Tarentaise Valley can be found the biggest concentration of world-class ski resorts in the world. The most well known neighbour systems are Espace Killy (Val d'Isère and Tignes), Les Trois Vallées (Courchevel, Méribel, Val Thorens), Sainte Foy, and La Rosiere (which connects to the Italian resort of La Thuile). A weekly lift ticket in Les Arcs/Paradiski gives skiers a choice to ski one day in each of the other systems mentioned either for free or for a reduced rate of 15 euros. There were once plans to interlink all systems and resorts to create the—by far—largest ski area in the world. However that vision was ended with the creation of the Vanoise National Park.
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OzDzynes Snowboarding Top To Bottom Smiles Les Arcs, France
Backcountry footage of snowboarding in Les Arcs and La Plagne down Bellecote. Love my home resort!
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Les Arcs France Snowboarding 7 Last run of the Holiday
The last run of the holiday we got the Lanchettes 45 lift from Les Arcs 2000 was nice and sunny. I filmed Amy, Bethany and Thorin down the red to the point where we join a blue.
The Lifts of La Plagne & Les Arcs January 2013
Lifts and a lovely sunny day in Les Arcs
A quick jib session on Le Derby, Les Arcs, France....
Les Arcs, Mille 8 Les Bosses
3 way race on Les Bosses in Les Arcs March 2016
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Places to see in ( Bourg Saint Maurice - France ) Les Arcs
Places to see in ( Bourg Saint Maurice - France ) Les Arcs
Les Arcs is a ski resort located in Savoie, France, in the Tarentaise Valley town of Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Initially created by Robert Blanc and Roger Godino, it is a part of the huge Paradiski system which is under ownership by Compagnie des Alpes, a French-listed company owning several other ski resorts as well as theme parks.
The five areas—Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Arc 1600, Arc 1800, Arc 1950, and Arc 2000—are situated at an altitude spanning from 810 to 3226 metres, although skiing is mostly possible above 1200 metres. The ski area consists of 106 runs, 54 lifts, and 200 kilometres of descent. The highest peak in the resort is the Aiguille Rouge (Red Needle) from where is a 7 km long piste with 2026 metres in vertical drop down to the Village Villaroger. Since the opening of the Vanoise Express cable car in December 2003, Les Arcs has become part of the Paradiski group of ski-connected resorts, which also includes the La Plagne area. Paradiski in total has 425 km of pistes.
Les Arcs has the reputation of being one of the original French mega-resorts. All of them have a convenient, large, and varied network of pistes. Les Arcs has the specificity of a unique avant-garde modernist architecture labelled as heritage of the 20th century. Most of its resorts are built following this modernist architecture, with the exception of latest—Arc 1950—which is built following the traditional architecture in the Alps and also with a more defined village ambiance.
The ski domain provides a mixture of open runs (especially above Arc 2000) and wooded runs (around the outlying villages of Peisey and Villaroger in particular). Its terrain park has a good reputation, with green, red, and black jumps and rails. It is also good for snowboarders, with few drag lifts. The ski lifts have been gradually updated so virtually all critical lifts are modern, fast, and comfortable.
Modelled on the accelerated progress of the Sophringham Method, Les Arcs' ESF ski school teaches ski evolutif; students are taught parallel turns from the beginning, but on very short skis (that get progressively longer through the first week). Les Arcs is regarded as having excellent beginner ski areas in each resort, although absolute beginners have little to progress to; away from the nursery slopes things get trickier. Les Arcs is also regarded by many as the home of snowboarding in Europe. Local instructor Régis Rolland popularized the snowboard in France with the Apocalypse Snow series of films made in the resort in the early 1980s.
The ski area of Arc 2000 and 1950 consists of a broad valley, with these two resorts at the bottom of its broader part. One of the sides of the valley is the ridge with the area's highest point, the Aiguille Rouge. The other side is a ridge to Arc 1600, 1800, and Peisey-Vallandry, which hold a wide range of runs. There are also a lot of relatively safe off-piste possibilities available in addition to those where a skier would require a mountain guide.
In Arc 2000 is the famous speed skiing course used in the 1992 Olympics (speed skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics). It is 2000 metres long with an additional 700 metres for stopping.
The current world records in speed skiing was set in Les Arcs with Italian Simone Origone at 251.4 km/h (156.2 mph) and Swedish Sanna Tidstrand at 242.59 km/h (150.74 mph), both in April 2006. The amateur record at Les Arcs is held by Frenchman Stephane Teteblanche at a fairly ponderous 85 km/h. The course is sometimes open for the public but with restrictions in altitude, snow preparations, equipment, etc., to limit the speed.
Les Arcs is completely integrated into the mountain setting and distinguished by an exterior architecture avoiding buildings overlooking one another and by an interior open-plan concept (open kitchen, large picture windows, and raised balconies) which paved the way for a new style of living.
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Skiing in France - Paradiski - Peisey Vallandry – HD
After a night in Geneva, we headed to France to ski the slopes of Paradiski including Peisey Vallandry, Les Arcs and La Plagne. A great 10 day skiing holiday with my pops and friends. Probably skied over 1000 km's of slopes with the epic chair and cable car network between the valleys.
It was so nice having a ski-in, ski-out resort, being able to ski from the hotel to the lift and ski right back to the hotel. I'd highly recommend Chalet Hotel Le Foret for their location, facilities and awesome staff.
Thank you to everybody I met on the trip.
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Les Arcs (FullHD) | GoPro Hero 2
Deuxième vidéo de la série à l'étranger ! Elle se déroule dans la station alpine Les Arcs en France.
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Ski Lift - Les Arcs
Ski Lift - Les Arcs
Les Arcs ski lift to La Paign
Not 'fraid of heights but these lifts worry the shit out of me all week lol
Skiing - Boarder Gliss at Rey Park, Les Arcs, France
Boarder Gliss et Rey Park, Les Arcs, France. At the top of the Peisey chair lift, you'll find 2 courses for you to have fun on. Accessible to all levels. A series of oops and banked turns on a totally dedicated route; 2 courses at different levels of difficulty for you to experience at your own pace. Piste du Plan Vert -- Vallée d'Arc.
Les Arcs France Snowboarding 1 Red run from Col De La Chal 2600m
Me filming Thorin, Beren, Amy, Bethany, Stu and Lesley going down the Teppes Red run from Col De La Chal 2600m in Les Arcs France
Epic 8km ski run from top of Aiguille Rouge to Villaroger, Les Arcs, Paradiski, France, Jan 2019
The Les Arcs ski area is served by a generally slick lift system with lots of fast chairs, and snow reliability is good, with lots of runs over 2,000m and plenty of snowmaking. Views over the valley to the resort of La Rosiere and to Mont Blanc are stunning. The link to La Plagne is via the two-way double decker Vanoise Express cable car from Plan Peisey, high above the intervening valley. The joint Paradiski area has a total of 425km of pistes, up there with the biggest ski areas in the world.
The legendary Aiguille Rouge black run begins at the highest point in Les Arcs, at 3226m. From here you can opt for the red Arandelieres run but you may as well take the black Aiguille Rouge. It’s an 8km beast with a vertical descent of over 2000m, it’s best to be conquered first thing before queues build up at the gondola.