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Skiing in Les Arcs, Paradiski
| Les Arcs is part of one of the largest ski areas in the world: the Vanoise Express connects Plan Peisey in Les Arcs to la Plagne (via les Coches) creating the combined Paradiski ski area. Les Arcs has skiing and boarding for all standards. Beginners and intermediate skiers are well catered for; more advanced skiers are probably better off in les Arcs than neighbouring la Plagne. Many skiers and snowboarders come away from La Plagne describing it as under-rated: it really is excellent for beginners and intermediates; it is not so good for advanced on piste. Due to the lack of good skiers in les Arcs and la Plagne you will often find powder to the side of the pistes days after ski resorts such as Val d'Isere have been skied out. A brief guide by category of skier will be added soon to this site. You will find our unique piste by piste guide below (currently being worked on): just click on the sector that you want and look for the colour coded pistes. A similar guide has already been developed for La Plagne and La Rosiere. |
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| Fact file: Ski range 1200m to 3200m Marked pistes: 200km (Paradiski 425km) Ski lifts: 54 (Paradiski 143) Snow parks: Half-pipe: Weather forecasts and snow conditions can be found via the ski holiday offers screen. |
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| Ski passes for les Arcs & Paradiski Ski pass prices for les Arcs: Adult 6 days: €203 (child 6-13 years €152.50) Adult 7 days: €229 (child 6-13 years €172) Adult 8 days: €258 (child 6-13 years €193.50) Ski pass prices for Paradiski (la Plagne & les Arcs): Adult 6 days: €243 (child 6-13 years €182.50) Adult 7 days: €272 (child 6-13 years €204) Adult 8 days: €303 (child 6-13 years €227.50) Ski passes for children 5 years and under are free of charge. Ski passes can be bought on line via the tourist office and other sites. These websites are often so confusing that skiers give up. It is probably best to buy your les Arcs or Paradiski ski pass via your tour operator, some bigger operators seem to use very generous exchange rates (to them) when buying in advance so beware. Smaller tour operators tend to sell lift passes locally and at the normal public rate - these would normally be delivered to your accommodation in les Arcs. There are many different ski passes available and even deals for beginners - ask your tour operator which is best for you. Some sites have very helpful tables which pretty much explain all the ski passes that you might normally want, try Ski Beat's website for booking ski passes in les Arcs: they can only sell to skiers and snowboarders staying in their own ski chalets but you can still use the information on their site. |
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| Sectors of the Les Arcs and Paradiski ski areas | |
| Les Arcs 1600 | |
| Les Arcs 1800 | |
| Les Arcs 1950 & 2000 | |
| Vallandry & Plan Piesey (linking to La Plagne) |
| Chalets in Les Arcs | | | Apartments in Les Arcs | | | Luxury chalets in Les Arcs | | | Hotels in Les Arcs |