Snowfall warning for North Island New Zealand Issued 24 July at 10am local time. A deepening sub-tropical depression will quickly cross North Island on Saturday accompanied by a short period of gales and heavy rain. Expect easterly blizzard conditions to develop on Ruapehu as well as the ranges from the Tararuas to the Kawekas and perhaps even further north. A Cool SE flow with further bands of snow for mountains elsewhere. Many resorts have seen more than 20cm snow over the past 24hrs.

Les Arcs, France

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Les Arcs sits above Bourge st Maurice, the main transport town for the Alps. You can catch a train from London and wake up in the Alps. The resort is centred around 3 villages at 1600, 1800 and 2000. Intrawest (owners of Whistler) saw so much potential that they have just finished their own village at 1950. The skiing is unlimited now due to the link to nearby La Plagne (and the Paradiski area) via the Vanoise Express and there is something for everyone; open bowls at the top, to tree skiing and cruiser greens, to steep as you like blacks, even a speed skiing run. Try to hit 150 kph if you dare! Off the piste Arc 1800 is the best place to stay and is well catered for in terms of food and accommodation. If you are on a budget, stay in Bourge and get the funicular up to Arc 1600 each morning. Nightlife at Les Arcs is good in any of the villages, but don't expect to move between 2000 and 1800/1600....it is a long drive and an expensive taxi ride.

Resorts close to Les Arcs include: Les Coches (5 km), Montchavin/Les Coches (5 km), Villaroger (5 km), Peisey/Vallandry (6 km), Sainte Foy (6 km),

	Trails (Pistes): 112	Halfpipes: 1
	Summit: 3199 m	Toplift: m
	Beg: 38.5% Int: 38.5% Adv: 23%	Terrain Parks: 1
	Vertical Drop: 1619 m	X-Country: 15 km
	Lifts: 77 (31 chair lifts, 40 surface lifts)	Snowmaking: 11%
	Gondolas / Cable Cars: 6	Slopeside accom.: Y
	Restaurants: 40	Acres of ski: 1853
	Bars: 30	Nearest Airport: Lyon
	Nearest Train: Bourg-St-Maurice	Info phone: +33479071257 \| Les Arcs Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Les Arcs

PETER HADFIELD from UNITED KINGDOM writes:

Just returned after a new year week holiday in Les Arcs 06/07. Stayed at Du Golf hotel in 1800, great location by the lifts, nice clean rooms, attractive lounge bar with open fire, food truly awful, cheap cuts of meat and fish served semi warm.
The snow conditions where superb even before the big dumps we had early in the week, this is at a time when other resorts were dry. The ski area is superb,full of challenging varied skiing for all levels.Aiguille Rouge closed all week,avalanche risk. Favourite runs, the bosses black above Vallandry, great fun, the refuge black down from Grand Col (scary),the lac red from the L,Arpette lift down towards 1950, the grds melezes blue back to 1800. Lift queues only realy a problem in 2000, the Plagnettes and Arcabulle lifts, almost walked straight on to all other lifts. The Chantel lift in 1800 needs replacing with a six pack. ESF ski school excellent, good English, friendly, my daughter had a week of lessons and was going down reds by the end of the week, her first week on skis. One word of warning though ESF will challenge your group and push you which was too much for my nervous wife and a number of others in her group. Nursery area not big enough in 1800. Complete beginners better off in Plan Peisey/Vallandry. Children have seperate excellent learning areas above all villages. The main problem for nervous beginners is progression,the reds are real reds and some blues have steepish sections, especially at 1600. The sign posting at the top of lifts and intersections is superb, no need for a piste map you always know were you are heading, this is something a lot of other resorts could learn from. Vast ski area, superb variety of long runs for all levels, great snow, enjoy.

2007-01-08

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