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Les Arcs resort snow
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Les Arcs Resort Reviews

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Les Arcs Ratings

Overall: 4.2. Based on 87 votes and 84 reviews.

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Snowsure: 4.7

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • Les Arcs is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 4.8

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Les Arcs has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 4.5

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 4.2

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 3.8

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of Les Arcs

Public Transport: 4.4

  • There are no buses or taxis to Les Arcs
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 4.7

  • No places to stay in/near Les Arcs
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 3.8

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 4.2

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in Les Arcs

Ski in/Ski out: 4.8

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 4.2

  • There are no child care facilities at Les Arcs
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 4.2

  • Les Arcs relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 4.6

  • There are no snow groomers at Les Arcs
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Les Arcs are groomed daily

Shelter: 4.0

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • Les Arcs is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 4.0

  • If snow conditions are poor at Les Arcs, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 4.4

  • Les Arcs usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 4.3

  • The staff at Les Arcs are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at Les Arcs are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 3.7

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 4.6

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 4.7

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 4.3

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 4.7

  • No intermediate terrain at Les Arcs
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 4.7

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 4.2

  • Not even a kicker at Les Arcs
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 3.7

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Les Arcs
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 3.9

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • Les Arcs has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 4.3

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 4.4

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 4.1

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 4.0

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 3.7

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 4.0

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 3.9

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 4.0

  • Overall, Les Arcs is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 4.1

  • Overall, Les Arcs is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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February 11, 2014
Sergey Poresh from Ski Russia Russia
We visited Les Arc on January, 25, 2014. Staying in Le Belmont, in Les Ark 1800. Everything was nice, except: They never retrack black pistes! As a result you can't enjoy the speed but struggle through moguls! Next time I will check this while planing my trip. Sergey Poresh.
February 08, 2014
Guy Pocock from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
We visited Les Arcs, staying in Le Belmont self catering apartments in the Charmettoger area of Arc 1800. We had a wonderful holiday. The apartment is superbly located (ski-in and out!) and it was very well laid out. We stayed in a 1 bed apartment that had a door onto the lounge and separate bedroom that provided us with 2 separate sleeping spaces. The shower room and separate WC were located off the entrance lobby so all in all, much the best (affordable) apartment we have stayed in whilst skiing! The skiing was also great. Lots of leisurely blue runs with more challenging reds and of course blacks. There is lots of variety of skiing and the opportunity to ski from 3,200m down to 1,200m in the same resort! Les Arcs also has the advantage that you can take the Vanoise Express cable car to nearby La Plagne. More superbly manicured pistes and great skiing that made our holiday truly memorable. Arcs 1800 has 2 mini markets, one at roughly either end of the resort. Both are well stocked and the small kitchen, in Le Belmont, enabled us to make some superb meals after long days on the slopes. We even had a dish-washer! We ate out in a strangely named restaurant (Le Marmite) and shared different types of delicious fondues for reasonable(ish) prices. The night-life appeared to be somewhat limited and finished around 10pm. But after long days out, that hardly mattered to us! All in all, I would thoroughly recommend Les Arcs 1800 and Le Belmont apartments, in particular. Guy Pocock
January 12, 2014
Sherry from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Les Arcs is my favourite place to board, the runs are wide and there are loads of blues and reds. Lots of facilities all across the mountain. Drinks can be expensive on the mountain but food is ok. We do some of our shopping in Bourg when we arrive on Eurostar and stay self catering in Arc1800 to keep the costs down. We usually manage to get a nice apartment in Arc 1800 for about £300 a week and get the Eurostar booked early. Take funicular/bus up to resort; no need for package holiday prices! By the way, there is a bus from the station to the funicular, it's not advertised but runs on a Saturday and saves you a lot of steps. However, in resort, the supermarket at the far end of 1800 is best; it's in the Charmotteger area. Food in the deli style shops is overpriced. I remember 2 years ago asking, in dodgy French, how much the rotisserie chicken was, only to be told it was a weighed price. Well, they looked small so I bought one. £14 bloody quid...£14. I expected it to be an endangered species for that price! Anyway, Les Arcs is great (La Plagne is too). Enjoy.
January 10, 2014
Peter Tooke from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
More useful information about Les Arcs, additional to my earlier posting. On the Les Arcs side of the Vanoise Express, you can get a free bus down to Landry, if as on the day I caught it (Saturday), it stops short of Landry Gare, stay at that bus stop and wait for free bus to B St M. You will see a B St M bus go by in time, don't panic! it will go to the train station and then come back; free to B St M. With reference to La Rosiere, be aware where the bus drops you off (opposite the Arpins bar and by the information office). If as I did, you ski back to the Eucharts lift, you have to walk some distance to get to the bus stop, and I got lost! St Foy: the bus will drop you off at the village. There is a free bus transfer to the ski station village. My research, prior to this ski trip, was aided by the internet, and purchasing the IGN contour map, 3532 ET of Les Arcs and La Plagne. I was apprehensive as to transfers etc but achieved everything except I couldn't make it to Champagny en Vanoise (from La Plagne), I was too tired on my first day. I have had fun with video recording, and also using my Gtrek tracker.
January 09, 2014
Peter Tooke from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
9/1/2014 Arolla Hotel, Bourg St Maurice, Les Arcs. Arrived 4 Jan. 2014, Eurostar. 4 Jan: Skied Les Arcs to La Plagne (tired, no sleep!) 5 Jan: Skied Les Arcs 6 Jan: Bus to Val d'Isere (La Daille) skied over to Tignes, Val Claret etc. 7 Jan: Skied Villaroger and Les Arcs 8 Jan: Bus to La Rosiere (not Ecudets, free bus to there) and skied to Italy, La Thuile (fantastic!) 9 Jan: Rest! and visit to Moutiers 10 Jan: Ticket purchased to ski St Foy. Excellent travel links! Not to everyone's choice, skiing only some areas, but I am 65 and I wanted to sample different resorts. Purchase bus tickets the day before, at B St M train station. Stay in B St M. it is better by far.
December 30, 2013
Julian from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Just back from a fantastic week at Arc 1800 with the family. For ski/board/equipment hire or purchase and lessons I'd heartily recommend Bazik/Privilege Ecole de Ski. Small and independent, you get great personal service here and the guys really care about what they do. Fully bilingual and happy to accommodate your needs. Find them Front de Neige @ Villards!
April 14, 2012
Debbie Lee from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Fantastic snow and still more to come. Can't believe it is almost mid-April!
January 22, 2012
Nicki from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
In reply to Mark's question about taxis - I would recommend Taxi AARTHUR who are based in Bourg St Maurice. This site won't accept links but you can look them up and find their website on Google.
January 17, 2012
David from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Packed snow on pistes, but still good. Some good stuff off-piste on north facing slopes. Busier than I'm used to in mid-Jan - I guess the great weather and great snow has brought people out of the woodwork. Bright sunshine from dawn till dusk, great food and great bars in Arcs 1950. Life doesn't get much better!
January 12, 2012
Alex from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Yes, it has got it all, including a fairly fast lift system. But you have to avoid some of the crowded pistes. Even this week (mid Jan) we had to be careful where to ski and a what times to avoid them. We saw 3 collisions with ouch factor in one day. Big groups of 10+ skiers, plus ski schools, plus beginners made for end of the day home run mayhem. The slow zones are not supervised (naked stag group speed tucked through the one at 1800 while Piste Security watched and laughed). Would you get away with this in Whistler ? - not a chance. So yes it's good, but maybe a victim of it's own success? We skied Tignes the next day and it was so much quieter on the slopes. The day after Saint Foy and it was empty, the last day was to meet friends who were in Les Arcs for the week - busy pistes again!