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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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January 08, 2006
John from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Have been skiing Les Arcs for 15 years, staying in Bourg St Maurice and using the Funicular up to Arc 1600. What impresses me is the variety of skiing - from great blacks (off Aiguille Rouge + Bois De L'Ours), off-piste plus lots of red and blue fast cruising runs - Cachette above 1600 is a great blast. Bourg is a great place to stay - good selection of excellent value restaurants, Supermarkets with normal French prices etc and easy to take a day in Val, Tignes, La Rosiere, 3V - all of which are 20-40 minutes away.
December 21, 2005
Chris from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Was in Vallandry for January 3 seasons ago with big dumps and quiet pistes. Won't mention the good off-piste bits as outside of January it gets tracked out quite quickly. Les Arcs is underrated and Martin's comment about quiet nightlife in Vallandry clearly wasn't educated at the Bar Mont Blanc but it's worth the walk to 1800 once in a while.
November 26, 2005
Adrian from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
I stayed in Le Pre, Villaroger in February last season and what a brilliant place it is to stay. It is one of the few unspoilt villages left that has it's own chairlift linking in to one of the largest ski areas in the World. Les Arcs is very underated by the British skiing public but has always been one of my favourite ski areas in the World. Now that it links to La Plagne it forms the third largest ski area on the planet and Le Pre, Villaroger is the best place to stay when skiing it!
January 22, 2005
James from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Depending on what you want from a ski/boarding holiday LesArcs has it all cover. I spen the 03/04 season there. Go to 1800 if you want a party hard and be in the middle of it, 1600 is for more family stuff, nice though. 1950 @ 2000 are a bit of distance and have a newer feel and the price reflects that. It's near on impossible to travel between the resorts after the busses stop (i think is midnight) I've boarded at 10 or more French resorts and favour LesArc. Above all I don't think I've waited more than 3 minutes in a lift que ever which is what you want.. right?
January 08, 2005
paul from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
We stayed in les Arc 2000 over the new year 04/05. Snow conditions were good for early season and the fact that the bowl is north facing keeps the sun of the snow apart from 12-3pm. When you get out out of the bowl and down to the other resorts there are plenty of tree lined runs. The lifts are to a good standard and there is always a choice of routes to get you back home etc. Its a good resort for beginners and intermediates to gets lots of miles under there belts. The Aguille rouge was open when I was there and to be honest the claim that it is the longest black descent is just marketing. Perhaps the first 10 metres are black, the rest red to blue. Nonetheless it a good long run from the spectacular views at the top stages down to the tree lines at Villaroger.
January 05, 2005
chip from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
i went to les arcs in march 2004 to the championship,now this was my first snowboard holiday and had only just done my lessons in castleford.so before id gone to les arcs id been boarding on artificial snow for about 3 weeks with 6 other novice friends.les arcs has a fantastic night life was 8 out of 10.food was great great,between us all we £210 for seven people eating in six days which was great.i stayed at les arc 1800 apts,accommadated all seven of us comfortable.we was told that there wasnt that much snow there as the snow line started at 1600m,so at the bottom of the slopes it was slushy by midday.the best was at the top.by the end of the week i was doing red and black runs.scary at times.
December 31, 2004
Rob McAuley from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Stayed in Arc 2000 during xmas 2004 just after a major snowfall. Snow condition was fantastic but, unfortunately, not enough to open the black runs below Aguille Rouge. Advantage of 2000 is that in warm weather it will hold the snow and in really cold or white-out skiing can be found in lower resorts of Villaroger, 1800, 1600, Vallandry and Plan Peisey. These latter resorts, especially Villaroger, Vallandry and Plan Peisey, have wide, tree-lined reds where you can practice racing turns and superb off-piste tree skiing. I have skied for more than 20 years and what was amazing was the peacefulness and lack of skiers on many of the pistes. Apres-ski was not widely available but recommended is the Red Rock for a meal / snack and the happy hour from 6 30 to 7 30.
December 27, 2004
shaun from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Spent christmas 2004 in Arc 1950. This resort is already fantastic! Albeit still under construction. Accomodation better than Arc 1600,1800, and 2000. Great atmosphere in the village, the sking is suitable for all levels, views of Mont Blanc. The only place to go in Les Arc !
November 10, 2004
Duncan Laidler from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Stayed in Arc 2000 Feb 2004 and thoroughly enjoyed the skiing on offer. A great mixture of runs on offer from the open areas above 2000 down to the tree lined runs nr Vallandry. Not an expert in the powder but had a great time coming off the front of the Aguille Rouge down to Arc 2000. My favourite area was near Vallandry in the trees on and off piste. Very underated and going back to stay in Vallandry Jan 2005.
November 05, 2004
Martin Nicholas from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
I can't add much to Johns summary. Having done several weeks in each of the 3v, Val and Portes du Soleil, and a week in St Anton, Zermatt 2 Alpes, Alpe D'Huez I think this is the best PISTE skiing in the alps. I recon peisey Vallandry end is the best place to stay, although quiet nightlife is the rule.