Les Arcs, France Ski Holidays 2019/2020

On the mountain

This is a big mountain with altitude, an amazing variety of pistes and guaranteed snow thanks to a glacier. Beginners will love the wide green runs close to the villages while intermediates can enjoy some of the best tree skiing around with runs of up to 7km through the woods to Vallandry.

The fast link over La Plagne really opens this area up for the mile-munchers. You'd be hard pushed to ski the whole area in a season, let alone a week. The area is really accessible too so there's lots of off-piste to be had without the need for a transceiver.

Les Arcs resort stats

Resort altitude: 1950m to 2000m

Skiing altitude: 1250m to 3250m

Glacier: Yes

Ski area size: 425km in the Paradiski area

Number of runs: 242

Range of runs: 32% green, 44% blue, 15% red and 9% black

Lifts: 94 drags, 62 chairlifts, 12 gondola, 2 cable cars and 1 funicular

Night skiing: Yes

Cross country trails: 91km

Snowmaking: 22% runs covered

Resort bus: Yes

Les Arcs travel info

Departure airports: Birmingham, Bristol, Gatwick, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle & Stansted

Departure day: Saturday

Arrival airport: Grenoble

Flying time: approx. 2 hours

Transfer time: approx. 3 hours 30 minutes

Off the mountain

The Mille8 is a new après-ski centre directly on the piste just above Arc 1800 with unbelievable views over Mont Blanc. Slide, swim, relax, savour delicious food and have fun in a unique alpine playground. It's open day and night so there's no excuse to miss it.

La Piscine is a 3800m² indoor aquatic centre and part of the Mille8. Spend time swimming, in chilling the jacuzzi, hot tubs, waterfalls and grottos or enjoy complete relaxation and rest tired ski-legs in the wellness and fitness centre.

La Folie Douce après bar is coming to Les Arcs in 2019/20. It'll be above Les Arc 1800 in the Mille8 leisure zone with the blue Foret piste taking you back down to Peisey Vallandry. There's even a bus back to Peisey from the Folie on Thursday evenings if you fancy some dancing in your boots!

Les Arcs offers

Save some money for après with our ski & board offers...

Free ski guiding and coaching from fully qualified Neilson Mountain Experts when you stay in any Mountain Collection catered ski chalet in Les Arcs

Free Paradiski lift pass upgrade Valid for pre-booked local lift passes on 4 and 11 January or 28 March arrivals

Free child lift pass for 5-12s when you pre-book two adult lift passes on 21 December or 11 April

Free lift passes for under 5s available in resort

Don't miss...

The Vanoise Express double-decker cable car is one of the largest cable cars in the world and is definitely worth a ride. It links Les Arcs to La Plagne and stretches over a mile across the valley floor carrying over 200 passengers. Impressive!

Head over to the dedicated speed skiing course to see people hitting some crazy speeds. They often have practice sessions and races where they reach speeds over 100mph (the record is currently 158.4mph)! You can even have a go yourself if you're good enough and brave enough.