Les Arcs Season Thread. (Where you can ask questions on Les Arcs , La Plagne or chat)

Managed to get back on my skis today. Quite fun to be out again after a week of resting. Good to get to ski with you todayallanm, .

A group of us met up for an easy ski all around Les Arcs domain, mostly on piste including from the top of the Aiguille Rouge down to Villaroger and then right across to Peisey for lunch whilst watching the GS race then by the late afternoon I did have a little play in the easy off piste, well it just had to be done. Finally finishing with a run on the bordercross 'slowly' on the way back to the Altiport for a beer (I did not do the waterslide today, could have been one risk to many) and then down to Arc 1600 the easy way and home.

The pistes all over Les Arcs were hard and firm with some very slippy patches around during the morning. We had a chance to see how you should turn on the hard snow when watching the race and found some nice soft snow on a firm base in the centre of the Arc 2000 bowl.

Overall my shoulder held up well and did not hurt any more at the end of the day than it did at the start (I did not pole plant very much with my left hand) and hopefully it will not be any worse by tomorrow morning when I plan to go up again. Pics are posted in the March 2012 Album of my Les Arcs Winter facebook page.

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That's great to hear you're back on the snow again :thumbup:

savodump wrote:Snowcrazy, its quite a lot of years since I skied the La Plagne area and I can't recall if the lift pass includes skiing over to Champagny en Vanoise or not?

Yes it is...nice runs down there especially the Mont de la guerre

Been a very busy past few days so not much time to post stuff here. :(

The spring snow conditions have arrived off piste now and by being careful I have managed to get back out in the off piste without making my shoulder any worse and I am very happy!!!!! :D

We have played around on some of the steeper slopes in Les Arcs within the ski domain and found some good snow quite near to the pistes at times. We even made two trips down the Col de Chal in spring snow which was a good surprise! :twisted:

Despite the hard packed boiler plate conditions first thing in the morning, by using the sun to guide you it is possible to find firm chalky snow and even soft spring snow in many places. Even the soft slush in the late afternoon is quite fun where the hard crust has been melted, but not yet become heavy and you are still able to float on the surface. :-D

Check out the pics of the last few days to see that the conditions are still quite good and more snow is expected this weekend or into next week. The pics are posted in the March 2012 Album of my Les Arcs Winter page. Enjoy! :D

The conditions right now just posted on my daily update:

WHAT IT LOOK'S LIKE OUTSIDE: (From ME!)
Blue sky, a little frost on the cars and not a cloud in sight. It should be a great day as long as it does not gt to warm. Off to ski the Bellecote today!

Almost 100% of lifts are open and all pistes. Not bad for the middle of March. With this weather it is a great time to try the waterslide above Arc 1600 before heading home at the end of the day. Hope to see some of you there.

No update for Les Arcs today as we went to the Three Valleys ski area. See the report I just posted if you are interested in hearing about the current conditions.

I have now posted the pics up to March 15 which includes our day in the Three Valleys mainly in Val Thorens and over on the Orelle side in my Les Arcs Winter facebook page. Take a look if you like. Hope you enjoy them. :D

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Today was another powder day. Yes the powder is back and should still be good tomorrow as well. :-D

We headed up quite early despite the poor vis and went over to the Arc 1800 via some nice off piste to test out the snow. Although it was hard to see where we were going at times the snow was great so went to the 'secret forest'. :twisted:

Had it all to ourselves all morning. We just kept putting new lines down new routes in the trees until we needed a break for lunch. I did not think I would get another chance to do that this season so was very happy. :D

After lunch the sun tried a bit harder to break through so headed up the Aiguille Rouge and off piste down the glacier and then the Robert Blanc couloir. Excellent powder again well over 15cm, maybe even as much as 20cm in places. :lol:

Finally headed over to Droset and more fresh tracks top to bottom and over to the Malgovert forest. By heading through the cliffs we had another fresh tracks route and carried on down in good soft snow until we joined the Mont Blanc piste lower down and headed home. 8-)

A really fun day and more to come tomorrow! Take a look at the pics that will be posted in the March 2012 Album Two of my Les Arcs Winter facebook page when I get it started tomorrow I hope. Enjoy!! :)

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Powder Day!! A group of us went over to the Bellecote today and what a great time we had. The sky was blue, but it was not to warm so we were able to make a route down the back of the Roche de Mio and then another in the Bellecote bowl putting fresh tracks everywhere we went while the snow stayed light and fluffy.

Then over the back of the Bellecote and down the classic route of the Petit North Face for almost 2000m vertical drop of fresh tracks from the entry point to the valley floor below.

Then a nice lunch and some more fun finding fresh tracks in the afternoon back in Les Arcs before finally heading home. What a great day and much more fresh snow than I had expected. Tomorrow should be more of the same!!! Pics to follow in my Les Arcs Winter facebook page, but I do have quite a few days still to catch up with.

Spent the day in Les Arcs and managed to find some nice untracked spring powder over on the back of the Aiguille Rouge in the National Park. Went up early and warmed up in the Arc 2000 bowl before heading over the back.

The walk up was a pain as always, but it was worth the effort. Fresh tracks and soft snow or spring snow all the way to the forest path. Went all the way down to La Planay and then over to Villaroger with a bit more walking toward the exit of the park. Sorry to say, but for those coming out, the conditions low down are not likely to improve as it is quite warm lower down so you will be walking out from all the routes down into Villaroger for the rest of the season I would think.

After getting to the lift we headed back to Arc 2000 bowl and the Bulle via the Varet lift for a late lunch.

After lunch a bit of piste skiing around Arc 2000 area and then a couple of off piste runs down the middle shoulder before going to the waterslide and then home.

The pistes are still in good conditions, hard and firm in the mornings and soft spring slush on many lower pistes in the afternoon. The snowpark and Bordercross are still in good condition and the waterslide is fun as always. Pics from today will be in the March 2012 Album Two later. Enjoy!!