The Mille8 development at the heart of the Les Arcs ski area, above Arc 1800 in particular, will fully open this winter.
The areas partially opened last year, but this ski season will see a crucial indoor element seen as completing Mille8 added to the €36m project.
Les Arcs is promoting Mille8 as a new idea in winter sports holidays, something looking towards the future.
The concept is that rather than a just a regular base village with ski area above, Miller 8 is a kind of activities and entertainments hub, open at least 12 hours a day with as a mixture of indoor and outdoor facilities and attractions, plus lots of laid-on events and activities to dip in and out of – all within a concentrated area above the largest of Les Arcs' bases.
Outdoor attractions include a toboggan run and terrain park whilst indoors there's a swimming pool complex and spa. The new Lodge, which will open on 18th December but with an official opening two months later on February 16th, will be a dining and apres ski centre as well as the venue for many of the laid on events and activities.
Les Arcs are laying on a huge number of activities starting with things like yoga on the snow and Nordic walking before the lifts open, then with more entertainment shows and fun activities like snowball battles and sledging races later in the day. They've even got a dedicated Mille8 app and big information screens dotted around the area to keep holiday makers informed on what's available and when.
The centre has been designed to operate in the summer too, located in the centre of the golf course then instead of the ski slopes. A new gondola accessing the top of Mille 8 opened last winter.