Folks,
I am looking at the piste maps for Les Arcs and La Plagne and it is not clear how you get from LA 1950 to LP (pistes and lifts) and back. Anyone done this and can give a steer?
Also, How long would it take?
Regards,
TS
Getting from Les Arcs 1950 to La Plagne and back
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Started by Tspill in France 25-Sep-2010 - 4 Replies
Tspill posted Sep-2010
Stewart Dowling
reply to 'Getting from Les Arcs 1950 to La Plagne and back' posted Sep-2010
From 1950, Take the Marmottes Chair and then ski across to Arcabulle Lift.
Take the choice of Blue or Reds to Plan Peisey and get on the vanoise express.
Depending on ski level between 30mins and 1.5hours.
Take the choice of Blue or Reds to Plan Peisey and get on the vanoise express.
Depending on ski level between 30mins and 1.5hours.
Broom
reply to 'Getting from Les Arcs 1950 to La Plagne and back' posted Sep-2010
I did it but I can't remember how
Andymol2
reply to 'Getting from Les Arcs 1950 to La Plagne and back' posted Sep-2010
La Plagne & Les Arcs are well linked & well signposted so you won't have to look to hard at your piste map to hop between the two.
Just make sure your pass covers both resorts - some are full passes, some are what they called explorer passes where you get 1 day in the other resort and some are local only.
Just make sure your pass covers both resorts - some are full passes, some are what they called explorer passes where you get 1 day in the other resort and some are local only.
Andy M
Malve
reply to 'Getting from Les Arcs 1950 to La Plagne and back' posted Oct-2010
Last year (February half term week)we found the least busy route was to take the Cacades run (blue)down from Arc 1950 to the Combourciere chair. It is then a pretty direct run over to Arc 1800 and Vallandry. This is all pretty much on blue runs but gets you over there relatively quickly. Remember that the Express takes you across to Les Coches and you then need to get the lifts up to the main runs in la Plagne. When coming back you'll probably want to use the TransArc gondola back over the ridge into the Arc 2000 sector. This can get very busy at certain times of day (late afternoon!). There is an option to access the lift half way up but most people are going right to the top so spaces can be very limited. Alternatively use a combination of lifts on the Arc 1800 side of the ridge followed by the Arpette lift back to above Arc 1950.
We were staying in Arc 2000 and found the skiing in the Arc 2000,Villaroger and Arc 1800 sectors was plenty for us as intermediate skiers (Reds, blues and the occasional black/off piste)and that getting across to the express and back was probably a bit too far and constantly checking your watch to make sure you had time to get back spoiled the skiing.
As an alternative to visiting La Plagne I would highly recommennd the run down to Villaroger from Arc 2000 providing snow conditions allow (3,200m down to 1,200m in one run - mind you we did have to stop a few times to recover). Either take the Cable car right to the top of Aigulle Rouge - this involves an initial black run - or take the Lanchettes chair from the middle of Arc 2000 which cuts out the steep bit. One word of warning is don't be tempted to take the blue run to the left two thirds of the way down unless you are a fan of cross-country and uphill sking. The reds and blues to the right provide excellent skiing through the trees though.
As mentioned there are three main types of pass The full Paradiski pass covering both LA and LP, The LA only pass and also a pass for LA which gives you one day in LP (The discovery pass).
We were staying in Arc 2000 and found the skiing in the Arc 2000,Villaroger and Arc 1800 sectors was plenty for us as intermediate skiers (Reds, blues and the occasional black/off piste)and that getting across to the express and back was probably a bit too far and constantly checking your watch to make sure you had time to get back spoiled the skiing.
As an alternative to visiting La Plagne I would highly recommennd the run down to Villaroger from Arc 2000 providing snow conditions allow (3,200m down to 1,200m in one run - mind you we did have to stop a few times to recover). Either take the Cable car right to the top of Aigulle Rouge - this involves an initial black run - or take the Lanchettes chair from the middle of Arc 2000 which cuts out the steep bit. One word of warning is don't be tempted to take the blue run to the left two thirds of the way down unless you are a fan of cross-country and uphill sking. The reds and blues to the right provide excellent skiing through the trees though.
As mentioned there are three main types of pass The full Paradiski pass covering both LA and LP, The LA only pass and also a pass for LA which gives you one day in LP (The discovery pass).
Topic last updated on 03-October-2010 at 12:30