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

Hope everyone is enjoying all the great snow!!! More snow might be coming next week.

The forecast for tomorrow sounds so nice. 'Clear sky! Sunshine with a discreet veil of clouds at high altitude. And light winds of variable direction.'

With all the snow right now, it promises to be another good day. Enjoy!!

Tell, tell. How was it?

What an amazing day!!

Having looked out the window this morning and saw all the fresh snow, we managed to get out and up on the mountain quite quickly, spending the whole day around the Arc 1600 forests before skiing down to Bourg.

First only the Cachette Chair was open, but that still gave access to loads of off piste. It was level 4 today and all higher lifts remained closed. The tree runs on the left and right were great. Vis at the top was poor, but once in the trees the only problem was the powder going up into your face!! And trying not to hit a tree!! Ouch!

By mid morning the new Mont Blanc Chair also opened and we then switched between the two trying different routes until well into the afternoon. It was almost like a race, seeing who could be first to put new lines down the deep powder runs hidden in the forest.

You could go anywhere, but watch out for the large cliffs in the forest.

By late afternoon, we headed down to Bourg off piste from the top of the new Mont Blanc chair almost the whole way, even being able to ski over the roads. The only problem being the barbwire fences hidden under the snow.

With tired legs, another great day came to an end. It has been a while since I skied powder up to my waist at times. Take a look at the photos in the picture section of my facebook page, link below!!

one leg either side of a barbed wire fence... :shock:

Today I made it a late start as the lifts did not open until after 10am. The snow was ok at first, but started to go off by the afternoon. The vis came and went all day and did not improve much. The snow falling started to turn to rain at 1800m by around 3.30pm, but has now changed back to light snow higher up I have just been told.

The top of the forest area was ok off piste, but with a level 5 ...warning you had to be really careful and on the shallower slopes the snow became heavy and wet going into the stations.

They are hoping to open more of the higher lifts tomorrow. We shall just have to wait and see what the weather does!

Bourg St Maurice was a carpet of white snow today with cars sliding around everywhere. If the snow on the roads freezes tonight you will have to take real care driving anywhere. The route between Aime and Bourg was closed due to an avalanche today, but is reopen now. My friends took between 2 and 4 hours to get from Moutiers today, but I think the traffic is moving a little better now.

Hope you all have a good NEW Year's Eve tonight and best wishes for the coming Year!!

the pics on the web cams look great ...who else is there next week

I have just added the pics of the last few days to my facebook page. Take a look if you are interested.

We even managed a bit of off piste night skiing today on the way home. The conditions are amazing right now!!

What a crazy day. I went out for a walk to the shops. Checked what the weather was doing up on the mountain and gave up the idea of going out for the day.

I just spoke to one of my friends that did go out ( I am very impressed, a real mountain man) and this is his report.

'The lower chair lifts were open at the start of the day. It snowed lightly at first and then heavily and is still doing so ...now. The wind increased in speed as the day ...progressed and after lunch the Grizzly was closed. The pistes were like off piste and there were very few people about. The vis was very poor and the light was flat. But it was a challenge to go out in these conditions and the powder everywhere was great, well above your knees in many places.' Thanks for the report P.

With the high winds, the snow is being moved around and it will be interesting to see what tomorrow brings once the conditions have calmed down. It has not yet started to rain, but the temp is now around zero degrees at 800m and the snow is very wet.

More to follow tomorrow morning.