Les Arcs Season 2014 - 2015, New Thread for this season starts on page 29.

All done!! Finally finished uploading the photos!!!

All the photos for this season are now uploaded. The last ones for Les Arcs are in the April 2013 Album Two. Take a look if you want to see what the snow was like at the end of the season or would like to download your pictures. There was still loads of snow around!!

The photos of my day in Espace Killy (Tignes and Val d'Isere) are in the Val d'Isere and Tignes 2013 Album. Plenty of snow there as well. I might manage another day our later in the week before it closes. Hope you enjoy the photos! Very Happy

https://www.facebook.com/LesArcsWinter/photos_albums

Hi everyone. I managed to get as few days over in Les Arcs at the weekend. The weather was great, blue sky and warm so spent most of the time up in the mountains.

Also managed to get across to Montchavin for the Motor Sports Day. Very fun and had a ride in one of the cars (a rally RS Focus) down the mountain at 130 km/h round those small bends, PS. 'the road was closed to normal traffic!' Not a good idea to do it yourself, and I was not the driver. One car did crash on a bend during the day, so even the experts can get it wrong sometimes.

There is still snow about above 2000m and in some places the snow drifts are still quite deep. Take a look at the photos. In the sunny places the snow has all gone, even high up, but if you had the bottle to do it, there is still a narrow strip down the North Face of the Bellecote. Tempting, but not for me!

If you go hiking it is easy to reach the snow line above 2500m and many of the mountain refuges are now open around Mount Pourri and in the Vanoise National Park.

The Arpette Restaurant seems to be the only mountain restaurant open up the hills this summer, but there are many others open in the resort station. Bar-King-Mad in Villars Arc 1800 village always does great food and drinks.

I did not get over to the Arc 2000 bowl this weekend so did not see what is open on that side of the resort.

There are many new mountain bike tracks this year (some old ones re-named). I tried a few of them. Some are easy green and blues. Others are harder reds and the Black down to Bourg has been diverted again while they continue with the pipe building.

In Arc 1800. the golf course is open and is in good condition. With the warm weather the swimming pool is very nice. Everything else is gearing up for opening during this week. The Parcour Adventure tree course for large people and the kids one is also about to open. Look on the Les Arcs web page for all the info. There are loads of things to do here in the summer.

The White Water rafting, canoeing, canyoning and hydro speed on the river in Bourg has already started and lots of fun. They have an easy section for the kids and harder sections for anyone over 13 years of age. There are also a few lakes to play in or fish around the valley or up in the Arc 2000 bowl.

On the construction side.
Despite all the gossip of last winter there is no real work taking place on the lifts in the Arc 1800/1600/Peisey Vallandry sections. They are building a new restaurant above Arc 1600 near the side of the cachette piste and also a restaurant between the race piste and the blue piste coming down into Arc 1800 and that seems about all the work going on.

As I did not get over to the Arc 2000 bowl this weekend, not sure about that side. If anyone is going over that side please do post an update.

That's about all for now. Take a look at the photos if you want to see what the conditions are like during the summer or see some of the activities you can try.

The mountains are a really fun place for an activity holiday in the summer and it is normally very warm in the valley around 30+ degrees and a nice 23 - 28 degrees up the mountains so you are sure to come home with a nice suntan if you wish. BUT it can change and it does rain sometimes.

Hope you all have a good summer what ever you are doing and see some of you next winter.

https://www.facebook.com/LesArcsSummer

Thanks very much for the update on summer in Les Arcs. It sounds a lot of fun :)

Summer 2013 (Update)

Just posted an update of what we have been doing so far this summer and work around the mountain that is going on in Les Arcs in preparation for next winter over on the 'Les Arcs Summer' facebook page. Take a look if you are interested.

For anyone thinking of coming out during the summer months. The weather is mostly very good. Just as warm as at the beach, but with loads more activities to do. Come and give it a try. You will not be disappointed with what Les Arcs has to offer. Take a look at the photos of all the activities we have been doing. They are easy and suitable for most people young or old!!

https://www.facebook.com/LesArcsSummer

Here is a copy of the details for next season that I have just received from Les Arcs to help you get discounted lift passes.

The 2013-2014 winter season is an opportunity to celebrate 10 years of Paradiski!

For the occasion, we are pleased to offer a 10% discount on all ski passes purchased online until October 31, 2013 (excluding Family Pack and Pack Tribe)!

By ordering now, you can make the payment in 3 installments exclusively on our online store until 30 November 2013!

To enjoy these benefits, simply log onto our online store by clicking one of the links below, you can also copy them directly into your Internet browser:

For Les Arcs http://lesarcs.paradiski.com
Peisey-Vallandry http://peisey-vallandry. paradiski.com


For questions or information, contact us by phone at 04 79 04 25 03 or by email at support@nirvanalps.com

See you on the slopes! The ski resort of Les Arcs / Peisey-Vallandry

Just posted some photos of the work that has been completed on the pistes down to Villaroger this summer over on the Les Arcs Summer page in the Summer 2013 Album together with more photos of some of the activities we have been doing. Should be interesting getting down to Villaroger next season.

https://www.facebook.com/LesArcsSummer

last year they offered 15% discount for early purchase of the lift pass so i think celebrating '10 years of Paradiski' and offering a 10% discount is a bit of a red herring.
Having said that i suppose 10% is better than a zero.

The paradiski season pass is amazing value - works out at about £700 including Carte Neige.

Hi folks.

All the best photos from this summer are now posted and the lifts in Les Arcs are closed once more. Here are a few that I like.















Take a look in the Summer 2013 Album of my Les Arcs Summer page if you are interested in seeing what else we have been doing.

https://www.facebook.com/LesArcsSummer

It has been a really fun time meeting old friends and making new ones this summer. Hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as I did.

I even managed to get two goes at Canyoning this summer. The first time I did not have a camera so just had to go back and do it again this weekend. Really fun and something everyone should try. It really is not that cold with a full wetsuit on.

Also managed another day mountain biking in La Plagne. The new chair to replace the Bauches chair is well underway and the Remontees Mecaniques office in La Plagne has confirmed that they hope to have the two black runs from the top of the Traverse Chair open again this winter as 'Piste Natures'. I also spoke with a pisteur in La Plagne and he said it is likely to be the same situation as the Derochoir piste nature. It is only likely to be open when weather conditions (snow quality/safety) permit. Not sure of the implications of that for skiing off piste in the Bellecote Bowl regarding insurance, might be interesting!

Over in Les Arcs the new restaurants above Arc 1800 and Arc 1600 are well on their way, but I am not sure if they will be open in time for the coming season. Shall have to wait and see. The piste work going on above Villaroger seems to be almost finished and the lifts around the resort were being tested over the last few days to be ready for the coming season.

The Winter Season begins on the 14 December in Les Arcs and La Plagne. The Vanoise Express opens on the 21/22 December.

If I hear any other news worth sharing between now and the start of the season I will post again.

Until next winter hope you all have a good autumn. Have fun and stay safe!!