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

I am very sorry to fuel all your pain, but well, now that I have started to catch up with all the pictures, while I wait for the update of todays weather and snow conditions from the pisteurs to post, here are a few pics from the last few days. :twisted:



(Getting through the Mouse Hole in the Lost valley in Val d'Isere, always popular with the kids and quite fun for everyone if you like an adventure)



(Untracked powder on one of the Glaciers in Val Thorens)



(Indian Gully in La Plagne. another popular kids route on the way to lunch)



(Powder on the Robert Blanc piste nature)



(Deep and Steep on the side of the piste, you do not have to go far to find good snow right now)

As I have just got back from Tignes I thought I would catch up on the photos of the last few days in Les Arcs. If you are interested in seeing what the conditions have been like in Les Arcs over the past week, take a look at the latest photos I have justed posted over on my Les Arcs Winter facebook page. 8-)

See how the kids have made out in all this fresh snow we've been having. They are looking good! Plus the Les Arcs waterslide. 'Only fools and English kids do the waterslide in a near white out on a snowy, cold winter day!!' It just had to be done before they could go home!! :twisted:

Tomorrow I will be back in Les Arcs/La Plagne before they start closing all the links this weekend. I will try to do another conditions update tomorrow. :)

Tignes was good yesterday with fresh powder, today was ok, but the light was very poor some of the time. Photos and more details will be posted of my two days in Tignes tomorrow. :D



What a great day to learn powder skiing! April 12



Avalanche safety training. They need to start to learn this whilst they are young. April 12



Our final fresh tracks of the day. Nice lines! April 12

With all due respect snowcrazy ....
Your recent posts are clearly in contravention of the clause against Cruel and Unusual Punishment enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights (1950), article 3.

"punishment that is considered unacceptable due to the suffering it inflicts ....."

Now ....
Whilst I am happy to accept that no malice is intended I must place on record that I will be monitoring your posts for any further transgretions.

:mrgreen:

OldAndy, just to cause you even more pain!!! It is snowing heavily right now in Arc 1800 I have just been told with at least 5cm settling on the cars. We plan to go up and ski the amazing spring powder in an hour or so when the lifts open.

I will post a report later tonight when I get down.

sorry to increase your suffering, but here are the details i have just been sent by the pisteurs. Full update can be read on my les Arcs Winter facebook page! Enjoy :twisted: :-D

8-) WEATHER & FORECASTS OF THE DAY: (Meteo) 8-)
Overcast with snow possible above 800/1000 meters. Likely to be mostly cloudy in the afternoon and the mountains will remain blocked from view. Showers are many accompanied by gusts of wind and thunder is possible. Max temps today could rise to 11 degrees at 1000m, -3 at 2000m and -6 at 3000m. Over the next 24hrs up to 40cm of snow is possible. :sH: :D :-D :lol: :twisted:

If this keeps up I think we will have snow as deep as this again :skele:

Now I really must go out to play!!



Taken on April 11 above the Mont Blanc forest!

Today was a POWDER day. As all the lifts in Peisey Vallandry and Arc 1600 plus almost all the lifts in Arc 1800 are currently planned to be closing this weekend and the lifts in Villaroger have already closed it was time to head over to the La Plagne side whilst the Vanoise Express is still open as this will also be closing on Saturday.

Please read this extra note if you are coming out this weekend!! IMPORTANT NOTICE!!
"It is very BAD planning by Les Arcs to be closing so much of the ski area when there is so much snow still around. Next week ONLY the Arc 2000 bowl plus two connecting lifts from Arc 1800 plus one beginner lift are currently planned to remain open right now. If you have pre-booked your full area pass and are coming out this weekend. Make sure you reclaim the difference on the pass as you only need an Arc 2000 area pass."

Now for my report of today. The light was very poor this morning and it was snowing most of the time, but this did not stop us from finding plenty of untracked powder all day.

We went to the top of the Les Coches lifts and found white out conditions so headed into the forest and some off piste routes. The fresh snow was up to our knees and mostly untracked everywhere we went. By 2pm we had completed quite a few routes and needed some food. After a great lunch we met up with other friends and had a run down to the bottom of Baunches chair (with a 100m walk near the bottom) on spring snow and then finished with another route through the forest and back to the Vanoise Express.

Considering the poor vis, the fresh snow made it into a good day and we had a lot of fun in the trees. Tomorrow we hope to enjoy even more fresh tracks as it is still snowing outside.

If you want to see what today was like, take a look at the pictures I will be posting shortly in the new April 2012 Album Two as they say it all. 'Winter is back, at least up the mountain!!'

Despite the lack of lifts currently planned to be open, it is still worth coming out next week as the snow is great and you will have loads of fun!!!

Here are a few pics from today!


First thing this morning, very white everywhere! April 19


January is back! April 19


Now it is getting deeper! April 19

What an amazing day! The powder is back and we spent the day putting down fresh tracks on every route from first lifts to last all day. Managed a short lunch to catch our breath, but other than that did not stop all day. :twisted:

Started with a run down through the trees to Arc 1800 and then through the forest above Peisey Vallandry while the vis was still bad in deep fresh powder to the Vanoise Express. :D

Crossed over to the other side and did another route through the forest back down towards Les Coches before heading to the bottom of the Bauches Chair by a number of different routes. Then up and over to Champagny for lunch by another off piste route as the vis was slowly getting better. :)

Up to the top of the Roche de Mio and down the hidden valley by a slight variation then over the back of the Roche de Mio through one of the couloirs and all the way back down to the Baunches Chair again. Finally back up to the ridge above Les Coches and down through the meadows and waterfall gully back to the VE and across to Arc 1800 for a well earned drink then home. :lol:

Take a look at the photos in the 'April 2012 Album Two' if you want to see the amazing snow we are having right now. It look's like we will be finishing the season the way we started with great snow everyday. What a shame the VE link closes tomorrow. We hope to get over and do two good routes before it does so an early start again tomorrow. 8-)

For those thinking of coming out, the piste are in great condition right now in the mornings, but they do get a little soft and slushy later in the day. There is about a meter in depth on most lower pistes and much more higher up. The off piste is amazing even in bad vis. Even with more than half of Les Arcs closed next week, there will still be plenty to do!! :-D

Here are the two I like the best from today!

Let's see: Do I remember how to spell this? is it gelos? :roll: or dgelous? :oops: ...Oh yeah, I think I got it: It's JEALOUS !!! :mrgreen: