Les Arcs - Arcs 2000

Arc 2000 has, IMO, some of the best skiing in France.

If you're a confident intermediate or above you will love it. There are awesome Black runs (including the 8km Aiguille Rouge taking you down to Villaroger in the next valley), interesting Reds and mogul fields. There are immense off piste areas (some requiring a guide) and you can sometimes even try the flying kilometer (from about half way up I believe so, er, flying half a k?).

If less confident there are a number of long and interesting Blues and not-too-nasty Reds also though some can get busy toward the bottom.

Some other highlights of Arc 2000:

Just about all the runs off the Aiguille Rouge (the peak, not just the piste, which is described here)...

A great bowl off to the left of the upper section of the Aiguille Rouge piste - you can pick the steepness of the entry point from near vertical to nice'n'easy... this is a pretty safe off-piste route back to 2000 and is usually well skiied (think it links into another Black - Genepy?).

A couple of couloirs (one fairly easy, the other well - take a guide) dropping off the ridge, again toward 2000 - easiest access is right from the top of Lift Lanchette (chair up from 2000) but go with a guide first time at least.

Elsewhere, the Comborciere(sp?) Black run down to Pre St Esprit - steep, lovely constant pitch, can have big icy moguls but fantastic when fresh. Bois de l'Ours similar.

The Grand Col, gives a Black and a Red and some serious steeps not far off the piste - usually has excellent snow but beware of avalanche warnings here.

Malgovert - a short but bonkers Red linking 2000 with 1600, never pisted as it appears to be a narrow boulder-strewn gully. Not steep at all but everyone will fall over! Good for a laugh or demolishing your confidence... would not get marked as a piste in any other country!

Other than occasional queues for the lifts up, the Aiguille Rouge and Grand Col areas are not generally crowded as they only have Reds and Blacks.

Want a wee glimpse at les Arcs??? Go to the teuchter lads website and browse the video section. Might help to figure out where to go

http://www.TheTeuchterLads.co.uk

<span class='smallblacktext'>[ Edited Thu Jul 22 2004, 09:49PM ]</span>

Hey!!!

Les Arcs is shown as within 1 hour from Nice... IT IS NOT AT ALL!!!!!!!
Thanks for your web site though, I hope it keeps on evolving!

Stefano wrote:Les Arcs is shown as within 1 hour from Nice...

Hey Stefano! 8) You are quite right, that was my mistake... thanks for spotting that - I shall evolve it out of the site shortly!

Cheers...