{"id":504,"date":"2014-08-12T10:02:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T08:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainpassions.com\/wordpress\/?p=504"},"modified":"2021-10-05T15:17:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T13:17:25","slug":"ski-les-arcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainpassions.com\/winter\/ski-resort-reviews\/alps\/ski-les-arcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Arcs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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W<\/span>hichever way you look at it, Les Arcs can hardly be called a slave to convention. Conceived as one of a new generation of high-altitude French ski stations, the setting among the alpages above Bourg Saint-Maurice turned out to have been inspired, not least since it also allowed the creation of a funicular for swift tansfers direct and from Bourg\u2019s TGV terminus. British skiers can now travel overnight direct from London, courtesy of a weekly Ski Train service which runs throughout the winter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n…ask people why they ski here and you\u2019ll realise that everyone has their own favourite places, usually several. And they\u2019re passionate about them.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Skiers can get to all parts of the ski area via blue-graded pistes.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Intermediate cruising, Les Arcs style.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The evolution of Les Arcs<\/h2>\n

Arrive by road and you can see the various phases in the development of Les Arcs, starting with the distinctive sloping apartment facades of Arc 1600. Next come the larger, more assertive lines of Arc 1800, long favoured by tour operators for its skier capacity, services and ski-schools. The final development was Arc 2000, conceived to provide younger, more committed skiers with rapid access to the highest terrain well above the tree-line. Or so it seemed. After Savoyard developer MGM added some premium accommodation above Arc 1800, the massive Canadian Intrawest Corporation went one better and created a whole new village just below Arc 2000. Arc 1950 is an excellent, ski-in\/ski-out base for exploring the mountain. But the ski domain is just so varied as to offer something, somewhere for just about every type of visitor. There\u2019s no doubt that this is one of the keys to Les Arcs\u2019 remarkable success. Another is continuous heavy investment in lift infrastructure, making getting around a breeze.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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