Les Arcs ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Les Arcs is a ski area in Bellentre, Savoie, France. Its 320 mapped downhill runs add up to 170 km, which ranks it #11 of 333 ski areas in France and gives it 1.9% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 531 m long.

Slopes at Les Arcs

About 57% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 31% intermediate and 13% advanced or expert, which makes Les Arcs a good choice for beginners and families. 1.5 km (1%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 48 lifts: 23 chairlifts, 6 gondolas, 4 button lifts, 4 rope tows, 4 cable cars, 4 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets, 1 t-bar. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,221 m up to 3,204 m, a vertical drop of 1,983 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Les Arcs

The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (NCY), about 68 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 28 min by car; Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) is 72 km away. Nearby ski areas include Domaine Nordique Peisey-Vallandry, Paradiski (402.1 km), Sainte-Foy Tarentaise (26.8 km) and La Rosière (67.8 km), which together add 685 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.