Les Arcs 1950 is a new award winning resort that opened in December 2003. It is in a great location with door step skiing and all the facilities a resort needs within a few steps from your accommodation. Les Arcs 1950 was designed and built by Intrawest, a Canadian company which specialises in developing stylish ski resort villages incorporating lots of upmarket accommodation. The resort marketing includes descriptions such as “Where North America Meets Europe”.

Accommodation in Les Arcs 1950

Les Arcs 1950 is just down the hill from Arcs 2000 and linked to it by a gondola which operates until late each day.

The resort has pedestrian cobbled streets, several restaurants/bars, a ski hire shop and a snowboard hire shop, ski school and a ski pass office. There is also a bakery, a wine merchant and a SPAR mini market selling local products and a small pharmacy.

Arc 1950 was awarded the “Best ski development and Best French apartments” in the Homes Oveseas Awards.

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Nightlife and Apres Ski in Les Arcs 1950

Other Facilities

The Resort Club Arc 1950 “Le Village” offers a weekly entertainment programme for everyone. Examples of this are:
• Floodlit skiing, torchlight descents and night time cross country
• Cartoon and movie shows
• Face painting and temporary tattoo artist
• Local story telling
• Ski joering (being pulled behind a horse on skis).

Facilities for Children

The Cariboo’s club is run by the local ski school (spirit 1950) and runs two groups. The ‘Petite Cariboo’ for children 9 months to 3 years old and the ‘Cariboo club’ for children from 3 – 13 years old.  

Ski & Snowboard Access:

Les Arcs 1950 has superb ski access with almost all accommodation ski door to door. There are several ski lifts right next to Les Arcs 1950: one gives access to the skiing above Arc 2000; another access to Les Arcs 1800 and Peisey/ Vallandry. There is a lovely blue ski run leading from the village down to the Pre St Esprit chairlift bringing you back above Arc 1950; the Comberciere chairlift from the same point provides for a more challenging ski on the black piste of the same name.

Other Les Arcs Villages:

Plan Peisey (1650m), Peisey Nancroix (1350m), Vallandry (1650m), Les Arcs 1600, Les Arcs 1800, Les Arcs 2000