Regular visitors to Les Arcs will see one or two new things in and around the resort, including the new Aiguille Grive Hotel and a mountain restaurant above the golf course. And there's more to come - with a transformation of the slopes above 1800 planned.
To celebrate 10 years of Paradiski, the Vanoise Express has been given a makeover by designer JC de Catelbajac. I am not sure that everyone is going to like it.
It's also 10 years since the opening of Arc 1950 - much loved by British travel writers, but not by all the "pioneers" of Les Arcs who see it as out of step with the original vision for the resort.
Les Arcs has taken the plunge and updated its website. It looks much better, but still feels a little difficult to find your way around. For example to find the opening dates for the season (14 Dec - 26 April), it's easier to find the information via www.france-montagnes.com.
Key dates for 2013/14 include:
1. The 5th Les Arcs Film Festival, which runs from 14-21st December, this time majoring on Yugoslav cinema. A "movie pass" costs €28, although it's not clear whether this will be enough to entice the various British student ski trips (including @SussexSnow) who will be present in Les Arcs during this pre-Christmas week. (For a bit more background to the film festival, click here.
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| Sadly, the cinema over the hill in Arc 1800 is no more |
2. The Red Bull Linecatcher "back country" ski competition runs again - I can't find the exact dates but according to the Les Arcs Press Office it will be in January, and one assumes it will be around the middle of the month again.
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| Bad weather delayed the 2013 event for a number of days |
3. School Holidays. Beware. Here's a guide to how to avoid at least some of the February crowds. The big half term week for British skiers is likely to be w/c 15 February, the same date that French Zone C (Paris, Bordeaux...) hits the autoroute for their vacances. And be careful about assuming there will be no-one about in late Feb - the French school holidays continue until the first weekend of March.
4. The scarily titled GMX Gavaggio Monster Cross will be in town between 4-7 March. This is basically the French youth skicross championships, and will be based in Arc 1800.
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| The competition will take place on the Arc 1800 home slopes |
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