| The ski resorts of Les Arcs and La Plagne in France | | | | villages, La Plagne is planning to send a tentacle |
| is surrounded by spectacular mountain ranges and | | | | across the valley between Montchavin and Peisy |
| both ski resorts attract phenomenal amount of skiing | | | | Vallandry to form what will arguably be the third ski |
| enthusiasts on vacation in France and Europe. La | | | | domain in the world. |
| Plagne is like a space city, with its own suburban | | | | Les Arcs, whose connection by Eurostar train |
| satellites and at least 2.5 million so called 'skier days' | | | | terminal at Bourg St. Maurice makes it the most |
| and is arguably the single most visited ski resort in | | | | accessible high-altitude French resort and has always |
| the world along with its link to neighboring Les Arcs | | | | been at the cutting edge of skiing and snow |
| ski resort. With so many visitors to La Plagne and | | | | boarding. It pioneered 'ski evolutif', a technique for |
| Les Arcs, it follows that there are many hotels and | | | | fast learning by progressing quickly from very short |
| accommodations to cater to the skiers and tourists | | | | skis to longer ones. It became the principle home of |
| alike. | | | | the Kilometre Lancee in which daredevils on huge |
| La Plagne, is a 'third generation' French ski resort and | | | | 237cm or 8 ft skis, clad in thin aerodynamic plastic |
| it probably influenced other French resorts like Flaine, | | | | suits and 'Darth Vader Star Wars' style visors, speed |
| Avoriaz and Les Arcs to go for brave new world | | | | down a special track at breathtaking speeds of about |
| space age architecture abandoning the traditional | | | | 240kph or 150mph. |
| charming rustic designs of ski resort architecture. | | | | Similar to La Plagne, Les Arcs has acres and acres of |
| Skiing in La Plagne, you will encounter every | | | | good cruising and its off piste opportunities are simply |
| conceivable permutation of piste and off piste, from | | | | fabulous. The Aiguille Rouge, which dominates the |
| exhilarating descents on the huge sweeping glacier at | | | | resort has many challenging runs down its front face |
| Bellecote (3,000m or almost 10,000ft), to delightful | | | | and is also the starting point for one of the longest |
| cruising down quiet, meandering, larch lined avenues | | | | skiing descents in the French Alps. The largely black |
| to the charming villages of Montchavin-Les Coches, | | | | run down to the charming village of Villaroger is over |
| Champagny-en-Vanoise and Montalbert. In between | | | | 16km or about 10 miles long. Can you beat that! |
| these two extremes is La Plagne's biggest attraction | | | | With such wonderful skiing opportunities, is it any |
| for intermediate skiers anxious to cruise till they drop | | | | wonder why La Plagne and Les Arcs ski resorts claim |
| in the seemingly endless wide open skiing adventure. | | | | to attract the most holiday vacation skiers not just in |
| Having extended its empire to 10 different ski | | | | France but in the world as well? |