Les Arcs 1950 and 2000 is actually a new generation of ski resort – a generation that’s evolving from the latest demands for high altitude snow and pretty chalet style architecture. Naturally this demand has stemmed from the worries about snow-surety, and is pushing the elite developers to greater climes.
With a brand new trend in boutique resorts and also the modern day demand for ski holidays with altitude, savvy developers are now constructing their residences up high with state of the art fittings and health centres, whilst loosening their grip on the dreaded concrete touch that ruined so could of those purpose-built high rise resorts of the 1960′s – a common concrete theme that is nonetheless evident in many high altitude ski resorts right now.
Les Arcs 2000 is ‘new generation’ because it has been designed from scratch for the skier in mind, rather than having grown organically from a farming village. The ski chalets are purpose built but emulate an practically swiss ‘chocolate box’ feel. The now standardised swimming pool, sauna and mini gym highlight the modern-day demand for a a lot more rounded ski holiday where one can choose in between apres ski antics, or perhaps a much less hedionistic approach if relaxation and properly becoming is in the top of one’s agenda?
However not all resorts can offer a ‘new-gen’ developer the necessary attributes to market their resort to the informed modern day skier, simply because not all resorts have the much needed glacier for year round snow. Nor do they’ve ski to door access, and moreover the necessary carte blanche for new build projects.But neither do a lot of resorts have the extensive skiing, and neither do they have the wide motorway style pistes to suit the modern day parabolic carving ski.
Les Arcs on the other hand delivers some of the highest altitude snow in France, and doorstep glacier skiing to those that stay in Arc 2000. The resort has increased further in popularity with the addition of the twelve million euro ‘Vanoise Express’ cable car that spans the valley to link it directly with neighbouring ski resort La Plagne, which forms the massive Paradiski area and the 4th largest ski region in Europe.
The Paradiski encompasses 17 alpine villages and over 460 kilometres of ski slopes, varying in style and difficulty.
Skiers will uncover range to suit all levels and ages in Les Arcs, with family facilities that give an air of confidence when entrusting your littl’uns to any of a number of neighborhood creches and day care facilities.
Snowboarders will also revel inside the range of facilities on offer. The Regis Rolland ‘A Boards’ designed Snow Park is one of the very best I have noticed and offers budding air enthusiasts and experts the chance to hone their skills on nicely cut jumps of all sizes.
The cafe culture and boutique shopping within Arc 1950 provides Les Arcs using the facilities to rival most Canadian super resorts. It conveys a wonderful atmosphere that depicts the lost feeling of skiing as it really should be.
A feeling of cosy chalet-style and boutique skiing comforts, rather than a close association with concrete high-rise shoe box apartments, and that gung-ho ‘I’ll-sleep-anywhere-just-so-long-as-I-can-ski’ machismo that those in their pink fluorescent all-in-one’s like to display.
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