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Arc 1600

Northern Alps Linked area Paradiski Updated on 13 October 2026
1,604 mSector altitude

Arc 1600 is one of the sites of the resort of Les Arcs and is situated on the northern slope of the massif de la Vanoise in Tarentaise in the eastern part of the département de la Savoie.

Flocon VertOfficially classified tourist resort (France) Full page in French →
Arc 1600 — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A sector of Les Arcs

The Les Arcs resort page →

Arc 1600 is one of the ski villages of Les Arcs, and shares its ski area (200 km of pistes). The area, the lift passes, the piste map, the off-piste routes and the SkiRadar ratings are described once, on the Les Arcs page — this page keeps what belongs to Arc 1600: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.

Live webcams

All webcams (14) →
Varet Open at the operator ↗
ArpetteWebcam-HD
ArcabulleWebcam-HD
Mont-BlancWebcam-HD

Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.

Official players of the resort, live image. 10 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 16 October 2026.

Snow, opening and weather

Snow report →

Open pistes and lifts will appear here during the season, as published by the resort. Out of season we show nothing rather than a misleading zero.

Good snow from mid-December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 127 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 521 cm of fresh snow, measured over 15 winters at the Météo-France “Les Arcs” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 15 measured winters →

3-day forecast

Village 1,604 m · top 2,383 m

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Forecast corrected for altitude; fresh snow = forecast total at the top; UV = peak of the day. Beyond 3 days, check the resort’s own report. Source:Open-Meteo.

7-day forecast →

Staying and hiring gear in Arc 1600

The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.

Collective accommodation

11,524 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels

  • 15 hotels · 1,019 rooms (1 × 5★, 4 × 4★, 4 × 3★, 3 × 2★)
  • 5 holiday villages and family centres · 3,574 bed spaces
  • 13 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 7,460 bed spaces
  • 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 490 bed spaces
  • 1 campsite · 201 pitches

Commune: Bourg-Saint-Maurice · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗

Stay & accommodation

Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
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Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
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Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
See offers

Ski hire

Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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Gear & equipment

Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Snowboard department · New-season skis
Browse the shop
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Ski touring · Avalanche safety
Browse the shop
Picture
Ski and snowboard jackets, pants and accessories — a French brand.
Hiking & touring
Browse the shop

All about staying in Arc 1600 →

Beyond skiing at Arc 1600

Without skis on — 2 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run

Ice rink

  • Patinoire · La Plagne Tarentaise · 6.6 km away

Swimming pool

  • LA PISCINE · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 2.7 km away
  • Centre nautique · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 3.2 km away
  • Bassin de natation mixte · 2.8 km away · OpenStreetMap

Spa and thermal baths

Paragliding

Museum

Cinema

Bowling

  • Bowling La Station Les Arcs 1800 · 2.8 km away · OpenStreetMap

Source: DATAtourisme (open data), within 10 km of the resort; places in a large town of the valley are left out. Checked on 12 September 2026. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.

Ski schools and practical information

Ski school

ESF Arcs 1600

📞 04 79 07 43 09

🌐 esfarc1600.com

143 instructors

🇬🇧 135 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available

🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗

Source: esf.net

All about the ski school in Arc 1600 →

Resort contacts and documents

Resort app
Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)

In case of accident

112 — the European emergency number, free of charge, triggers mountain rescue. On the pistes, the ski patrol number is printed on the piste map and at lift ticket offices. Piste rescue is charged: check your insurance or take the option sold with the lift pass.

Resort data: declared by Les Arcs Bourg Saint Maurice Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October

Getting to Arc 1600

From Paris: 7 hr 29 (688 km) by road.

By road

  • From Chambéry: 1 hr 42 · 119 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 57 · 112 km
  • From Grenoble: 1 hr 58 · 148 km
  • From Genève: 2 hr 39 · 159 km
  • From Lyon: 2 hr 52 · 217 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence: 3 hr 02 · 241 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 26 · 266 km
  • From Dijon: 4 hr 44 · 418 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 45 · 383 km
  • From Besançon: 4 hr 59 · 331 km
  • From Montpellier: 5 hr 08 · 445 km
  • From Marseille: 5 hr 14 · 455 km
  • From Nice: 6 hr 17 · 458 km
  • From Perpignan: 6 hr 30 · 593 km
  • From Strasbourg: 6 hr 46 · 501 km
  • From Nancy: 6 hr 51 · 629 km
  • From Toulouse: 7 hr 26 · 679 km
  • From Paris: 7 hr 29 · 688 km
  • From Bordeaux: 8 hr 43 · 773 km
  • From Pau: 9 hr 21 · 869 km

Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.

By train

Bourg-Saint-Maurice station

regional station · then 19 min drive (16 km)

Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 40 by road.

No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 11 October 2026): ask the resort about a private shuttle or a taxi.

Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.

By plane

  • Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 53 by road · 126 km
  • Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 31 by road · 194 km

Take me there

These links open the app with Arc 1600 as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.

Charging an electric car

No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.

Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 October 2026. Check availability before you leave: the database says what is installed, not what is free tonight.

Road conditions

From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain areas (French “Loi Montagne II”).

Driving times computed on the OpenStreetMap road network (OSRM), SNCF stations (open data), airports (Wikidata). Indicative, not a timetable: allow extra time in snow.

Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.

Nearby resorts

Bourg Saint Maurice 3 kmLa Rosière 6 kmMontchavin 6 kmPeisey-Vallandry 6 kmSainte-Foy-Tarentaise 8 kmLa Plagne 13 km
Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. Arc 1600 in French →

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