Arc 1800
887 mBottom of the pistes
Arc 1800 is one of the sites of the resort Les Arcs and is located on the northern slope of the massif de la Vanoise in Tarentaise in the eastern part of the département de la Savoie.
A sector of Les Arcs
The Les Arcs resort page →Arc 1800 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 1800: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.
Live webcams
All webcams (14) →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.
Right now at the BELLECOTE-NIVOSE station (2,992 m)
Source: Météo-France, BELLECOTE-NIVOSE weather station, 9.4 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from early January to mid-April. 124 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 429 cm of fresh snow, measured over 34 winters at the Météo-France “Courchevel” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 34 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 887 m · top 3,213 m
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Arc 1800
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.
Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Arc 1800
Without skis on — 3 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 3 sledging runs
Ice rink
- Patinoire · La Plagne Tarentaise · 4.2 km away
Swimming pool
- LA PISCINE · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 0.1 km away
- Centre nautique · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 5.5 km away
- Bassin de natation mixte · OpenStreetMap
Spa and thermal baths
- La Piscine - Bien-être à Arc 1800 · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 0.1 km away
- Spa Bellecôte · La Plagne Tarentaise · 9.1 km away
- Nama Springs · 0.6 km away · OpenStreetMap
Paragliding
- Ecole de Parapente des Arcs · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 0 km away
- Les Arcs Parapente · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 0.4 km away
- Peisey Mountain Fly Parapente · Peisey-Nancroix · 2.5 km away
- Benjamin Raisson Parapente · Landry · 3 km away
Museum
- Muséum des Animaux de Montagne · Landry · 2.6 km away
- Coopérative Laitière de Haute Tarentaise - Exposition permanente · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 5.4 km away
- Espace Saint-Eloi · Séez · 5.8 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma l'Eterlou · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 2.3 km away
- Cinéma Montchavin-Les Coches · La Plagne Tarentaise · 3.6 km away
- Cinéma Coeur d'Or · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 5.5 km away
Bowling
- Bowling La Station Les Arcs 1800 · 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 1800
122 instructors
🇬🇧 96 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- Les Arcs Bourg Saint Maurice Tourisme · 35 rue de la Gentiane, 73700 · 0479071257 · contact@lesarcs.com (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- 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 1800
From Paris: 7 hr 28 (682 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 41 · 113 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 56 · 107 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 57 · 143 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 38 · 153 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 51 · 212 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 00 · 235 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 24 · 260 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 43 · 413 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 44 · 377 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 57 · 326 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 07 · 440 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 12 · 449 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 24 · 462 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 29 · 588 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 50 · 624 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 52 · 543 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 25 · 674 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 28 · 682 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 42 · 767 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 19 · 864 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Landry station
halt · then 22 min drive (14 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 39 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 52 by road · 121 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 30 by road · 188 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Arc 1800 as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
14 charging points · up to 7 kW
- Bump - SAGS -LES ARCS 1800 - CHARMETTOGER · Bump · 5 points · 7 kW · 0.5 km
- Bump - SAGS - Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Charvet · Bump · 9 points · 7 kW · 0.6 km
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
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 1800 in French →
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