Arc 1950
Off season · opens 12 December 2026Arc 1950 is a village that forms part of the winter sports resort of Les Arcs, located in the commune of Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Les Arcs is an integral part of the Paradiski ski area, which has more than 425 km of slopes.

A sector of Les Arcs
The Les Arcs resort page →Arc 1950 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 1950: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.
Live webcams
All webcams (14) →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 →The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from mid-December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 129 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 24 winters at the Météo-France “LE CHEVRIL-NIVOSE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 24 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 2,048 m · top 3,166 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 1950
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
Ski hire
Gear & equipment
Beyond skiing at Arc 1950
Without skis on — 3 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 3 sledging runs
Ice rink
- Patinoire · La Plagne Tarentaise · 7.7 km away
Swimming pool
- LA PISCINE · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 3.7 km away
- Centre nautique · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 6.7 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- La Piscine - Bien-être à Arc 1800 · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 3.8 km away
Paragliding
- Les Arcs Parapente · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 3.7 km away
- Ecole de Parapente des Arcs · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 3.9 km away
- Parapente Addict · Peisey-Nancroix · 3.9 km away
- Peisey Mountain Fly Parapente · Peisey-Nancroix · 5.5 km away
Museum
- Muséum des Animaux de Montagne · Landry · 3.9 km away
- Espace Saint-Eloi · Séez · 6 km away
- Coopérative Laitière de Haute Tarentaise - Exposition permanente · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 7 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma l'Eterlou · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 5.4 km away
- Cinéma Coeur d'Or · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 6.8 km away
- Cinéma Montchavin-Les Coches · La Plagne Tarentaise · 7.3 km away
Bowling
- in the resort · 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 2000
126 instructors
🇬🇧 70 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 1950
From Paris: 7 hr 38 (697 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 51 · 128 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 06 · 122 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 07 · 157 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 48 · 168 km
- From Lyon: 3 hr 01 · 226 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 11 · 250 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 35 · 275 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 53 · 427 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 54 · 392 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 08 · 340 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 18 · 454 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 23 · 464 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 26 · 468 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 39 · 602 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 55 · 510 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 00 · 638 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 35 · 689 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 38 · 697 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 52 · 782 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 30 · 879 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
regional station · then 28 min drive (25 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 49 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): 2 hr 02 by road · 136 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 40 by road · 203 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Arc 1950 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
13 charging points · up to 22 kW
- Bump - SAGS - Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Lac des Combes · Bump · 5 points · 7 kW · 0.5 km
- Bump - SAGS - Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Mont Blanc · Bump · 8 points · 22 kW · 0.5 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.
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