The Arc 1950 ski area

Arc 1950 has 337 km of pistes, 1,946 m of vertical, from 1,220 m to 3,166 m. 24 green runs, 263 blue, 58 red and 32 black.

Arc 1950 is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Bourg-Saint-Maurice. The village sits at 2,048 m and the ski area rises to 3,166 m, a skiable vertical of 1,946 m.

Runs by level

377 runs over 337 km:

24 green 263 blue 58 red 32 black
Vertical drop
1,946 m — from 1,220 m to 3,166 m
Slope aspect
40 % north · 40 % west · 14 % east · 6 % south — computed from the fall line of 259 runs
Glacier
Some runs cross a glacier (OpenStreetMap mapping; check summer opening with the resort)
Night skiing
8 floodlit runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
Les Arcs / Peisey-Vallandry
Linked area
Paradiski · 425 km
Lifts
12 in total · 13 gondolas · 58 chairlifts · 45 drag lifts · 27 conveyors
Altitude
2,000 m → 3,200 m (resort base 1,600 m)
Beginners
Beginner zone
Fun & sledging
2 sledge runs · fun zone
Nordic
Les Arcs / Peisey-Vallandry · 25.5 km

Figures entered by the resort itself in the ANMSM feed. Our own survey (OpenStreetMap, STRMTG register) is shown above; when the two differ, the resort usually counts its whole linked area.

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026
7 kmLongest piste — Grands Mélèzes (red), 540 m of vertical
721 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,118 → 1,397 m, 2 km
3,201 mHighest lift top — Aiguille Rouge (cable car)
60 kmTotal length of lifts — 66 lifts mapped
13,011 haSki area boundary (OSM)
7,270Inhabitants — Bourg-Saint-Maurice (INSEE 73054)

Measured on OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area. Population: INSEE municipal population via geo.api.gouv.fr.

Official piste map

No downloadable piste map published by the resort.

Resort data: declared by Les Arcs Bourg Saint Maurice Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September