The Les Arcs ski area

Les Arcs has 200 km of pistes, 1,626 m of vertical, from 1,600 m to 3,226 m. 14 green runs, 51 blue, 35 red and 17 black.

Les Arcs is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Bourg-Saint-Maurice. The village sits at 1,600 m and the ski area rises to 3,226 m.

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Runs by level

117 runs over 200 km:

14 green 51 blue 35 red 17 black

Vertical drop: 1,626 m — from 1,600 m to 3,226 m
Slope aspect: 44 % west · 37 % north · 10 % south · 9 % east — computed from the fall line of 273 runs
Glacier: Some runs cross a glacier (OpenStreetMap mapping; check summer opening with the resort)

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 24 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

16,981 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.

Where to stay in Les Arcs

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Neilson

UK tour operator (ATOL 10794): Neilson chalets and hotels in the resort, flying from UK airports on Sundays.

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