Les Arcs 2000

Just returned at the weekend from Les Arcs 2000 and we had a blast. The weather closed in on us a few times and visiblity was poor, but the snow conditions were amazing. I usually go with my sister, but this year was with my daughter who wanted to party as much as she wanted to ski, so it's taken me until today to recover. We met up with a great group of people, including 10 boarders from Dublin. We did have a bit of an "oops" moment though to warn others of. We went over to La Plagne skiing one day and got a wee bit lost en route back. We only just made the last express back across to Vallandry. Unfortunately that meant that we had missed the last of the lifts on the other side to allow us to ski back to Arc 2000. We were not alone, there were another 5 people who needed to get back to 2000. We had to get a taxi to Bourg St Maurice and then were very lucky to hitch a lift up the mountain by a girl we met called Jill who was doing a season in Tignes............don't ask!
Loved the runs over on the Vallandry side of the mountain near the Grizzly. The visibility among the trees was usually better and the runs were much quieter. Unfortunately never got to St Foy!
Happy hour in the Crazy Fox at the end of the day became a daily event, so much so, we didn't need to order......the barman got them on the bar for us as he saw us come in!
The chalet was good crack with another bunch of Dubliners. We were really lucky with our chalet host too. He was a lovely lad and his cooking skills were pretty impressive.
Looking forward to next year already!

Sounds great, my sister's off to La Plagne on 21st March, I'll tell her the snow's great.

Horrible to be back? I still haven't been yet! April 5th roll on

Great to see we've got another Les Arcs fan :D
What chalet did you stay in?

We were in Chalet Sylvie. We had our own shower, but had to share a loo..........which isn't the best, but otherwise it was great.
I'm so shattered though, have slept for days. Note to self..............put in more hours in the gym prior to next year!!!

:DHi Eljay,

Glad you had a great time in Les Arcs...it sounds as if another skier/boarder has fallen under its spell,a few have even been once and never even bothered going home :Dlucky so and so's.

I am jealous, due to work i will not be going out until the last week of the season....but the excellent conditions should last.

Did you manage to try any of the restaurants in the area and down in Bourg by any chance?

Jon.

jonG wrote: :DHi Eljay,

Glad you had a great time in Les Arcs...it sounds as if another skier/boarder has fallen under its spell,a few have even been once and never even bothered going home :Dlucky so and so's.

I am jealous, due to work i will not be going out until the last week of the season....but the excellent conditions should last.

Did you manage to try any of the restaurants in the area and down in Bourg by any chance?

Jon.

Hi Jon
We did get to Bourg, but that was only because we got stuck in Vallandry and had to get down the mountain by taxi to then hitch a ride up to Arc 2000. The only restaurant we ate an evening meal in was the Red Rock in 2000 and I have to say it was excellent and pretty good value. It snowed constantly for the last 3 days we were there, so there was oodles and oodles of the white stuff. I might see if I can manage another week at the end of the season...........I would love to go back. Thanks again for all your info before we went.

John,
Hopefully see you about, we're off the last week as well. Looks like Eljay has left us some snow!

er, Jon. (Fat fingers)