La Plagne

Aime- La Plagne faces Mont Blanc and has mountains all around it this makes it a great base to reach the whole of the ski area

A cable car connects Aime-La Plagne to Plagne Centre

The altitude of Aime- La Plagne means it is one of the most snow sure villages in La Plagne

Plagne Villages soak up the sun all day

The villages have direct access to the slopes and are connected to Plagne Centre by a chair lift and shuttle bus

Aime – La Plagne is linked to Plagne Centre by a gondola that runs from 8am-1am

Belle Plagne is linked to Plagne Centre via a lift to Bellecôte which runs from 8.30 am-0.30am and a bus from Bellecôte to Plagne Villages which runs from 8.30 am-0.45am

Plagne Villages is linked to Plagne Centre via a lift that runs from 8am-1am

Belle Plagne is one of the most attractive villages

Belle Plagne has immediate access to the pistes and is the newest village that has been built in the La Plagne area

Skiing in Paradiski

The 3 resorts of Les Arc, La Plagne and Peisey-Vallandry make up the Paradiski area

This means a huge variety of pistes, so it’s a place for everyone no matter their level, their style or experience

The resorts are linked by the Vanoise express which is the worlds largest cable car

The car leaves from Peisey- Vallandry in Les Arc and Arrives at Champagny-en- Vanoise in La Plagne

From Belle Plagne it’s a run down to Plagne Bellecôte then take a chair lift to L’Arpette then a long Blue decent to the cable car

From Aime-La Plagne and Plagne Villages you take a chair lift to Plagne Bellecôte then a chair lift to L’Arpette and then a long blue decent to the chair lift

Skiing in La Plagne

With much of the resort above tree-level, there is an abundance of wide-open motorway pistes throughout the main bowl

There are beautiful forest runs down to Montchavin, Les Coches, Champagny and Montalambert

La Plagne holds vast and varied terrains with excellent spring snow and has some of the most challenging off-piste powder skiing in the whole of the Tarentaise Valley

Experts will get the best if they hire a guide and explore the off piste

For early intermediates there are gentle blue motorway pistes in the main bowl of La Plagne

The blue runs either side of L’Arpette, on the Monchavain side of the bowl are good for cruising

There are challenging red mogul pitches down from the glacier

The long sweeping Mont de La Guerre red with 1250m/4100ft vertical from Les Verdons to Champagny is great for intermediates

There are excellent facilities for the novice

Thanks to the spreading of nursery slopes at all altitudes, La Plagne is well recommended to families

Snowboarding in La Plagne

There are terrain parks at Belle Plagne, Montchavin-Les Coches and Champagny

There is a permanent half pipe at Plagne Bellecôte

The terrain park at Belle Plagne has big air, lots of kickers and rails plus shovels to build your own kickers if you want to

La Plagne offers good terrain for all level of riders

In the Paradiski area there is 4 snow parks, 1 half pipe, 1 board gliss and 3 boarder crosses

Cross country skiing

There are 85km/53 miles of cross country trails in the La Plagne ski area

The most beautiful of those are the 30 km/19 miles of winding tracks set around the Champagny-le-Haut

You can explore the 153km of trials in the Paradiski area

Ski Schools

There is an ESF in Aime La Plagne

They offer a wide variety of lessons for both adults and children

The is an ESF in Belle Plagne

Here you can have lessons in alpine skiing or snowboarding

There is an ESF in Plagne Villages

There is group lessons on offer as well as private lessons

For more information about pre-booking Ski School in La Plagne please select here

Lift Passes

Lift pass give you access to La Plagne and the whole of the Paradiski

For more information about La Plagne lift passes, please click here

Photos supplied by the office de tourism de La Plagne

and taken by O T La Plagne/ D.Schmit O T La Plagne/ J. Favre and O T La Plagne/P.Gal