La Plagne (Paradiski) High altitude resort |
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| Resort description |
La Plagne consists of seven high altitude villages - all superbly linked by pistes and a free bus service - all are purpose built for ski-in, ski out convenience. Apart from the fantastic skiing and snowboarding, stretching to the Paradiski ski domain, with nearly 100 restaurants to be found throughout the different villages of La Plagne, you can be sure of a wide choice of dining options.
Plagne Villages (2050m)
Plagne Villages is in an idyllic location made of smaller, strategically placed buildings, in the very heart of the skiing area, which offers magnificent views and is a glorious natural suntrap.
Belle Plagne (2050m)
Belle Plagne has a traditional Savoie appearance and a warm friendly nature. The village is an attractive place, recently built using local building materials. This resort also benefits from entire underground parking. Belle Plagne is home to the biggest terrain park of La Plagne.
Aime-La Plagne (2100m)
Aime-La Plagne is the highest of the 11 La Plagne resorts, perched at 2100 metres. An amazing view overlooking the whole Tarentaise valley, from one end of Paradiski to the other.
Plagne Soleil (2050m)
Plagne Soleil which is situated at 2050m is one of the more attractive small villages of La Plagne. Plagne Soleil is one of the highest of all the modern purpose-built villages, and sits in a sunny bowl above Plagne Centre. The village is a collection of chalets and small apartment buildings clad in wood and many offering ski-in/ski-out possibilities. Built in the local Savoyard style and with the accessibility to the ski area, make this sun-soaked and appropriately named village very popular.
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La Plagne, Paradiski
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.
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Skiing in La Plagne,
Paradiski
The
3 resorts of Les Arc, La Plagne and Peisey - Vallandry make up the Paradiski ski
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
world’s 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.
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Skiing in La Plagne,
Paradiski
With
much of La Plagne
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
Monchavin 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 in La
Plagne.
Thanks
to the spreading of nursery slopes at all altitudes,
La Plagne is well
recommended to families.
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Snowboarding in La Plagne,
Paradiski
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 Paradiskiarea
there is 4 snow parks, 1 half pipe, 1 board gliss and 3 boarder
crosses.
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Cross country skiing in La Plagne,
Paradiski
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 Paradiskiski
area.
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Ski Schools in La Plagne,
Paradiski
There
is an ESF ski school in Aime
La Plagne.
They
offer a wide variety of lessons for both adults and
children.
There
is an ESF ski school in Belle Plagne.
Here
you can have lessons in alpine skiing or
snowboarding.
There
is an ESF ski school in Plagne
Villages.
There
are group lessons on offer as well as private
lessons.
For
more information about pre-booking Ski School in
La Plagne
please
select
here
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Lift Passes in La Plagne,
Paradiski
Lift
passes give you access to La Plagne and the whole of the
Paradiski.
For
more information about La Plagne lift passes,
please
select
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.
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| The Skiing |
| For the 2011/12 season a much awaited new six- pack is due to replace the slow Verdons Sud chair from the Champagny sector to Les Verdons above Plagne Centre. La Plagne is now linked up with neighbouring Les Arcs by cable car - the Vanoise Express - to form the Paradiski ski area, a ski area of mammoth proportions. Paradiski is made up of 20 different holiday destinations and with 425km of pistes and 2-equipped glaciers there is something to suit skiers and boarders of all ages and abilities. Paradiski has excellent facilities and with its huge variation in altitude (1200m-3250m) there is a multitude of different types of scenery and piste to explore. For experts the most challenging areas of La Plagne are the Roche de Mio and the Glacier de Bellecote. Virtually the whole of the La Plagne area is an intermediates paradise. For beginners the gentle slopes above Les Coches are ideal, with 17 free lifts. |
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| Après Ski |
| The range of bars and restaurants is surprisingly large in between all levels of the resorts of La Plagne. There is a free bus system between the core villages - also seconded by lifts - that run until after midnight. In Aime La Plagne the restaurants include Soupe au Schuss that offers fine dinning and there is the Le Bartapas bar. In Belle Plagne the wide selection of restaurants includes Le Matafan, which offers fine cuisine and there is also the Chalet Maître Kanter restaurant. In Plagne villages the restaurants include Chevrette and Grizzli. There is a typical English pub in Plagne Bellecote called Spitting Feathers who also offer a pick up and drop off service. The liveliest area for bars is Plagne Centre. |
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| Amenities |
| All the facilities and services that you would expect to find in a large ski resort are available in the community of villages of La Plagne such as grocery shops, butchers and bakeries, bookshops, clothing shops and hairdressers. There is also a doctor's surgery, chemist, physiotherapist, post office, laundrettes and banks in La Plagne. |
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| Activities |
| Anything from snowshoe walking, dog sledging, ice skating, paragliding, to snow scooting and bowling can be tried in La Plagne. The Olympic bobsleigh track (open to over 16's) is also a popular evening activity. There is also a fitness centre and swimming pool for you to enjoy. There is a cinema in Aime La-Plagne, Bellecôte and Plagne Centre. |
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| Getting there |
Driving distance: From Calais: 610 miles, approximately 9 hrs.
Airport access: Chambery to La Plagne: 73 miles, approximately 1 hr 30 mins. Lyon to La Plagne: 125 miles, approximately 2 hrs 15 mins. Geneva to La Plagne: 125 miles, approximately 2 hrs 20 mins. |
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| Ski Facts |
| Village height: |
1850m (6,070ft) to 2100m - (6,890ft) |
Slope range: |
1250m (4,101 ft) - 3250m (10,664ft) |
Ski area: |
Paradiski |
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| Piste coverage |
425 |
| Ski lifts |
144 |
| Ski runs |
243 |
| Green |
12 |
| Blue |
106 |
| Red |
100 |
| Black |
25 |
| Snow cannons |
694 |
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| Beginners |
**** |
| Intermediates |
**** |
| Experts |
*** |
| Boarders |
*** |
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| Local Ski Area |
La Plagne has 225km of slopes, 109 ski lifts, 10 green runs, 69 blue runs, 33 red runs and 18 black runs. |
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| Hotel Les Balcons de Belle Plagne |
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