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Hi all, climbed to the top of the Varet lift today and followed the red that takes you back down into the 2000 bowl - the one that starts as a track and then drops off to your right. About a foot of fresh dry snow and it was awesome until I got down to the bottom of the Plagnettes lift where I put a couple of gouges in my bases!  I mostly followed what will be the piste all the way down as it's untracked.
It's been snowing lightly since about 3pm and is still going outside and it's heavier than the last couple of days. The snow canons are constantly on in the cold and there are big 10ft mounds of snow next to most of them which will be spread around by the piste bullys. I'm sure in the next 2 weeks there'll be enough - just be careful if you go off the side of the piste!!
They haven't even finished the new Chalet des Neiges building below the Olympic torch yet and they are confident it'll be ready for the 10th! There's certainly more chance of it dumping with snow!!
...back to my beer...
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Looking at the 1950 cameras seems like theres been a fair bit overnight 
3 weeks to go..
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Is this a little magic carpet lift that has been installed in the snowgarden in 1950? What is the long feature running down the middle of the photo?
BTW, thanks to AllanM for putting all those webscams on his website. Useful to have one page for Les Arcs cams.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Useful to have one page for Les Arcs cams. |
I'll put some more up as they become available. If anyone wants any specific ones, PM me.
Al'
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rob@rar,
I think so - although obviously hoping for a bit more snow to bring the ground level up!
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webcam spotting...
Little bit of bashing going on at the top of the transarc today!!
Tracks at the top of the grizzly lift aswell
still not sure about the actual amount of snow. The black pole in the snowgarden webcam (botttom right) should be buried by now , as should the ditch.
Tux
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Thanks for all the info guys; I'm sorely tempted to book so long as I can tempt my friend into booking a trip pre-xmas.
Would any of the ski schools be open by mid December?
Nick
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Okay all, last report from ground zero is tomorrow but today I hiked up to the top of the Transarc and there has been a good 4 inches overnight in resort and probably 6 inches up the top of the transarc. The snow is knee deep at the top and I had a great ride back to resort.
There's been flurries of snow pretty much all day but last night it dumped, especially up to midnight. The tracks that were six inches deep down to my apartment were completely filled in by the time I went home at midnight.
The piste bashers haven't been doing much apart from driving around marking the runs and obviously packing the snow down a little. Mostly, they have been running up the lifts and checking everything over.
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Location: LondonIs this a little magic carpet lift that has been installed in the snowgarden in 1950? What is the long feature running down the middle of the photo?
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They have installed a couple of magic carpets in 2000 as well. One from the top of the Cabriolet lift going up to Place Haute (near the ice rink)
to replace the drag lift and also a much needed rope tow on the flat section below the bottom of Arcabulle going back to 2000 just above the Chalet l'Arc - a welcome addition, especially for boarders and beginners.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Pablito, thanks for the report. Good news on the rope tow - is that all complete and ready to go?
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rob@rar, I have a lesson booked on Tuesday at HH, and can't wait; hopefully the weather will allow for an unhindered trip up from the west country!!
Nick
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You know it makes sense.
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n1ckster, yes, fingers crossed that the snowgods don't interfere with plans!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Pablito wrote: |
| also a much needed rope tow on the flat section below the bottom of Arcabulle going back to 2000 just above the Chalet l'Arc - a welcome addition, especially for boarders and beginners. |
blimey that's well needed, and not just for beginners...
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks for the updates snowcrazy. Have been keeping a very close eye on the web cams, but its good to hear reports from the ground. Might well check out the film festival too!
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Is it me or is there nowhere obvious to get tickets on that site? Well, the English version of it anyway, the French site might as well be in a different language for all the good it's doing me...
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Sorry no update as promised over the weekend - got a bit carried away with the rugby on Saturday and could have done with a rope tow to help me back to my apartment.
Snowed up until Saturday night and another inch or two at 2000 but not as much as Thursday night. Didn't look like snowing when I left yesterday.
They have put another carpet up behind the new Chalet des Neige building and created another fenced in small beginner area next to it. Not sure if it's my imagination but there seems to have been some serious earth moving going on as well. I think the earth they dug out to build the new apartments has been dumped into the little gulley next to the Cabriolet lift that you ski next to if your going from 2000 to the Varet/1950 - the fence with the ski school lollipops next to it. It's created a wider area for when it full of ski schoolers and the overall slope gradient has been increased very slightly so you shouldn't have to pole to get going anymore. The slope from the icerink down to the Cabriolet now has an even gradient all they way down - probably because of the carpet lift.
Enjoy! Back in January but not sure of dates yet.
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snowcrazy, livetoski, re the Film Festival... doesn't look like it's possible to pre-book individual tickets - am I missing something obvious here? Not too worried though - will see what's going when we arrive, I guess. The main question is, will we be able to get back to Arc2000 after a screening? We'll be staying in a catered chalet up there (hence not really wanting a full festival pass - I don't think we'll be summoning up the energy to go out for more than one film, tbh!) & I know there's a lift that usually runs until quite late in the evening, but given that this is the first week of the season...
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You know it makes sense.
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Blue ski powder day... but no lifts and work to be done!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Webcam spotting.
Started bashing under the grizzly lift...
funny as that lift is open later in dec than the rest.
Tux
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Jo225, and others out for the film festival... this arrived today:
Dear Les Arcs / Peisey-Vallandry Owners,
The organizers of Les Arcs European Film Festival propose you a special offer to enjoy this exceptional event: the early booking festival pass for 20 € (instead of 25 €).
The pass provides access to all the public screenings, in Bourg Saint Maurice / Les Arcs during the 2010 festival (limited places). The pass also entitles the official catalogue.
To qualify for the promotion, you just have to:
1) log onto the festival website by clicking here: http://www.lesarcs-filmfest.com/2010/pass/pass-cinema-a.php
2) When ordering, please enter the following promotional code:
(Now you'll have spotted I've taken the promo code out because it's only supposed to be for owners to give to people staying in their places. However, if you were to PM me I'm sure I might be persuaded)
The offer applies to owners of Les Arcs / Peisey-Vallandry and / or occupants of their apartments (families, friends or guests).
Passes have to be pick up on site at Centre Bernard Taillerfer or Savoy Theatre. For more information about the festival: http://www.lesarcs-filmfest.com
In waiting to meet you on the occasion of this exceptional event.
Sincerely,
The Festival Team
Also going to post it on SC's facebook page (I hope! - see how that goes...)
Snow looking oh so good on those cams...
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Looks like all those in the know with regard to Les Arcs are congregating in here. I'm off there for the first time in Jan, staying in the Chalet Altitude complex in Arcs 2000.
Had a few quick question about the resort that some kind sole might be able to answer....how much ski carrying/poling am I likely to be doing from the Altitude complex before hitting the nearest lift or reasonably skiable terrain? And likewise on the way back in.
Also, what time does the lift back from 1950 back to 2000 stop running in the evening? And is it far to walk back up if we miss it?
Thanks in advance for any help. Can't wait to get out there, webcams look awesome already!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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rhsr, welcom to 
Our intent is to run the last lift out of 1950 at 11pm. I have asked the resort manager to discuss with the Marie the option of later opening, but there are, as ever, constraints under French law.... Last couple of years we've put a gap in between ~ 9:30 and ~10:30 to give the lifties a break, and not exceed "no. of open hours in a 24 hours period..." cr&p. And of couse overtime to midnight or beyond starts to get verrrry expensive.
Walking up either the road or the slope after dark is illegal so I really can't come on an open forum and condone the 750m walk.
Not sure about access to / from Altitude - I think the diagrams on the website make it look worse than it really is, but you will need to get across to the other side of the village prior to starting to ski. Lanchettes is going to be your nearest uplift, but you can start by going down, again through 1950, or to the lift at Varet.
HTH
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Bump - had to get this thread to the 1st page again 
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genepi, No more Fatcontroller (see Chemmy thread) so I guess you will have to take over bumping it every day
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Boredsurfing, I'm still here just can't be bothered subsidising the idiot moderators and have cancelled my subscription. Barely read any of the site anyway, now done with Tignes for 12 months time to move on to the Les Arcs thread as we are there in 3 weeks or so.
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| thefatcontroller wrote: |
| Boredsurfing, I'm still here just can't be bothered subsidising the idiot moderators and have cancelled my subscription. |
Moderators do not get paid, so you are not actually funding any of us idiots.
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Ray Zorro, Yes, not being paid and idiots do sit well in the same sentence don't they 
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| JimW wrote: |
| Our intent is to run the last lift out of 1950 at 11pm. I have asked the resort manager to discuss with the Marie the option of later opening............. |
JimW, apologies but I can't figure out the context as to why this is being suggested? Cheers.
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FAQ
as I hear the moving floor thing should be working 