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Hi, sorry if this is a question already answered on here but I could only see older posts nothing current...
I am planning on a winter season in Les Arcs and have a van that I need to park so have been looking at Peisey Nancroix as an option.
I'm worried it is going to be too quiet and tricky to get to the hill each day.
Does anyone have some recent knowledge about this area and that I can ask questions of please?
Thanks in advance,
Jo
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Peisey is better
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Joj wrote: |
Hi, sorry if this is a question already answered on here but I could only see older posts nothing current...
I am planning on a winter season in Les Arcs and have a van that I need to park so have been looking at Peisey Nancroix as an option.
I'm worried it is going to be too quiet and tricky to get to the hill each day.
Does anyone have some recent knowledge about this area and that I can ask questions of please?
Thanks in advance,
Jo |
Are you planning to live in the van, or just need somewhere to park it?
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Thanks for replying. No sorry I am driving out from the UK so need to park the van and would like access to it for shopping in Bourg etc during the season. I don't plan on living in it.
I've found a possible apartment in peisey-Nancroix but not sure if it will be too quiet and far from the slopes. Does it have a bar or two? Is it far from Les Arcs slopes? Can I get a bus if the bucket lift breaks or is closed etc?
Any info appreciated.
Jo
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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We stayed at Piesey-Nancroix for a week long trip. Having to catch the Lonzagne lift each day is a bit annoying but once you are up there you have some of the best runs in Les Arcs within easy reach. You also can go straight on the Vanoise Express if you want to ski La Plagne for the day. It stops running between 17:00 and 18:00 so you cannot stay out in Plan Piesey late. The village is pretty quiet which suited us fine and it has all the amenities you need.
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Turboblackbeard - thank you that's super helpful.
Jo
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A quiet village for a week's skiing is one thing, but for a season you'd be better off somewhere with lots going on of an evening. You don't have to go, but it would be good to have the option when the mood strikes.
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Thanks Kenzie, is there a bar in the village?
Jo
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| Joj wrote: |
Thanks Kenzie, is there a bar in the village?
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I don't know, but asking on the La Plagne 2022/23 and Les Arcs 2022/23 threads in the Snow Reports forum may get your answer.
Personally I think you would be better off doing your season in a busy village 'up the mountain'. That would give you more entertainment options and more opportunity to meet people to ski with - essential if you plan to go off-piste, and you almost certainly will. 
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There's a bar under one of the restaurants. I suspect it's often pretty quiet though (I've only been on chalet nights off). And I seem to recall having a beer in the tabac one afternoon. Not really a major nightlife centre! I like it as a base, but when I go I stay in a chalet with a bunch of friends. Not sure it would be great if you're on your own and want to socialise in the evenings...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hi @Joj, I have stayed in this area for successive 'seasons'. Reason for the inverted commas is that it was a long-distance commute, where I would ski long weekends and use up my holiday leave for full weeks but have to also keep on top of the day job in London. That side of it worked very well. I was in effect taking a 'half season' getting in about 60 day on the snow.
I stayed in Nancoix itself which is about a 10 minute bus ride from Peisey-Nancoix. The villages are rather confusingly named but basically Plan Peisey and Vallandry are up top, and essentially ski-in-ski-out and plenty of bars and restaurants, etc. Peisey-Nancroix is down below and is connected by a short 'telebene' to the upper villages. The telebene is series of 4 wire buckets that look rather alarming but actually work fine... Peisey-Nancoix is definitely smaller and quieter but when I was last there had a couple of bars, a small Sherpa grocery shop, a baker and a butcher. Nancroix is a little further towards the valley head, where the nordic skiing area is. This has nothing in the village itself but is well connected by shuttle bus to the other villages, though the timetable gets sparse later at night. From Nancroix you can walk up the valley to the nordic centre and campsite where there are two cafe-bar-restaurant affairs. Plan Peisey & Vallandry are quite modern and purpose-built (but by no means eyesores) whereas Peisey-Nancroix and Nancroix are authentic, stone-built and ancient dating back to the mining era centuries back.
If you did want to live in the van you can stay at the aforementioned campsite. If you were just using it for transport then last I was there, all the parking was free and it was not hard to find a space other than at peak holiday times. I have friends who have done successive seasons staying in a motorhome at this campsite, including the season just finished and they find it all works very well for them. The bar-restaurant at the campsite is usually all they want and they use the free shuttle bus for most everything else save for a weekly drive down to Bourg for a big shop. Friends of theirs have been doing seasons in Peisey-Nancroix and were very happy there, but would only go for the apres on an occasional basis.
If you decided to stay higher up, then the main anglo-centric bar is the Mont Blanc, Vallandry. Next door they did also run budget accommodation and may do long-stay options. Try googling 'Hucksters Vallandry'.
If I were doing it again, I'd choose Peisey-Nancoix and stay as close to the bottom of the telebene as possible. I'd have a quick bus ride to the nordic skiing, easy access to the alpine skiing and just enough within the village to keep me happy.
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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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| bobski62 wrote: |
| Nancroix is a little further towards the valley head, where the nordic skiing area is. This has nothing in the village itself but is well connected by shuttle bus to the other villages, though the timetable gets sparse later at night. From Nancroix you can walk up the valley to the nordic centre and campsite where there are two cafe-bar-restaurant affairs. |
Pretty irrelevant to this thread, but worth point out this valley is stunning in the summer with all the wild flowers, and a via ferrata route.
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Well, you know, maybe not entirely irrelevant. The motorhome couple I mentioned liked the aspects you described so much @swskier, that they stayed on after the winter season to enjoy it all. They are also keen climbers so couldn't resist the via ferrata.
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You know it makes sense.
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