Paradiski
Paradiski links La Plagne and Les Arcs across the Ponturin Valley via the Vanoise Express, a double-decker cable car that opened in 2003. The combined area covers 425 km of pistes, 134 lifts, and 2,050 m of vertical from the 1,200 m base of Les Arcs to the 3,250 m Aiguille Rouge. Trail mix skews intermediate; expert-only terrain concentrates on the Aiguille Rouge and around La Plagne's Bellecôte glacier. Peisey-Vallandry sits under the cable car on the Les Arcs side and is the quietest base.
Key Stats
Terrain Breakdown
The percentage of marked trails in each difficulty level. A higher beginner percentage means more terrain suitable for novices and families; a higher advanced percentage means more challenge for experts.
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When to go
Average monthly snowfall and snowpack depth, with the typical operating window shaded.
Paradiski's heaviest snowfall lands in January; the snowpack peaks in March.
- Snowfall
- peaks Jan
- Snowpack
- peaks Mar
- Typical season
- Nov – May
Snowfall: Météo-France, monthly normals (1994–2023).
Snow depth: Météo-France, monthly normals (1994–2023).
Where to stay
Paradiski is accessed from 3 villages — pick a base.
Quiet Tarentaise village under the Vanoise Express cable car.
Constellation of ten villages from valley farms to high-altitude purpose-built bases.
Modernist purpose-built villages stepped up the mountain, 1600 to 2000.
Location
Paradiski sits in the Tarentaise Valley of France's northern Alps, in the Savoie part of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes near Bourg-Saint-Maurice. This is high-alpine, continental terrain, with glaciated summits well above the tree line and snow-reliable elevations across both linked areas.
Getting there
Fly into Chambéry (CMF), about 1.5 hours from the resort by road.
- Chambéry (CMF)1.5 hoursDirections
- Lyon (LYS)2.5 hoursDirections
- Geneva (GVA)2.5 hoursDirections
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