St Jean d'Arves france
Review of snowboarding and skiing in St Jean d'Arves France.
St Jean d'Arves Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1968 the French ski resort St Jean d'Arves lies at 2620 metres altitude in the Savoie region of the French Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m St Jean d'Arves ski area is snow sure. Over 233 snow cannons ensure artificial St Jean d'Arves snow making covers 24km of ski trails, which equates to around 25 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to St Jean d'Arves (France) is Lyon at a distance of 190km or approximately 120 minutes driving time. St Jean d'Arves ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
Made up of 22 small hamlets in the Sybelles region offering year-round relaxation in a genuinely natural environment, steeped in history and tradition. A family free ski centre reached by a direct highway from St Jean de Maurienne (22km/14miles away)
alpine downhill runs to ski in St Jean d'Arves France
Beginner Trails
 20 runs ?km |
20% |
Intermediate Trails
 40 runs ?km |
41% |
Advanced Trails
 31 runs ?km |
32% |
Expert Trails
 5 runs 5km |
5% |
St Jean d'Arves Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
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| Snowboarders | |
| Apres Ski | |
| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €140.5 - €140.5 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area St Jean d'Arves Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 310km |
| total length of St Jean d'Arves trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 1.52km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N E W |
| direction St Jean d'Arves ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2620m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1450m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1600m |
| centre of St Jean d'Arves ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1020m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1020m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in St Jean d'Arves
Skiing St Jean d'Arves you'll enjoy 96 pistes and trails and that means approximately 310km of ski runs. St Jean d'Arves lifts number 76 with the capacity to uplift 80500 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the French ski resort of St Jean d'Arves is over 1.52km long.
St Jean d'Arves Ski Area
St Jean d'Arves ski area has 20% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 41% intermediate, 32% advanced ski slopes and 5% for expert skiers - the most difficult St Jean d'Arves piste is the 1.5km Vallee Perdue run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can ski St Jean d'Arves after dark as there is night skiing on ?km of illuminated piste.
St Jean d'Arves for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in St Jean d'Arves
If you snowboard St Jean d'Arves you'll want to know that, of the 76 ski lifts in total, 51 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up St Jean d'Arves snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. St Jean d'Arves snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 1 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
St Jean d'Arves for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
St Jean d'Arves Apres Ski
The apres ski St Jean d'Arves scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
6 apres ski bars 9 restaurants 0 bowling 0 night club 1 cinema 0 billiards / pool 1 games room 0 concert 0 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 0 saunas 0 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 1 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 10 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 1 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Cheese Dairy, Donkey Tours, Mini Golf, Flights, Ski-Joring.
St Jean d'Arves for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
More St Jean d'Arves Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
St Jean d'Arves resort - ski St Jean d'Arves by any other name
The French ski resort of St Jean d'Arves ski resort is also known as St Jean d'Arves Massif Arvan - Villards and has the following common misspellings:
St Jean d'Arves ski area has ski slopes which face N E W
The direction which the various St Jean d'Arves ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. St Jean d'Arves ski resort has ski slopes facing N E W.
St Jean d'Arves for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall