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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 1600 metres altitude in the Savoie region of the French Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes at 2620m 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.

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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
Expert Skiers
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 OpensDec 2012
Ski Resort ClosesApr 2013
(snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing)

Ski Area St Jean d'Arves Mountain

Downhill Ski Runs310km
total length of St Jean d'Arves trails
Longest lift serve Run1.52km
longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift
Ski Slope OrientationN E W
direction St Jean d'Arves ski areas face
Top Altitude2620m
top station of highest ski lift
Bottom Altitude1450m
bottom of lowest ski run
Resort Altitude1600m
centre of St Jean d'Arves ski resort
Vertical Drop1020m
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.

SNO-man says

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.

SNO-man says

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.

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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    

St Jean d'Arves reviews, 3.5 star rating and resort and ski area information is collated by SNO man from staff experience and customer feedback.
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