Les Arcs vs La Plagne
Les Arcs scores 9.8 vs 8.6 for La Plagne. Snow: Les Arcs. Terrain: Les Arcs. Shorter queues: Les Arcs. Value: Les Arcs. Après: Les Arcs.
| 🇫🇷 Les Arcs | 🇫🇷 La Plagne | |
|---|---|---|
| Snowlist score ⓘ | 9.8 | 8.6 |
| Snow /10 ⓘ | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| Terrain /10 ⓘ | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| Queues /10 ⓘ | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Value /10 ⓘ | 9.9 | 9.6 |
| Altitude | 1200–3226 m | 1250–3250 m |
| Vertical | 2026 m | 2000 m |
| Mapped pistes | 446 km (area) | 446 km (area) |
| Advertised | 425 km (area) | 425 km (area) |
| Avg snowfall | 6.6 m | 5.6 m |
| Powder days | 14 | 9 |
| Lifts mapped | 46 | 55 |
| Modern lifts | 72% | 65% |
| Typical wait | 2.5 min | 2.6 min |
| Day pass | €67 (€67) | €67 (€67) |
| Pass | Epic | Epic |
| Ski-in/out places | 24 | 27 |
| Bars | 11 | 14 |
| Airport | GVA · 150 min | GVA · 150 min |
| Season | Dec 13 to Apr 19 | Dec 13 to Apr 19 |
What the scores mean
Snowlist score is one number out of 10 for the whole resort. It mixes seven sub-scores: snow 25%, terrain 25%, queues 15%, lifts 10%, value 10%, access 10%, après 5%. Then it is spread on a bell curve, so 6.5 is a normal good resort, 8 or more is rare and under 5 means real trade-offs. It is not a star rating: a 7 here is better than most.
- Snow: average snowfall over the last three winters at mid-mountain, plus top altitude, minus a penalty for a warm village.
- Terrain: piste km we measured on OpenStreetMap (not the brochure) and vertical drop.
- Queues: our predicted average wait across the season. 10 = you barely queue.
- Value: what you get (snow, terrain, lifts) per euro of day pass, ranked against every resort.