Thursday 24 June updated on 06-24-2021 at 8:06
Thursday 24 June updated on 06-24-2021 at 8:06
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From family strolls to energetic hikes, les Arcs’ summer area offers more than 200 km of walking trails with 6,700m of cumulated gross ascent. Truly somewhere for exploring the great outdoors with something for everyone …
Walking alone is a chance to dream and admire the scenery while enjoying the silence offered by wide open spaces.
Walking in a group becomes a moment for sharing and conversation. You can be accompanied by professionals who will be there to offer advice and show you our area and its hidden treasures.
When choosing the route which suits you best, you must take account of the weather, your physical fitness and, of course, your wishes. Take the time to gather information to discover all the opportunities on offer to you.
The free walking map will show you the routes in the les Arcs, Peisey-Vallandry, Villaroger and Bourg Saint Maurice sector. Also available to you is an IGN (UK= Ordonnance Survey) 1/35th scale map and the topographical map with more than de 60 marked routes on the les Arcs-Bourg Saint Maurice slope and the versant du Soleil. On sale in Tourist Offices.
View over the Arc Valley and Mont Blanc.
View over the Valley. A pleasant walk through the forest. Vehicle track.
Discover the Notre Dame des Vernettes chapel, one of the finest baroque shrines in Tarentaise nestling in a glacial circus dominated by the Aiguille...
Family walk in the forest.
Balcony track in a pleasant forest with a view over the valley.
Family walk in the forest. Follows part of the secondary road.
Balcony footpath through the forest with a view over the resort of la Rosière.
Balcony path overlooking Arc 1800 and the Upper Tarentaise Valley.
Balade au milieu des prairies
View over the Valley. A pleasant walk through the forest. Vehicle track.
Sentier à travers la forêt pour arriver au village "Des Maisonnettes" avec sa chapelle. Belle vue sur la vallée.
Family walk in the forest. View over the valley.
From Villaroger to the chapel of Notre Dame des Vernettes, this balcony footpath follows the les Arcs and Peisey-Vallandry slope, crossing “montagnettes”, forests and Alpine pastures.
The Baroque sanctuary of Notre Dame des Vernettes can be visited.
Duration: about 5 hours, height difference: 750 m.
Villaroger – Arc 1600: height difference about 450 m, 2 hours
Arc 1600 – Arc 1800 : height difference 200 m,about 1 hour
Arc 1800 – Notre dame des Vernettes: height difference 50 m, about 2 hours.
Plan Peisey – Notre dame des Vernettes: height difference 200 m, about 1 hour.
Moderately difficult walk, sometimes with progressive ascent, paths not too narrow
From 01/06 to 30/09.
Subject to favorable snow and weather conditions.
Free of charge.
Villaroger vers Le Grand Balcon