Key figures
RESORT
- Accommodation capacity: 56,000 beds
- 11 sites at altitudes ranging from 650 m to 2100 m:
. 7 sites more than 1800 m above sea level (Plagne Centre, Plagne Aime 2000, Plagne Bellecôte, Belle Plagne, Plagne Villages, Plagne Soleil, Plagne 1800)
. 3 villages between 1250 m and 1350 m (Montalbert, Montchavin – Les Coches, Champagny-en-Vanoise)
. 1 town in the valley at 650 m (Aime)
- Clientele:
. 70% French
. 30% from abroad: 16% British, 6% Belgian, 4% Dutch, 4% other
- Main labels:
. Flocon Vert label
. 2 Famille Plus labels in Montchavin – Les Coches and Montalbert
. 1 Terre d’Alpinisme label in Champagny-en-Vanoise
GETTING THERE
- 2h30 from Lyon and Geneva airports.
- 3 train stations serve La Plagne: Moûtiers-Salins-Brides- Les-Bains / Aime-la-Plagne / Landry.
SKI AREA
► LA PLAGNE
- Surface area: 10,000 ha.
- Altitude: 1,250 m to 3,080 m. 85% of the ski area above 1,800 m.
- 7 peaks: Arpette (2,346 m), Roche de Mio (2,739 m), Grande Rochette (2,508 m), Verdons (2,500 m), Bécoin (2,594 m), Fornelet (1,970 m) and “Live 3000” on the high-altitude sector (3,080 m).
- 135 ski runs: 8 green, 74 blue, 35 red and 18 black. Total: 225 km.
- Average snowfall at 2,000 m : 555 cm (218 inches) over the last 3 years (2021-2024)
- Percentage of ski area equipped with snow makers below 1800: 60%
- Opening of the new Les Glaciers gondola in December 2023: 10 seats, 10 minute ascent, flow 2,700 people / hour
- Aérolive, a journey to the very top of La Plagne : a world first and La Plagne exclusive, this experience is quite literally breathtaking!
As of this summer, 2 highly original cabins have been added to the Glaciers gondola that takes passengers up to the new high point of the resort, Live 3000, 3,080 m above sea level. The minimalist cabins are open to the 4 winds so you can admire the majesty of the landscape from a front-row seat. Open summer and winter
- 2,664,653 ski days sold (season 2023-24).
- Price of ski passes (season 2023-24):
. 1 day adult: 68 €
. 6 days adult: 348 €
► PARADISKI
- Since 2003, La Plagne has been part of the Paradiski area which connects the 3 resorts of La Plagne, Les Arcs and Peisey-Vallandry via the exceptional Vanoise Express cable car. 380 m of empty space under your feet as you cross from one side to the other (higher than the Eiffel tower!)
- 425 km of ski runs in the connected area. 70% of the area above 2,000 m.
- 1 app in winter and summer: Yuge.
IN LA PLAGNE AND NOWHERE ELSE
- Aerolive, a journey to the very top of La Plagne
A world first and La Plagne exclusive, this experience is quite literally breathtaking!
As of the summer 2024, 2 highly original cabins have been added to the Glaciers gondola that takes passengers up to the new high point of the resort, Live 3000, 3,080 m above sea level. The minimalist cabins are open to the 4 winds so you can admire the majesty of the landscape from a front-row seat.
Summer and winter alike, the main attraction of the show is the stupendous Alpine rooftop view, with a panoramic terrace at the very peak of the ski area.
- 1 Olympic bobsleigh run which offers descents for tourists and hosts high-level competitions.
Situated in the hamlet of La Roche, on the way up to La Plagne. Built for the 1992 Albertville Olympic Games: length 1,507.5 m, 124.5 m vertical drop, 19 bends, up to 13,000 clients over a season, top speed of 120 km/h during a tourist descent on one of the 3 machines created by the team at the track. Minimum height to participate: 1m30.
- 1 ice tower open to the general public and hosting top-level competitions. Situated in the glacial valley of Champagny-le-Haut. Height: 22 m. Minimum age to participate: 10.
LA PLAGNE, IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT DOWNHILL SKIING!
- Some 50 sports and leisure activities are proposed through the year, from the river Isère to the topmost summits.
Amongst the most emblematic:
. summer and inter-season: hiking, mountain biking and e-biking, road biking, gravel biking, white water activities, Mountain Cart, canopy tours, via ferrata, fishing, “Cani Rando” hikes harnessed to a dog, paragliding, orienteering, heritage tours, …
. winter: Aerolive (2 cabins open to the 4 winds!), bobsleigh, ice climbing, cross-country skiing, dog sled rides, fat-biking, Nordic activities, “Cani Raquettes” snowshoe hikes harnessed to a dog, paragliding …
- 1 high-altitude sports stadium in Plagne Soleil: altitude 2,100 m, 8,000 m² of natural grass for holidaymakers and training for top-level sport teams.
HISTORY
- 1961: creation of the resort with the red hat logo, with the opening of the first site, Plagne Centre, over 60 years ago.
- 1970 - 1990: gradual linking of all 11 sites of La Plagne that share the ski area: Aime 2000 (1970), Champagny-en-Vanoise (1971), Plagne Villages and Montchavin – Les Coches (1972), Plagne Bellecôte (1974), Montalbert (1980), Belle Plagne (1981), Plagne 1800 (1982), Plagne Soleil (1990)
- 1973: closing of the silver-lead mines operated by the Peñarroya mining company. The main vein was first mined in 1810.
- 1990: creation of the “Trall de Légende”, the 6000D. The pioneering format of this trail running race now covers 69 km and 3,400 m elevation gain. The event traditionally takes place over the last weekend of July and now proposes 7 races, including 2 for children.
- 1992: La Plagne’s Olympic bobsleigh track (the only one in France) hosted the Albertville Olympic event.
- 1984, 1987, 1995 and 2002: La Plagne hosted a stage of the Tour de France finishing in Plagne Centre, after a climb of 21 hairpin bends.
- 2003: creation of the Paradiski connected area, linked by the Vanoise Express cable car.
- 2009: creation of the first biomass heating plant in the mountains, in Plagne Centre, producing 85% of the energy required for heating and hot water in Plagne Centre. 4,000 tonnes less CO² is discharged into the atmosphere every year.
- 2023: a new era for the high-altitude sector.
A page was turned at the end of April with the dismantling of Bellecôte gondola and all the infrastructure in the permafrost zone. In December, the new Les Glaciers gondola will open with an arrival station anchored to the rock. Skiers and non-skiers will discover a new panoramic area, “Live 3000”, 3,080 m above sea level.
ENVIRONMENT
- 1 National Park, the Vanoise National Park, which turned 60 in 2023.
- 3 natural lakes (Presset, Portette and Carroley).
- 1 Environmental Observatory created in 2014.
- ¼ of the territory covered in communal forest, in other words about 3,500 ha.
- 282 species identified in the ski area between 2014 and 2019 (including 129 species of butterflies, 99 birds and 16 bats). 400 ibex identified in the Champagny-en-Vanoise sector.
- 1 stone pine grove on gypsum, a remarkable site in the heart of the ski area (above Plagne Villages). A forest with a delicate balance that is preserved thanks to the absent-mindedness of the spotted nutcracker bird, which loses some stone pine seeds as it moves its provisions, ensuring the renewal of the ecosystem.
- Ski area target of “Zero net carbon” by 2030 with a minimum 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
- 1 resort CSR report published in 2022.
*Corporate Social Responsibility
- 1 “Zero Carbon in Mountain areas” award in April 2023 at the Alpipro trade show.
- Flocon Vert label since June 2024.
HERITAGE
- 1,008 years: age of the Romanesque basilica in Aime.
- baroque treasure: 160 cherubs in gilded wood on the altarpiece of Saint-Sigismond church in Champagny-en-Vanoise.
- 1 building (Aime 2000) awarded the “Remarkable Contemporary Architecture” label in 2016. 50 m high, 2.4 km of galleries, 21 floors and 28 lifts, 800 apartments (one of France’s largest co-ownerships).
- 300 chalets in the village of Champagny-en-Vanoise.
- 2 Beaufort cheese vending machines, open 24/7 (one at the dairy and the other in Aime station).