Paradiski lets you ski its new 425km of pistes on 17th December

Alan — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:12:48 +0000

Paradiski, the huge ski area in the French Alps that incorporates la Plagne, les Arcs and Peisey, and is home to the enormous cable car, the Vanoise Express, opened for business on Saturday the 17th December at 9am.

Now that they are fully open in time for the Christmas season, Paradiski have confirmed that the entire 425km of pistes is available to skiers, all due the recent heavy snow fall that have resulted in perfect winter snow conditions.

The whole domain underwent one last final check before it opened its doors; the tracks were beaconed, any residual damage that was found was rectified, and the mechanical equipment was given a last once over.

With over 70% of Paradiski situated above 2000m, it offers the ideal altitude to make the most of the winter snow conditions [at the moment temperatures are averaging 0 degrees during the day, dropping to minus figures during the night]. At 1200 metres, all activities will be accessible thanks to the recent heavy snowfall.

Eight years after its creation, Paradiski – which connects the stations of Les Arcs, Peisey-Vallandry and La Plagne – houses more and more holiday makers from France and beyond. For this winter 2011/2012, Paradiski has invested 21,7 million Euro for the construction of infrastructure, replacement of equipment and reinvestment and expansion of equipment for cultivating the snow.

On the morning of the 17th December Christmas holiday makers will take to the slopes to enjoy a range of snowsports.

To see the live web-cams of the Paradiski domain:

http://www.lesarcs.com/webcams

http://www.la-plagne.com/fr/hiver/autres/webcams.html

Paradiski in figures : 3 resorts, 20 destinations. Altitude from 1 200 to 3 250 m. 2 equipped glaciers at over 3000 m altitude. 425 km of slopes. 3 snow parks, 3 boardercross, 4 boardergliss, 2 half-pipe, 2 toboggan slopes. 246 hectares of artificial snow, 755 snow canons. 153 km of cross-country and Nordic ski trails. 102 096 beds. Access us at www.paradiski.com

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Four new pocket size French piste guides

Alan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:50:27 +0000

In four new Snowfinder guidebooks due to be published in February expert skiers reveal the secrets of the largest ski areas in France.

The guidebooks are designed for mountain use and are pocket sized. They cover around 2,000km of pistes found in the largest French ski areas of Espace Killy, Paradiski, Les Trois Vallees, and Portes de Soleil.

They were put together by a team of snowboarders and expert skiers that were selected for their familiarity with each resort and include individual descriptions of every run combined with full colour piste maps to enable skiers that want to plan their days on the slopes.

Among those on the team of writers are world mogul champion Eric Berthon, mogul skier Fabien Bertrand , the BBC presenter Graham Bell, Hugh Hutchinson, and Alain Baxter the Olympic medallist. Each member of the team has also tossed in their insider’s tops on where the best mountain restaurants, powder, and après ski can be found.

Guide publisher, Nick Rink, stated that he has lost count of the many times he has watched piste maps fall apart on people which is where the concept for the guidebooks was born.

According to Rink, the focus of the guide has been to help skiers get around the world class resorts with a guide that easily slides safely into a pocket so that electronic devices such as mobile can be left off the mountain safely in a resort room.

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