Skiing Les Carroz

beginner skiers

For beginner skiers, Les Carroz d'Araches offers a small area close to the village. There's a further beginner's area, along with the lifts accessing the main ski area above Les Carroz d'Araches. Lots of good options for learners in the wider Grand Massif area, the area definitely favours beginner and intermediate skiers and boarders. 

intermediate skiers

Intermediates are the best served by the area, although beginners also enjoy a fairly good range with long green runs in the Flaine bowl, before progressing to gentle blues. Nervous intermediates can also try the green run at Vernant to build confidence, whilst the more confident can enjoy the runs in the immediate area down to Les Carroz. 

expert skiers 

While intermediates have the best pick of skiing at Les Carroz d'Araches, experts have a huge amount of choice in the greater Grand Massif area.You can explore the rocks and crevasses of the Flaine bowl, or the notorious Diamant Noir, with its narrow moguls, and the Lindars Nord or the ominously named Styx Piste, with its near 45 degree slopes. Boarders can access the park in Flaine and enjoy fantastic off-piste that constantly delights. 

Gain confidence, improve your technique or try out new sports with one of Les Carroz's ski schools. If you want more variety, there are hundreds of instructors spread out through the Grand Massif area.

Gain confidence, improve your technique or try out new sports with one of Les Carroz's ski schools. If you want more variety, there are hundreds of instructors spread out through the Grand Massif area.

Ecole du Ski Francais
14 route des Servages
Phone 04.50.90.02.38

Nouvelle Dimension
247 route des Moulins
04.50.90.36.03

Après Ski 

There are plenty of bars and restaurants in the village and although not one of the liveliest resorts, there is enough to keep everyone amused during their stay. There are some charming and authentic bars in the centre that are a long way from the artifical feel of bars built in other resorts. There's twenty restaurants and eight bars all up, along with one nightclub - Club 74.

off the mountain 

On Tuesdays, on the Aravis Square a Savoyard market takes place all the year round, where you can pick up some traditional treats, and from April to November every first Friday of the month a farm market in Ballancy (5 km from les Carroz). All the usual activities are laid on with style, try: Snowshoeing, dog sledding, winter walks, ice skating, ice climbing, hot air ballooning, hangliding, para-gliding, parapenting, tennis, badminton, table tennis, bowling, billiards, weekend in an igloo, tobogganing, floodlit skiing, massages, shiatsu and beauty treatments and a wood painting workshop. The ski school's torch-lit descent is a must-see, starting off with fireworks and ending with vin chaud and live jazz in the square.

Les Carroz d'Arâches is just 10 km from the A40 motorway, 45 min from Geneva international airport and 13 km from Cluses train station making it one of the most easily accessible resorts in France.  Further afield, Les Carroz is only 2hrs from Lyon and 5 hrs from Paris.

by air

The closest airport is Geneva Cointrin (55 km), other options are Lyon Saint Exupéry and Annecy.

by train 

Cluses is the closest train station, only 13 km from the resort. A direct TGV (fast train) runs from Paris on the weekend, or you can also travel Paris to Annecy and then jump on another train to Cluses. Regular TGV trains also run from Paris to Geneva, a 3 hour 30 minute trip.

SNCF - by telephone on 3635

Bus links between Cluses and Les Carroz   Timetable/reservations

by car 

Take the A40 motorway from Geneva to Chamonix, exit at junction 19 Cluses Centre, then take the N205 road towards Sallanches. After about 3 km turn left at the junction signposted "Les Carroz d'Arâches", (D6). Be aware that there's no petrol station in the resort, so you'll need to fill up at the BP station on the N205 near the motorway exit 12km from Les Carroz.

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