Are you looking to stretch those ski legs before the season begins? Perhaps you’d like to finally break through into the nirvana that is effortless carving on sheet ice or snorkel skiing in bottomless powder. Join one of VIP SKI’s pre-season courses in Val d’Isère and La Plagne on the 5th & 12th December, including [...]
If you haven’t got time to take a full week skiing, then why not consider a La Plagne ski weekend. You can often get nearly as much time skiing a weekend in La Plagne as you do in a week with only 2 or even 1 days holiday from work. The problem often is that [...]
The long anticipated video from our recent #twiskitrip to La Plagne. Video © Arthur Bullard
Not many British skiiers or boarders I talk to have ever heard of the UCPA, but it’s probably the most cost effective way to take a holiday in the snow in France. UCPA (Union nationale des Centres sportifs de Plein Air) is the equivalent to the Youth Hostel Association in the UK. UCPA offers a variety [...]
Finally we woke up to the perfect skiing day, glorious sunshine and a fresh layer of powder that had fallen overnight. We had to be out of our rooms at the UCPA by 9am anyway so were all ready to catch the first lifts of the day. Although the Avalanche risk was still high most [...]
After a heavy nights snow (and drinking) we dragged ourselves out of bed a little later than usual. At first glance it seemed like perhaps the perfect day, with at least 10cm of snow overnight and clear blue skies, however soon enough the cloud moved over leaving a somewhat duller day. Quite a few runs [...]
On Thursday 28th January some of the ski-concierge.com blogging team will be taking a weekend #TwiSkiTrip to La Plagne. We’ll be visiting all of villages in the La Plagne ski area. So what is a TwiSkiTtrip? A Twitrip is a trip that is driven by twitter followers suggestions and recommendations. We’ve just put our own [...]
To get you in the mood for our fantastic competition to win a ski holiday for 4 to La Plagne here are some interesting facts about La Plagne ski resort. 1. Of all the visitors to La Plagne 76% are French. Of the foreigners British come highest with nearly 13% of visitors coming from Britain, [...]
Ski-concierge.com are offering 1 lucky winner and their friends or family (4 people in total) flights from London Oxford Airport to Geneva, a weeks stay in Belle Plagne and four lift passes for the La Plagne ski area. Enter here, or read on for more information. Situated in the Paradiski ski area, La Plagne has [...]
La Plagne ski resort is across the valley from Les Arcs, in 2003 they were linked together by the Vanoise Express Cable Car. In 2007 / 2008 ski season unfortunately the cable car did not run due to emergency maintenance on the cable. Best known as an intermediate destination, La Plagne ski resort and neighbouring Les [...]
