Les Arcs or Serre Chevalier?
Serre Chevalier takes 4 of 9, with 4 too close to call. That still does not settle it — only the categories you care about count.
France
Les Arcs
Tree-lined runs down to Arc 1600 and 1800 give it a bad-weather advantage over most high Tarentaise resorts. The Vanoise Express cable car links it to La Plagne for a 425 km pass.
Worth knowing. Arc 1600 and 1800 are dated, and reaching La Plagne eats a morning.
Choose it if
Families with young kids
About £1,159 a week from London
France
Serre Chevalier
250 km of mostly tree-lined skiing across four old villages, at prices the Tarentaise stopped offering twenty years ago. Consistently the best value large area in France.
Worth knowing. Strung along a valley road, so it never quite feels like one resort.
Choose it if
A non-skiing partner
About £978 a week from London
Side by side
| Les Arcs | Serre Chevalier | |
|---|---|---|
| Snow reliability | 56/100 | 52/100 |
| Size of the ski area | 200 km | 250 km |
| Top lift | 3226 m | 2800 m |
| Cost before travel | €1120 | €895 |
| Families with young kids | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Snowboarders | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| A non-skiing partner | 4/10 | 7/10 |
| Budget and après | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Off-piste | 8/10 | 8/10 |
Bold marks the winner. Rows where neither is bold are close enough that the difference would not change a decision. Cost excludes travel, which depends on where you leave from.
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.