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La Plagne is a modern ski resort with 2 cable-cars: the Telemetro, linking Plagne Centre and Aime-La Plagne and the Vanoise Express (which links La Plagne to Les Arcs, was opened in 2003, and travels at over 40 km/h (11 m/s; 25 mph), making it one of the fastest [citation needed] of its kind in the world, 8 gondolas, 36 chairlifts (2 8-seater ...
It gives its name to the French ski resort La Plagne, most of which lies within the commune of Mâcot-la-Plagne.It is bordered by the communes of Aime to the west, Bozel to the southwest, Champagny-en-Vanoise to the south, Bellentre to the east, and Valezan and La Côte-d'Aime to the north
The area is internationally best known for its world-renowned ski resorts, including Les Trois Vallées (Courchevel, Méribel, Val Thorens etc.—off a side valley from Moûtiers), Paradiski with La Plagne above Aime, and Les Arcs above Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Espace Killy with Tignes and Val-d'Isère is further up the valley.
Thus, Les Trois Vallées is the largest connected ski area in the world [2] which is linked solely by ski lifts and slopes. It claims to have about 600 km (370 mi) of ski slopes, resulting in 18.5 km² of groomed runs, while an independent expert measured about 493 km. [ 3 ] In addition, there are 120 km for cross-country skiing.
The large ski areas in the Austrian Alps have 50 or more different lifts and sometimes more than 100 km of groomed slopes. However, these are often not connected and can only be reached by bus. The Ski amadé network in the province of Salzburg, for example, has 860 kilometres of pistes and 270 lifts, but they are spread over 25 villages in an ...
Vanoise National Park (French: Parc national de la Vanoise) is a French national park between the Tarentaise and Maurienne valleys in the French Alps, containing the Vanoise massif. It was created in 1963 as the first national park in France. Vanoise National Park is in the département of Savoie.
Les Arcs (French pronunciation: [le.z‿aʁk]) is a ski resort located in Savoie, France, in the Tarentaise Valley town of Bourg-Saint-Maurice.Initially created by Robert Blanc and Roger Godino, it is a part of the huge Paradiski system which is under ownership by Compagnie des Alpes, a French-listed company owning several other ski resorts as well as theme parks.
Gare d'Aime-La Plagne is a railway station located in Aime, Savoie, south-eastern France. The station is located on the Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny - Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway. The train services are operated by SNCF. It serves the village of Aime and the neighbouring ski resort, La Plagne.