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Snowparks in La Plagne
Discover the top La Plagne snowparks
If you're new to the slopes it's a good chance that you'll be wanting to try your first kicker or rail soon. Freestyle is great fun and if you want to learn there is no better place to head than the La Plagne snowpark.
La Plagne Riders Nation snowpark - small, medium and large kickers and jumps, rails and boxes
Halfpipe in Plagne-Bellecote
Fun Zone at Arpette chairlift - boardercross, jumps, rails and rollersLes Arcs Apocalypse Snowpark - small, medium and large kickers and jumps, rails and quarter pipe
Airbag
Rail park in Peisey-Vallandry
Mille 8 - sledging zone and freestyle ski / snowboard area
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Snowparks in La Plagne
La Plagne is a great place to come to if you are a freestyle skier or snowboarder. It has a huge snowpark that sits above Plagne centre and under the Funicular. You can reach it from top of the Colorado lift if you're coming from Plagne centre or from the top of the Blanchets if you're coming from Plagne Bellecote.
Riders Nation
La Plagne has a whopping 1km long snowpark known as Riders Nation which caters for people of all abilities. The park is shaped with skiers in mind, (La Plagne has a big freestyle ski scene), but that’s not to stop the snowboarders having a go too.
You will find different sized jumps graded in the same way as the pistes - Green, Blue, Red and Black. As you can imagine, these are named according to their level of difficulty and diversity of their obstacles with green being the easiest and black being the hardest - which is big.
Once the jumps are out of the way, the park splits in two and each branch has a selection of rails and boxes and one also has a wall ride. Unfortunately, there is no drag lift for the park so you must use the Colorado chairlift from Plagne Centre. There are often small competitions in the park for everyone to join in and have a go, mostly on a Friday afternoon. There is also a picnic area where you can eat your lunch whilst watching people throw themselves off the jumps or you can just listen to the music in the sun.
Halfpipe
Down in Plagne Bellcôte there is a half-pipe which is also open to all. There is a chairlift called the Blanchets right next to the pipe which can be used to access it.
Fun Slope
Starting from the top of the Arpette chairlift you'll find a new fun slope zone, which includes a number of snow features similar to a boardercross and slopestyle course, the longest of its kind in Europe. It features jumps, rails, banked turns, rollers and one awesome spiral turn into a tunnel.
Snowparks in Les Arcs
Apocalypse snowpark
The Apocalypse Parc lies between Arc 1600 and Arc 1800 next to the snowpark ski lift and has lots to offer, ranging from blue level jumps to black kick-rails and a quarter pipe. It also has rail slides, a spine jump and for the really adventurous - a gap jump. Or if you're into testing your speed, try the boardercross for both skiers and boarders alike.
Mille 8 in Les Arcs 1800
Built in the 2015-16 ski season is the 'Mille 8' zone in Arc 1800, which includes a large number of features for every level of skier and snowboarder. This area includes a swimming pool and spa facilities, children's play area, bar and restaurant, sledging zone, freestyle ski & snowboard area and a handful of winter walking trails.
The whole area is covered with lights & sound systems and you can tag your photos to appear on the big screens around the zone. Access is via the Villards gondola and entry is included in the price of your ski pass.
