Bonneval-sur-arc

Bonneval Sur Arc, , at the door of the National park of Vanoise, member of the “More beautiful Villages of France”, the only one in Savoie, is located at the foot of the most collar of Europe, Iseran (2770 m). Closedfrom October to semi June.

Bonneval keeps its character without yielding to great tourism.

It is the history of yesterday which builds more beautiful following days… for you.

Far from crowd and the immediate one, in the middle of nature, will rediscover finally the emotions which you think no more reviving. History of a blazing snow which offers to you the most beautiful horizons from December at the end of April, from 1800 to 3050 m high.

A snow for all the feelings, for the beginner to the experienced skiers who come to seek a duster here and a virgin trace who is done rare elsewhere. In Bonneval, food together still has a direction. Christmas, New Year's Day, Fatty Tuesday, Easter, each festival finds its taste, even more extremely to be divided. Since always in Bonneval, the winter is the season of the shared emotions.

Yesterday around fire, as long taken care narrators. And today, in family or between friends, to exchange the discoveries of the day or the desires of the following day. One strolls accompanied in rackets in the National park by Vanoise and with the sources of the Arc, on the traces of the grouses, variable hare, the chamois or the ibexes… to see flies over it eagle or gypaëte with the top of your head… exploration starts and you live apart from time.

You stroll in rackets into night in the magic lights of the moonlight, one evening in a restaurant of altitude after having observed the ibexes and before a merry descent with feet with torches, some slips on the natural skating rink of the village, good hot wine glass after the descent with the torches offered by the inhabitants of the village… that moments of true resourcing!

Rammed route of Bonneval to l'Ecot. A route of 5 km along the Arc and marvellous cascades of ice. Discovery of the splendid hamlet of the Ecot at 2000 m high which you can cross while admiring its stone-built houses and roofs of roofing stones covered with a thick snowy coat carved by the storms. The vault Ste. Marguerite which separates the 2 parts of the hamlet.

The plate of Bessans, the close village at 4 km offers many routes rackets marked out. You can go there by the FREE SKIBUS which connects all the villages of High Maurienne.

Schedules in the Tourist office.

The ESF and the guides propose stroll in rackets with the half day or the day. It is a means to leave the beaten paths and to admire landscapes of mountain out of the commun run. Maybe you can meet or will find you the traces of the hermine, the grouse, the black grouse, of white hare, but you will see without any doubt chamois and ibexes and surely the first marmots for those which will come in April.

The ESf proposes at each period of full moon of stroll in rackets into night. A particular light which make the landscapes magic and one unforgettable stroll. To make your trace in a snow and a padded silence whereas thousands of stars scintillate with the top of you and the summits lit by the moon of which, from here, we discover its reliefs and craters as you never saw it. The monitors reserve a surprised pause to you…

The route rackets quoted in the preceding heading and bound for the Share can also be done easily with feet while being well fitted.

To also discover the village of Bonneval, site classified member of the Most beautiful Villages of France.

Routes pedestrians are also at your disposal on the plate of Bessans, the close village which comprises many marked out routes.

And then do not hesitate to discover the villages of Haut Maurienne with the FREE SKIBUS who serves all the Villages.

Time cards in the Tourist office.

• Ski Hike

Bonneval is a true paradise for the amateurs of ski touring. The ESF proposes its courses which go from initiation to the excursion ½ day, day or over several days with night in refuge.

• Ski escape

EXIT GREAT ESCAPE “BONNEVAL - VALLEY Of ISERE” the ESF proposes a journéegrande escape to you with a transfer from Bonneval to Val from Isere in the Helicopter and a return from the Collar from Iseran in off-piste skiing, via the Share, while crossing the virgin landscapes of the National park of Vanoise. Information: ESF Tel. 04 79 05 95 70

• Climbing of cascade of ice

The site of Bonneval comprises innumerable cascades of ice which are formed as of the autumn whose reputation is known by all the amateurs of the discipline. Amateurs of feeling the Office of the Guides will be able to make you discover this discipline and be initiated with a type of climbing completely to share.