Activities & surroundings
✨ Trip planner →Hikes: Lac des Vaches (2h, family), Col de la Vanoise (full day). Skiing: linked area, ski touring from the chalet. See: Pralognan, Vanoise National Park, Beaufort cheese dairy.
Hikes & trails
Around Les Arolles lake 🌱 Spring☀️ Summer🍂 Autumn
2 h, easy, for families.
Climb to the glacier lookout ☀️ Summer
4 h return, demanding.
Moonlight snowshoeing ❄️ Winter
1.5 h from the hamlet, head torch advised.
The pasture trail ☀️ Summer🍂 Autumn
3.5 h, moderate, mountain farms on the way.
Places to discover
Sport & leisure
Bois Joli tree-top course ☀️ Summer
Zip lines and rope bridges, from age 6.
Les Arolles ski area ❄️ Winter
Twelve runs, reached by shuttle.
Marmots' sledge run ❄️ Winter
For little ones and grown-ups alike.
Village ice rink ❄️ Winter
Open-air, skate hire on site.
Culture & heritage
Museum of mountain life ❄️ Winter🌱 Spring☀️ Summer🍂 Autumn
Old tools, costumes and cheese-making.
St James's chapel ❄️ Winter🌱 Spring☀️ Summer🍂 Autumn
Baroque altarpiece, open in the afternoon.
Nature & viewpoints
Bear's Leap waterfall 🌱 Spring☀️ Summer🍂 Autumn
Twenty minutes' walk from the chalet.
Les Arolles valley reserve 🌱 Spring☀️ Summer
Marmots and ibex at dawn.
Shops
Thursday morning market ❄️ Winter☀️ Summer
Cheese, cured meats and mountain honey.
Activities & services
Les Arolles cooperative tomme ❄️ Winter🌱 Spring☀️ Summer🍂 Autumn
Raw milk from the nearby pastures.
Mountain honey from the pass apiary ☀️ Summer🍂 Autumn
Harvested in July.
🌤️ Chalet weather
~1723 m4°C
Now, Clear sky, 6 km/h
Sat
🌫️
13° 4°
Sun
🌦️
11° 4°
💧 4 mm
Mon
🌦️
14° 5°
💧 1 mm
Tue
🌦️
13° 8°
💧 4 mm
Wed
🌨️
8° -1°
❄️ 1 cm
Open-Meteo forecast (open data), elevation-aware.
🏔️ Avalanche risk
The chalet is located in the Vanoise range (Alpes du Nord). Check the official Météo-France bulletin before any mountain outing.
View the avalanche bulletin (Météo-France) →