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1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Josie Sharp

   Seeing Les Arcs: An Architecture Tour on Skis (opens the original)

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   “You see this building now, but when we get to the top, it will disappear,” my guide, Jean-Marie, tells me as we take the La Cachette chairlift in Les Arcs 1600. He uses his pole to point to a large, slanted building directly next to us, the infamous Résidence La Cascade. I immediately realise that his pole will act as the professor’s chalk on this tour, and I will be the eager student. “How could a building that size possibly disappear?” I thought to myself, but politely agreed, none

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2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Josie Sharp

   A Non-Skier’s Guide to Arc 1950 (opens the original)

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   More people are flocking to the French Alps than ever, but it’s not all skiing at high altitude. Ski resorts are evolving to embrace the non-skier, those drawn by the crisp Alpine air or in search of adventure beyond the slopes, and few places deliver quite like Arc 1950. I stood at London St Pancras station, having gone through security, coffee in hand, and waited for the announcement of my platform for my Eurostar to Paris. With ski bags being dragged on the floor and helmets swinging from b

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