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Vars

Resort overview

Vars is a resort with 4 welcomong and cosy villages (St Marcellin, Ste Marie, Ste Catherine et Les Claux).
Vars and Risoul form the Foret Blanche area with 180km of runs.
There's a huge snowpark.
You can buy your pass online.
There's a good freeride area with several off tracks opportunities.
There are also sledge areas.

Student pass (student card + loyalty card at 10€): 21,50€ the day for the Foret Blanche area.


Transport Information

By Car
From Marseille : Via the A51 motorway until Gap/Tallard, then follow Embrun-Guillestre-Vars.
From Paris : Via the A6 motorway until Lyon then take the A43 motorway until Grenoble then follow Briançon through the col du Lautaret or Gap through the col Bayard then Embrun-Guillestre-Vars.
From Turin : Go to the border at Montgenèvre, then follow Briançon-Guillestre-Vars.

By train
Montdauphin Guillestre train station (15 km from Vars) Information and bookings 36 35 or voyages-sncf.com

Paris/Briançon, direct trains + night trains with berths.

TGV connection, Paris-Valence or Paris-Grenoble.

Marseille/Briançon, daily connections.

By airplane
Turin Airport , caselle (Italy)
Cunéo-Levaldigi Airport (Italy) at 1h30mn from Vars
Marseille-Provence Airport
Grenoble-St Geoirs Airport
Lyon-St Exupéry Airport
St Crépin Aerodrome
(Car rental service at airports)

By shuttle
Regular service Vars - Montdauphin Guillestre SNCF train station
For information and bookings call 04 92 45 18 11 or visit
http://www.autocars-imbert.com

Inter Village Connection
Vars resort offers holidaymakers a shuttle service to move around the four villages.


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Informations

[ Date created ]
22 March 2008

[ Last update ]
22 March 2008

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Resort's Website

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Number of inhabitants

Between 500 and 2000


Resort's webcam

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Snow report

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Basic ski pass's fare (euros)

30


Link to Ski pass's fares list

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Difference in height (m)

1100m


Resort's altitude (m)

1650m


Resort's highest point (m)

2750m


Resort's opening date

early december


Resort's closing date

3rd week of April


Total tracks kilometres

180km


Runs

110


Freeride

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Direct link with other resort

Risoul - Foret Blanche area


Potential of Forest rides

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