Arriving in La Plagne for the first time can feel full-on. Together with Les Arcs it forms the Paradiski area – the third-largest ski domain in the world. Working out where to ski first takes time.

This page gives you a tried-and-tested “La Plagne in a day” route. It links many of the resort’s best pistes, views and sectors into one lap so you get a proper feel for the whole area without spending hours studying the map. Below you’ll find a seven-minute preview video and a downloadable La Plagne in a day route map you can save to your phone.

See La Plagne in a day (short version). This seven-minute video previews the full lap – from the first lift out of Plagne Centre to the final run back towards Bergerie bar. Watch it through once so you know how the route flows, then use the map below to follow it on the hill.

If you want more detail, there’s also a longer version of La Plagne in a Day with extra information on pistes and lifts and a slower paced video guide. Both videos sit on LP360’s iRide YouTube channel, which has plenty more La Plagne edits.

To make life easier once you are on the hill, we’ve created an annotated “La Plagne in a Day” route map that shows the full lap – lifts, pistes and sectors in order. Follow the numbers and colours – pinks are downhill pistes / purples are uplift.

Click here to download the Best of La Plagne in a Day map

Save it to your phone before you set off so you have it handy even if your signal drops.

Important Note: La Plagne has updated the Roche de Mio lift since this route was mapped. The skiing route itself is unchanged, but the new Roche de Mio lift isn’t shown. You can view the latest official La Plagne piste map here.

This route lets you tick off most of La Plagne’s headline sectors in a single, relaxed day:

Grande Rochette – Plagne Centre pistes
Plagne Bellecôte – Belle Plagne pistes
Montchavin pistes
Roche de Mio summit
Champagny-en-Vanoise pistes
Aime 2000 – Biolley pistes
Montalbert pistes
La Roche
Plagne 1800
Plagne Soleil – Plagne Villages

It’s a proper grand tour of La Plagne without feeling like a route-march.

This route strings together some of the best skiing and snowboarding across the La Plagne ski area. The video gives you an idea of the sectors you’ll visit. And yep – all possible in just one day for early intermediates and above.

START – Plagne Centre / Grande Rochette
Funiplagne gondola / Mira blue piste / Trieuse blue piste

Plagne Bellecôte / Belle Plagne
Arpette chair / Replat blue piste / Replat rope tow

Plagne Montchavin
Mont Blanc blue piste / Montchavin chair / Pierres Blanches chair / Plan Leschaux poma / Carolley piste / Crozats chair / Teppes blue / Marmottes red piste

Plagne Bellecôte / Roche de Mio
Inversens chair / Levasset haut blue piste / Plateau de Carella rope tow / Levasset mid blue piste

Champagny-en-Vanoise
Levasset Bas blue piste / TAKE THE BORSELIERS CHAIR AT THE BASE OF LEVASSET IF YOU WANT TO SKIP CHAMPAGNY
OPTIONAL: Les Bois red piste (now regraded black) /
OPTIONAL: Champagny gondola /
OPTIONAL: Rossa red piste /
RESTART HERE TO SKIP GOING TO CHAMPAGNY: Borseliers chair / Borseliers red piste / Liaison Verdons blue piste / Verdons Sud chairlift / Bozelet blue piste

Plagne Centre / Grande Rochette (transition)
Banzai to Capella to Plagne Centre / Becoin chair

Aime 2000 / Biolley
Pavane blue piste (top half) / Golf blue piste / Edmond Blanchoz (formerly Cornegidouille) blue piste (top half)

Plagne Montalbert
Adrets chair / Plagne Montalbert various pistes / Montalbert gondola / Adrets blue piste

Aime / La Roche / Plagne 1800
Edmond Blanchoz (formerly Cornegidouille) blue piste (lower half) / Roche chair / Pavane blue piste (lower half) / Jean-Marie blue piste / Mélèzes chair

Plagne Soleil / Plagne Villages – FINISH
Bergerie chair, finishing at the Bergerie bar, one of La Plagne’s best après spots.

Taking this La Plagne in a Day lap will show you almost the entire area – apart from the glacier, which is often shut by weather. The glacier runs themselves are not the most interesting in the resort, although access has now improved with the new Bellecôte glacier gondola.

By sticking to this itinerary you’ll ski a mix of long blues and a few confidence-boosting reds, cover most of the main sectors and get a proper feel for just how big and varied La Plagne is.

If you like this one-day route and want more ideas, try these blue-run guides for other areas of the resort. Each guide comes with its own route map and video:

Champagny best blue pistes
Plagne Bellecôte best blue pistes
Grande Rochette (Plagne Centre, Plagne Soleil, Plagne Villages) best blue pistes
Biolley Aime 2000 best blue pistes (including La Roche)

To get a feel for snow, weather and conditions through the season, check our month-by-month guides:

La Plagne in December
La Plagne in January
La Plagne in February
La Plagne in March
La Plagne in April

There’s also a shorter round-up: When is the best time to ski La Plagne?