Bear Cubs

Bear Cubs is our dedicated childcare service in Bear Lodge, Les Arcs and Altitude Lodge, Les Gets for 4 months to 7-year-olds. 

In both locations the Bear Cubs playroom is stuffed full of toys and entertainment for every age and large enough for a quiet sleep in one corner whilst others splash paint in the other.

In Les Arcs Bear Cubs is based in a well-equipped wonderful light and airy space, full of sun and right next to the piste and outdoor play area. You can wave to your little ones throughout the day from the piste without even having to pop your bindings. 

In Altitude Lodge, Les Gets, Bear Cubs playroom is a few steps from the boot room and piste.

We know how daunting it can be planning your ski time with childcare, perhaps an even more daunting experience for the children in a new place, so we arrange for a welcome meeting at Bear Cubs at 08.30 on a Monday morning. This is a good opportunity to meet the nannies, chat through the week ahead, and let us know your children’s routine.

Making snow cakes

The children have endless fun inside and out, from arts and crafts, treasure hunts and storytelling, to building igloos, bum boarding and songs. With your consent, we also take your children outdoors – from building snowmen to short walks, we know the best spots for sledging or drinking hot chocolate!

We provide a supervised lunch either in our restaurant or in Bear Cubs playroom itself. Lunchtime will involve something fresh and nutritious, but most importantly something your child actually likes. Your nanny will discuss this with you when you arrive. For younger infants on bottles or purees, we will happily prepare any feeds required

Bear Cubs is open between 9am and 5pm everyday except Thursday when we close at 1pm. We can look after your little one for as long or as little as you like within that time.

We know that you won’t be able to relax until you are sure that your children are enjoying their ski lessons and being looked after well. We have our own private ESF Club Piou Piou snow garden right outside the Bear Cub playroom in Les Arcs and the beginner’s area is only a short distance away in Les Gets.

The Bear Cub Playroom in Les Arcs is a cool place to hang out, bang on the piste and next to the front door, convenient for outdoor play, easy for ski instructors to pick up and drop off and easy for parents to peek without having to pop their bindings. But for slightly older children we whisk them away for activities better suited to their age.

The sloth of Polar Bears each week will be able to play water polo in the pool, pool, junior pub quiz and mocktail-making sessions in the bar, babyfoot, basketball, football and half-pickleball on our new micro-court off the gym, cinema club, or maybe quiet time reading a book in the lounge.

There are also wider opportunities around the resort including the igloo village, minigolf and snowshoeing. Polar Bears is not available in Les Gets but generally the group sizes and age differentials are much less and we can coordinate and adapt activities to keep everyone happy and engaged throughout the day.

We want all the family to experience the delights of snow, so will endeavour to provide childcare services for little ones as young as 12 weeks old. Please do contact us to discuss your requirements.