Tignes
Snow depth
3456 m
1550 m
150 cm
14 cm
-4°
2°
Tignes is the casual and relaxed younger sibling of Val d'Isère. There are actually five villages - Le Lac, Val Claret, Lavachet, Les Boisses and Brevières, all with the prefix Tignes. The first three are not so charming, function-built, concrete villages, located on a high plateau with magical skiing opportunities right outside the door. Down by the pond lies the much more cozy, but also more secluded, Boisses and Brevieres.
Tignes works hard on its youthful image and managed to become the host of Euro X Games from 2010 to 2013. Freeride World Tour competitions also used to take place here. The skiing is mostly above the tree line, but there are some larch trees where you can take a turn around down towards the large power plant pond.
Brevières, the village located furthest down , is also called the Three second village because that is how long it would take before it would be swept away if the pond should happen to burst. Stressful.
In Tignes you can ski all year round - the glacier on Grande Motte is open even in the summer.
Tignes works hard on its youthful image and managed to become the host of Euro X Games from 2010 to 2013. Freeride World Tour competitions also used to take place here. The skiing is mostly above the tree line, but there are some larch trees where you can take a turn around down towards the large power plant pond.
Brevières, the village located furthest down , is also called the Three second village because that is how long it would take before it would be swept away if the pond should happen to burst. Stressful.
In Tignes you can ski all year round - the glacier on Grande Motte is open even in the summer.
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Tignes Snow forecast
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Wednesday1 cm snow
-3.8°
1 m/s -
Thursday0 cm
-0.3°
0.5 m/s -
Friday0 cm
0.9°
0.9 m/s
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Best Off-Piste:Try the off-piste runs down from the Grands Motte glacier (there’s some amazing stuff off the back, but you need to take a guide with you.) Come down the Grand Plan red from the top and then as you get to a sharp right, drop left into the big bowl and choose your run. Finish down by the snowpark at Les lanches.
Best Black Run:
The legend that is Sache. Get all the way up to Aiguille Percee from Tignesthen take Corniches. Sache is glorious, has a back-country feel to it and can be steep, bumpy and icy. If powder has fallen, this could be one of your great moments!
Best Red Run:
One of my favourites is the very pacey Stade run. Always sunny, with a bumps training section off to the left. Very good for poseur racers who like showing off to the lift voyeurs.
Best Blue/Green:
You can do a lot worse than the very long linking run from Val to Tignes which starts at the top of Toviere into Val Claret – a thigh-burner. Otherwise the blues down from Aiguille Percee into Tignes Le Lac offer spectacular views, small bumps and wide open pistes.
By: Hugh Hutchison double time Olympian and Britain’s most successful mogul skier
Facts about Tignes
Vertical drop
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Highest Point: 3456 m |
| Vertical drop: 1906 m | |
| Base Point: 1550 m |
Season
| Start: | 22 November |
| End: | 3 May |
Areas
| Snowparks: | 2 |
| Childrens area: | 3 |
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Reviews for Tignes
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Tignes and Val D'isere together are one of the absolute best ski resorts. The skiing is just as everyone wrote fantastic. Lovely plateau in Marmottes ... Read more (342 words)
Went with Langley and stayed at Langley Tignes 2100 Easter Sunday 23rd with daughter. Recommend everything about our trip. So good that I booked the e... Read more (73 words)
Went here Easter week 2022 and stayed in Val Claret. Best skiing week ever with fantastic spring sleet and sun.
Val Claret is a rather poor village w... Read more (41 words)
Val Claret ski-in & ski-out. Best ski week ever. The train that goes up to the glacier was very efficient. Many different types of slopes, lifts every... Read more (83 words)
Val Claret - best ski week ever.
- large selection of slopes,
- close to Val d'Isere,
- lifts everywhere,
- no lift queues,
- consistently very... Read more (100 words)
Were four friends in Tignes during January 2022. Very good ride both there and in Val d’isere which you ride on the same lift pass. Good order in the ... Read more (146 words)
Tignes is always Tignes. Would probably choose Valdicer today, but they share the skiing. Interesting and beautiful anyway.
Visited Tignes (lived in Claret election) the first week of March. I have never been aware that there has been so much snow, in 6 days it snowed 5 tim... Read more (49 words)
Fantastic Tignes / Val d'Isere has delivered again !!
Week 52 2018 made no one disappointed. The weather was cruel, about 0 degrees in Val Claret and... Read more (213 words)
Tignes is included in the ski area "Escape Killy".
Plus / minus with Escape Killy compared to other ski areas:
+ Snowproof in high altitude and gl... Read more (478 words)
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Nearby ski resorts
| Val d'Isere | 6 km |
| Sainte Foy | 12 km |
| Peisey Vallandry | 14 km |
| Les Arcs | 15 km |
| Bonneval Sur Arc | 16 km |
| Montchavin Les Coches | 16 km |
| Champagny En Vanoise | 17 km |
| Pralognan La Vanoise | 17 km |
Airports near Tignes
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Chambery Airport Driving time: 1 hour, 51 minutes (142 km) Distance: 82 km |
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Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport Driving time: 2 hours, 33 minutes (220 km) Distance: 144 km |
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Grenoble Alpes-Isère Airport Driving time: 2 hours, 35 minutes (215 km) Distance: 124 km |
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Genève Aéroport Driving time: 2 hours, 42 minutes (226 km) Distance: 105 km |
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Torino Airport Driving time: 3 hours, 34 minutes (284 km) Distance: 65 km |
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Milano-Malpensa Airport Driving time: 4 hours, 52 minutes (405 km) Distance: 143 km |
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