Tignes Ski Resort Guide
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Issued: 23 May
- Last Snowfall:
- Snow Depth (upper):
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- Piste: –
- Off-piste: –
Today’s Weather (2506 m)
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 5 |
-8 °C |
F-Level
1400 m |
| PM |
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15 |
-7 °C |
F-Level
1550 m |
| night |
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15 |
-7 °C |
F-Level
1150 m |
Acres of ski: 12355 | Pistes: 125 | Snowmaking: -
Halfpipes: 1 | Terrain parks: 2 | X-Country: 40 km
Resort Opens: 29 Jun 2013 | Resort Closes: 30 Aug 2013
Lifts: 47 ski lifts (1 funiculaire, 1 cable car, 24 chairlifts, 19 drag lifts)
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- Nearest Airport: Chambrey
- Nearest Train Station: Bourg St Maurice
- Tourist office phone: +33479400440
- Tourise office website: www.tignes.net
- Slopeside Accommodation: yes
Tignes is a high altitude resort in the heart of the ski country of France (part of the Espace Killy ski area alongside Val d'Isere) and is one of the best all-year round resorts in the Alps. Every style and ability of skier/boarder is catered for at Tignes with 300km of pisted runs and an un-rivaled amount of off-piste easily accesible from the resorts modern lift network. Off the slopes Tignes may appear somewhat drab and ugly. However, it offers everything a skier needs with restaurants and bars a plenty. Be warned though, prices in Tignes are more central London than rural France!
Resorts close to Tignes include:
Val d'Isere (4 km),
Sainte Foy (13 km),
Villaroger (13 km),
Peisey/Vallandry (14 km),
La Plagne (15 km),
Tignes Chalets, Ski Hotels & Lodging
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Piste info
- Trails (Pistes): 125
- Beginner: 60%
- Intermediate: 25%
- Advanced: 15%
- Cross-country: 40 km
- Snowmaking: -
- Acres of ski: 12355
- Terrain Parks: 2
- Halfpipes: 1
Social
- Restaurants: 78
- Bars: 51
- Slopeside accommodation: Y
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Mountain info
- Summit: 3456 m
- Vertical Drop: 1900 m
- Base: 007
Lifts
- Chairlifts: 24
- Gondolas / Cable Cars: 4
- Toplift: m
Travel
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- Season opens: 29 Jun 2013
- Season closes: 30 Aug 2013
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Information supplied 17 Mar 2012
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Visitor Reviews of Tignes
Scott Thomas from France writes:
Staying this week (23-30th March 2013) in the Ecrin des Neiges apartments in Val Claret. Great apartments with cleaning supplies, TV and lots of linen and towels included. There is a pool with jacuzzi, sauna and steam rooms for an extra fee - but well worth it after a long day on the slopes. Check out the "pillow" rating in Tignes for good apartments.
Good bus service between the lifts stops right outside the apartments.
Snow is the best I have ever had in March (resort is open until May) and the weather, although cloudy, is not stopping skiing. There are 5 lifts out of Val Claret and all are express - no queues this week so far.
Lots of good restaurants in Val Claret - Pignata, Pepe 2000, Petit Savoyard and Le Gratalu are all good medium price (for the French Alps!) places with Le Caveau and Le Saint-Jacques being good top market. The Chalet Bouvier restaurant is part of Ecrin de Neiges and is excellent too.
The Tignes side is quieter than Val d'Isere and you can take blue runs all the way down to Tignes les Boisses where you should have lunch at L'Armailly, probably the best ski-in restaurant I have ever eaten at. But get the Espace Killy pass as it allows you to ski anywhere in the mountain and if you are a good skier you have to do "Face" in Val d'Isere.
Have a great holiday.
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