Snowsure: 4.9
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Tignes is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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March 25, 2013
Scott Thomas from
France
Scott Thomas from
France
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.
March 12, 2013
chris.Parrot from
United Kingdom
chris.Parrot from
United Kingdom
Have spent the last week in Tignes Val Claret and had 2 sunny days which was great and then Tuesday to Friday was cloudy with a couple of bright afternoons. Friday was snow all day which improved the slopes but the light was very flat so I was unable to judge the terrain as I would like so I had to go slow. I must say it was busier than I would like but is was half-term (the French half-term goes from the middle of Feb to the middle of March). I found the Tignes area a bit quiter but the Dale and Solaise lifts very busy due to everyone looking for the better light in the trees. There were a couple of incidents on the lifts where girls were so busy chatting they fell off the chair and ended up having to crawl out from under as the operator stopped the lift. The problem was caused by people swapping lanes at the last minute or deciding they wanted to sit with someone else and wait for the next chair. I found Val Claret much noiser than Le Lac, where I normaly stay, due to Club Med and the UCPA being centered here and our apartment was in the curling B complex right in the centre. Still a great week; will try later in March next year to avoid the half-term and X-games.
March 05, 2013
Andy from
United Kingdom
Andy from
United Kingdom
Just back from Tignes on Saturday after spending the week with my 8-yr old son. Overall, we had a good holiday with good weather although quite cold. We stayed in the Val Claret apartments (with Crystal) which were very basic. TV was not included (40euros for the week!) and there were no cleaning supplies in the apartment which meant buying stuff at the supermarket. The location of the apartments was generally ok with the Tichot high-speed chair about 100yds away. I would say that getting around Val Claret was not as easy as I thought it would be. Our apartments were definitely not ski-in ski-out. Walking up to the ESF meeting point at Tufs chair each morning was a 5min walk which involved scaling a icy bank. The snow conditions were great. The snow park is very good for kids. Some of the lifts out of the resort are slow which was disappointing. I would say an advanced skier could do most of the runs around Tignes in 1 day including over the Toviere towards Val d'Isere. We had snow on Wednesday evening which meant loads of off-piste opportinities. If you want to go off-piste then there is almost unlimited space to explore. The resort is generally expensive. Pizzas are 10-14euros in restaurants. A large beer is around 6euros and a fanta can be 4euros. Would I go back? Absolutely. I think it's a better base than Val as the villages are much better linked and you don't have gnarly runs back to the resort. Be warned, the Santons run which takes you down to Val main village can be horrible in the afternoon. Although marked as a blue it is very narrow and can get vey bumpy and it has a long flat section at the end.
March 04, 2013
Carl from
United Kingdom
Carl from
United Kingdom
Currently in resort and depart Sat 9.3.13. Our first time to Tignes and pleasantly surprised after reading many comments. The skiing, which we're all here, for is superb! The vast area and views throughout are amazing too, however, it's extremely busy and can be dangerous in certain descending runs. Waiting times for lifts have not been too bad, maybe a few minutes hanging around albeit squashed like sardines at some lifts (funicular). The après is limited (loop) possibly the best with live bands on a few nights . The food, in our hotel, is very French and maybe a better understanding of what food is available in your accommodation before you travel! Eating out is easy to find with some decent restaurants and take outs. Overall, it's a resort I will certainly come back too and bring my teenage boys with me, who will love the place.
March 03, 2013
Andrew Duquemin
Andrew Duquemin
February 9th,
Andy, Jersey, C.I.
I have to agree with another reviewer's comment from February 21st. I have been visiting Tignes for the last 25 years and although this may sound strange to some, feel no need to venture anywhere else. Tignes is as snowsure as any resort in Europe and although some may mention that pistes are exposed in bad weather, they are also often baked in sunshine whilst lower resorts are covered in a blanket of cloud. We had 2 days of sunshine on this trip which I know were blanket fog days in Meribel. In my view, the piste maintenance is first class and the lift systems are the envy of all other resorts. A six minute ride in the Grande Motte funicular allows for a 25 minute descent and a drop of some 1300 metres. Longest queue we had, half-term week was 5-7 minutes in Tignes Les Brevieres, as heavy snowfall meant everybody was seeking light reflection from the trees.
In summary, I have visited Tignes over the last 25 years firstly as an energetic teenager, boys ski trips, with my wife and more recently as a family with my two little ones. This resort has always delivered a fantastic holiday, some years knee deep powder other years 14 days of glorious sunshine but never has it disappointed.
Go and enjoy!
Anyone thinking of a ski trip, beginner, intermediate or advanced, please believe me, Tignes will always deliver.
February 21, 2013
Stevie from
United Kingdom
Stevie from
United Kingdom
I was also there the first week of February and I'm struggling to comprehend the previous report. Were we in the same place?
My abiding memories will be copious amounts of dry fluffy powder, no queues and even more dry fluffy powder. Even for the lifts out of Val Claret at lunch the longest we waited was 5 minutes. Same goes for pistes, yes, the Double M and and the blue down from Toviere are busy at the end of the day, but you just go slow and be aware. And until you need to use these busy pistes - you don't have to. There is a whole mountain to explore with very few people on it. Regarding the pistes, I think they did a great job considering the amount of snow coming down. As for flats, as a boarder I don't remember many on the Val side, although I can usually get up enough speed to ride them out. The only negative I can say is that it was bloody freezing - but that's what you get when you choose to go to a high altitude resort at that time of the year, nothing to do with the resort or resort management.
February 14, 2013
Chris Parrot
Chris Parrot
Booked a week in Val-Claret first week in March. It will be my sixth visit to Tignes, where I learnt to ski 5 years ago; still my favourite resort because of the size and being able to ski to so many villages with so many places to stop for food and a drink. Just a pity there is not more tree runs for the bad weather but the terrain is stunning, have to stop and take in the views. Tignes is a great place to learn because of the free lifts on the village slopes and the fact they are in the village so you can relax in a cafe to get your breath back after a fall or keep an eye on the kids as they learn.
February 11, 2013
Linden from
United Kingdom
Linden from
United Kingdom
Visited first week of February. Unbelievably busy on some of the runs (dangerously so sometimes), goodness only knows what it must be like in half-term! Most blues down into Val d'Isere centre were death traps. Piste grooming seemed to be almost non-existent (we were out by 9.30 or so most mornings and they were still lumpy from the day before). Blue 'Henri' did not appear to be groomed from Sunday until Friday. Far too many flat and uphill slogs where pistes have been created on unsuitable terrain. If they want to do this they should instal rope tows. One pleasant surprise were the prices - it was possible to get a 50cl pichet of red on the mountain for 5 euro; as little as I've paid before even in tiny resorts. Prices in shops were also ok and a fabulous selection of groceries, even fresh herbs available in all the supermarkets. Praise for their very efficient bus service. Would we go back? Absolutely not, such an expensive lift pass for very poor grooming and a lot of hard work poling on flat and uphill areas.
January 29, 2013
ian futcher from
France
ian futcher from
France
January 25, 2013
Simon from
United Kingdom
Simon from
United Kingdom
I love Tignes and have been a visitor for many years, but I do now think it's just too busy on pretty much all the runs. Seeing 4 big crashes on the Double M in the last week (2 didn't get up from it), I can only comment that if this is "quiet" Jan, I can't imagine what the Feb holidays must be like. So sorry Tignes but the love affair is over!
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