Tignes is a high-altitude ski resort located in the Tarentaise Valley within the French Alps. Resort is one of five villages located at the base of France’s La Grande Motte, one of Europe’s largest glaciers. Tignes ski resort forms part of the Espace Killy ski area, which it shares with neighbouring Val d’Isère.
Tignes & Val d'Isere - Espace Killy ski area
Tignes is one of the highest ski resorts in Europe, with the main village located at 2,100 metres and skiable areas reaching up to 3,456 metres on the Grande Motte Glacier. Tignes is connected with Val d'Isère, via the L’Espace Killy lift ticket, for a combined network of over 300 km of runs linked by 75 lifts. Massive vertical of more than 1550 m. and more terrain than you could possibly cover in one visit is Tignes' main attraction for skiers and snowboarders.
Thanks to its proximity to La Grande Motte glacier, a Tignes ski vacation is available nearly all year long. With a Tignes ski vacation everything seems on a grand scale: the largest glacier, an endless amount of terrain and a marvelous new underground express train, transporting up to 300 people at a time to La Grande Motte’s 3656 m summit, in a mere six minutes.
Tignes skiing
Tignes skiing is divided into four areas: La Grande Motte, Palet-l'Aiguille Percée, Tovière and Les Brevières. Each area offers something different. La Grande Motte’s high elevation glacier skiing offers year-round skiing. Intermediates are best suited for this area. Palet-l'Aiguille Percée is an ideal zone for less experienced off-piste skiers and boarders to try out variable conditions. Les Brevières features the ski area’s more challenging trails, like bumped-up Sache run. The area has blacks and red pistes evenly dispersed, so if you feel like the terrain is over your head, you can easily bail onto an easier trail. Experts in search of steep terrain will be most pleased at Val d’Isere, which is easily accessed thanks to the L’Espace Killy lift ticket.
Tignes village