Tignes

Ski Holidays in Tignes

Ski Tignes! Skiing holidays in Tignes take you high up into the world famous Espace Killy ski area. Tignes shares this magnificent ski heaven with Val d'Isère. The resort of Tignes is famed for its unbeatable snow record as some of the most extensive and challenging skiing in Europe, excellent for intermediates and experts and fantastic for snowboarders too.

Ski holidays in Tignes offer three main villages, all interlinked by an excellent 24 hour free bus service. Val Claret at 2100m has a superb position right at the foot of the Grande Motte funicular. Le Lac and Le Lavachet have a more cosy village feel to them and also offer easy access to the slopes and over to Val d'Isère. All the villages have a great selection of shops, bars and restaurants and have a lively, friendly buzz about them. And the non-ski activities are great too, including the Lagon sports centre, parapenting, a ten lane bowling alley and loads more.

Beginners skiing in Tignes

Excellent snow-sure nursery slope at Le Lac.

Intermediates skiing in Tignes

An ideal area, providing a wide choice of long blue and red runs: those on the Grande Motte glacier give spectacular views of the whole valley. An intermediate skier can usually follow the sun by skiing in Tignes in the morning and then heading over to Val d'Isère in the afternoon.

Advanced skiing in Tignes

The Espace Killy is renowned for its off piste: try the Vallon de la Sache run down to les Brevieres or the Tour de Charvet over in Val d'Isère. With 300km of pistes to discover, the Espace Killy area offers some fantastic skiing.

Snowboarding in Tignes

Tignes is a Mecca for boarders from all over the world. Beginners start on the nursery slope at le Lac, whilst freestylers head for the terrain park on Palafour and freeriders favour the couloirs off the Aiguille Percee and the Couloirs du Telegraphe.

Related links:

• Tignes is linked to Val d'Isere in the Espace Killy ski area