Located high, with a great snow record and architectural redemption, Tignes offers great skiing in fantastic (natural) surroundings.
Efforts are underway to remodel what architects inflicted on the Alps in Tignes and the concerted and well financed effort is producing results; where there was concrete, there is now wood. As the appearance of the infrastructure changes, the mountains remain as dominant as ever and the snow as reliable. The ski area in Tignes is hugely impressive and includes access to a glacier for total snow reliability. Tignes ski area, when combined with the linked Val d Isere ski area, offers in excess of 300km of ski piste. The height of the skiing at Tignes ensures great snow quality and reliability. The season runs late in Tignes and the ski terrain best suits the intermediate skier. Aprθs ski is sedate in comparison to the neighbouring Val d Isere. With money being pumped into Tignes to undo the hideous architecture of the past and one of the best snow records in Europe, the future looks good for Tignes.
The ski resources in Tignes (Espace Killy) Tignes ski resort height 2100 m / 6890 ft top ski elevation 3550 m / 11647 ft vertical 1450 m / 4757 ft 300 km of ski piste 95 ski lifts
Resort and Aprθs ski in Tignes
Functional village
Aprθs ski quieter than Val dIsere
Good for families
