France - Tignes - Resort information
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Tignes is made up of 5 villages; our chalets are located in the pretty old farming village of Tignes Les Brevieres. Situated at an altitude of 1550 metres, Les Brévières is well linked with all the other resorts within the Espace Killy area by the fast modern network of lifts.
Les Brévières is a traditional ski resort with a friendly relaxed atmosphere. The village has a variety of cafes, bars and restaurants that cater for all tastes. La Bouida att he foot of the ski slopes has live music on a Tuesday, Bar Le Geant or Vincents are popular while iff you want to party on late into the night head for the British run Underground Bar. In the heart of the village you'll find cafes, bars, restaurants, a supermarket, bakery, newsagents, post office, cash machine, tourist office, ski school, ski shops and a weekly market of traditional produce.
The Skiing
Tignes and Val D’Isere is on every skiers to do list! 100 lifts open up 300kms of World class skiing between 1550 and 3500m.
Beginners
Under the careful tuition of the ESF in Les Brevieres, beginners will soon be riding the bubble lift to access some of the wide open blue runs above Tignes Val Claret. The adventurous can head up the Fresse chairlift to access the ‘Ski Tranquille’ area of slow skiing green runs.
Intermediates
The Espace Killy is intermediate skiing nirvana. The choice seems endless. Head up to the Aiguille Percee to practise your carving all the way down to tignes le Lac; Up the Aeroski then either head over to the Grande Motte glacier or down to La Daille criss-crossing the men’s world cup downhill course. On the way home the Sache is a stunning run back to Brevieres when freshly groomed – but do be aware that it can turn into a long mogul run!
Advanced
Where do you start! Head up to the two Freeride zones - Le S.P.O.T! The Col des Ves chairlifts opens up the patrolled but not groomed Chicherit Naturide Piste. The Novelles Glisses Zone – for the snow park and four cross course. The Grande Motte has some stunning off piste. Heading over to Val D’Isere – try your edges on the Coupe du Monde – the OK piste.; back up the Funival then the Face down to Val D’Isere; up to Solaise; over to the glacier – then how about off piste via Col Pers down to Le Fornet. Call our office and we’ll send you an A3 size piste map which will help you plan your skiing while staying in one of our chalets!
Snow School
Beginners and children are best heading towards The ESF (www.esf-tignes.com). They run group lessons from both Tignes Les Brevieres as well as Tignes le Lac. For private lessons we recommend the progressive Ski New Generation www.skinewgen.com. They meet close to the Areoski lift in Tignes le Lac.
Ski Tuition
We recommend skiing tuition in Tignes from Alpine Logic
Ski Hire
We have our own ski hire facility in Tignes stocked with the latest Rossignol Skis and Boots. We guarantee that our ski hire is the best value in the resort!
