June 4th, 2010 | 
Author: Tignes Ski Resort
Tignes is a famous ski resort in French Alps linked to Val D’Isere. Tignes comprises 5 Villages; Val Claret Tignes le Lac Le Lavachet Tignes Les Boisses and TigneslesBrvires. The first three are close together at 2100m and Les Boisses and Les Brevieres are further down the valley above and below the dam respectively. Les Brvires is an old village whereas all the others were created as part of the Dam construction or development of the ski resort. All villages are part of the ski resort known as Tignes.
After the loss of the old village it was decided to develop a ski resort at the higher lake Le Lac. This was surrounded by a bowl that is ideal for skiing and is headed by the Grand Motte glacier. The resort was developed largely during the 1960s and the building style reflects what was regarded as good building design at that time. In recent years the town has worked hard to improve the look of the new villages with some success.
The lift company STGM are continually investing to improve the quality of lifts in the resort and queues are mostly avoided by the use of fast 6 or 8person chairs. They have also invested over the past few years in snow making equipment to create good bases for the pistes even in the early season.
PLACE TO VISIT
The bleak architecture in the town has somewhat detracted from the atmosphere in the past but the situation is now improving. Of course the views of the Alps from the resort are spectacular. It is partly for this reason that Tignes is not only a winter resort for skiing but a summer one for hiking mountain biking summer skiing on the glacier ; it has won the sporting town of france 2008
WHAT TO DO
Winter Sports Tignes is in the “Espace Killy” skiing area which means that just one pass is needed for access to the slopes around Tignes ValClaret and Val D’Isere; for the 2006/7 season a sixday pass will cost 180 135; 220.
The resort has some 2300km of pistes of which 26km are served by snowmaking equipment. 15 are green 46 blue 27 red and 12 black. The resort is always renowned for the amount of snow it gets though a forecast of “rain up to 2000m” means snow to village level i.e. fresh snow on all pistes.
Summer Sports Mountain Biking with two of the main lifts in the resort open for hikers and mountain bikers you have the choice of 8 different marked routes to decend with a difficulty ranging from easy to difficult although this would not be a resort for complete beginner mountain bikers.
Hiking The resort is also much suited to hiking; in summer the snow at ground level has disappeared and the Sun can actually be quite pleasant.
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