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The Espace Killy is big, really big. You’re going to need a lot of staying power

• 300 km of pistes
• 97 ski lifts
• 1 educational freeride area

SKI AREA
The Espace Killy
The Formed by the joining of Tignes and Val d’Isère’s immense ski areas, the Espace Killy is one of the most beautiful ski areas in the world.

The following figures speak for themselves! The Espace Killy is..
96 ski lifts: 2 funiculars, 4 cabin lifts, 4 cable cars, 45 chairlifts, 41 drag lifts - 10,000 hectares and 300 kilometres of ski trails - 137 ski runs: 22 green, 64 blue, 35 red, 16 black - 9 slalom stadiums and 2 mogul stadiums - 2 half-pipes and 2 snow parks - 331 snow canons.

The Tignes ski area is approximately equivalent in size to that of Val d’Isère. Tignes offers 47 ski lifts: 1 funiculaire, 1 cable car, 24 chairlifts, 19 drag lifts – 5000 hectares and 150 kilometres of ski runs – 67 ski trails: 1 green, 40 blue, 16 red, 10 black – a maximum vertical distance of 1900 metres from the Grande Motte (3450 metres) to Les Brévières (1550 metres).

The Grande Motte
The Grande Motte massif
Grande Motte is the highest massif in the Espace Killy and is the only part of the ski area to open in every season! Grande Motte is a realm of rock, ice and permanent snow cover. The scenery is grandiose as you look across to the Vanoise National Park to the south, Grande Motte (3656m) and Grande Casse (3852m) to the west, Mont Blanc to the north and Grande Sassière (3747m) to the east.

The Palet sector
The Palet massif is directly accessible from Val Claret. Lifts in this sector provide a liaison with Tignes le Lac. The highest points in this massif are the Col des Vés (2840m) and the Col du Palet (2700m).

The Tovière Sector
The lifts in this sector provide a liaison with Val d’Isère (Espace Killy). The Tovière sector is accessible from Tignes le Lac or Val Claret. The highest points in this sector are Tovière (2705m) and the Col de Fresse (2580m).

The Brévières sector
This massif is situated in the north-western part of the Espace Killy. Sunny from early in the morning onwards, skiers in this sector enjoy magnificent views of the Grande Sassière (3748m) opposite, the Chevril lake and the Mt Blanc massif. The highest point in this massif is the Aiguille Percée (2748m) a geological oddity worth a picture and a good place for a view of Tignes le Lac.

Services
Lastly, Tignes offers all the services of a major ski resort: 8 ski schools, a central booking service, 40 professional accommodation providers, 2,500 covered car parking spaces, 5 visitor receptions, 75 restaurants including 6 mountain restaurants and 57 bars and brasseries, 4 discotheques, 53 sports shops, 4 spa centres and a free 24-hour resort bus service.

On offer are 21 hotels, 14 estate agents, plus holiday residences and clubs with international reputations...
SKI RESORT SPECIFICATIONS
Targeted Activities:    Skiing, Snowboarding
Season Availability: December to April
Starting Price:   
€31.00 ($37.82) per Person/Day
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SERVICES TARGETTING THIS SKI RESORT
Dragon Lodge Snowboard
Dragon Lodge Snowboard
Tignes / Rhone-Alpes / France Starting Price: $45.50
Dragon Lodge is a 20 person snowboard chalet in Tignes France. Open October to May in the winter and July & August in the summer. We have a double, triple and three 6 person rooms....

Ski Gaps for Grownups
Ski Gaps for Grownups
Courchevel / Rhone-Alpes / France Starting Price: $4186.00
Ski Gaps for grown ups are designed for intermediate to advanced skiers who need a break from making decisions want to learn more about the skiing environment wish to improve their own personal pe...

France Ski Holiday Specials
France Ski Holiday Specials
Avoriaz / Rhone-Alpes / France Starting Price: $1010.00
Seven night package tours to Avoriaz, Meribel, Chamonix, Serre Chevalier, Val d'Isere, St. Gervais, Morzine, Les Gets, Tignes, La Plagne, Megeve, La Grave, Val Thorens, Courchevel, Les Arcs, and Les D...

Marc Floirat
Marc Floirat
Val D'Isere / Rhone-Alpes / France Starting Price: $366.00
Marc Floirat is an independant ski instructor, and provides ski guiding and instruction in both Val D'Isere and Tignes. ...

Megeve Ski Lessons
Megeve Ski Lessons
Megeve / Rhone-Alpes / France Starting Price: $61.00
Mike teaches Private Lessons (and Group Lessons when possible) during the winters in Megeve, France. In spring, Tignes/Val d'Isere/Zermatt, Switzerland and Cervinia, Italy. Mike is both an American...

All Mountain Performance
All Mountain Performance
Chamonix / Rhone-Alpes / France
All Mountain Performance - Top british ski tuition, private lessons, skiing performance courses for beginners to advanced and experts. Off piste, freeride, bumps, piste performance and race training p...

 
AREA OVERVIEW
Activities Skiing, Snowboarding
City Tignes
State Rhone-Alpes
Country France
Season December to April
Start Price    €31.00 ($37.82) per Person/Day
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