On 1st October 2011, the Grande Motte glacier unrolls/opens its slopes, at a height/altitude of between 3000 and 3500 metres/which are above sea level. Tignes has finnaly opened last weekend though its snowpark remain closed and will hopefully open on October 22nd. Many ski schools are running some October courses on the Grande Motte glacier [...]
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Reading some of the articles in the UK press over the past few months, one would have to be mad to go skiing this Easter. Well, it sure did put a lot of people off, as bookings for the otherwise busy Easter period are well down. As they say, don’t believe all you read in [...]
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It has been snowing in Tignes over the past few days, improving the already existing good snow coverage and consistently good ski conditions. Despite negative press coverage on snow in the Alps, Tignes has had good snow throughout this season as all the slopes are above 1800m.I been in Tignes last week, before all the [...]
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As a ski resort, Tignes has always been pushing the boundries, no more than this season. Watch X Games & X Game Preparations Not only has Tignes landed the European Winter X Games for three years running. In only 36 days left and you will be able to enjoy the Winter X Games Europe live [...]
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Finally the 2-man chairlift linking Tignes Les Boisses to Tignes Le Lac has just replaced. It was about time as the chair lift was almost 35 years old. The chair was one of the slowest ones in the entire resort. The new gondola is bigger, faster and more eco-friendly! The new gondola linking Tignes Les [...]
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The French football team organised a summit training in Tignes 2100m to prepare the South Africa World Cup 2010. The French national football team has announced some time ago that it will train at high altitude in Tignes, France. Training in Tignes means the adaptation of the body for the games taking place at altitude. [...]
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How lucky am I? Thousands of people stranded abroad due to international flight cancellations, and I am in Tignes. Let’s hope flights won’t restart until the 11th May when the Tignes winter ski season officially closes. Of course I have been thinking about contingency plans for how to get back to the UK. To be [...]
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Everything seems to be on sale these days. Skiing in Tignes is no different and there is a bunch of stuff you can get at discounted rates. You just have to look.
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Imagine spending some time at 2100m base, fresh crisp mountain air and pleasant 23C temperature. Imagine doing any outdoor sport you can think of on snow, in mountains and around a lake. Imagine the sound of cowbells as you walk up one of the many trails around Val claret and Tignes Le Lac. If you [...]
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Last weekend Tignes host the Parisiene Street Golf Association also called ‘The 19th Hole’. You might not be aware but Tignes got a full size 18 hole golf course between Tignes le Lac and Val Claret including the highest hole in Europe at over 2100m. Last weekend holes were even higher with additional ‘greens’ set-up [...]
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