Tignes
Tignes is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France, known for the highest skiable area and the longest ski season in Europe. It is located in the Savoie region with good transport links in and out of Lyon, Geneva and Chambéry.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 322 French resorts we cover — 5 stars means “among the best in France on this point”, not “perfect”. Nobody types these in.
- SnowCan you count on the snow?4.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,664 m · Bottom of the pistes: 2,050 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 125 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 97% · Glacier skiing
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 221 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 225 km · Lifts: 44 · Balance between piste levels: 81%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?2 / 5
Adult day pass: €78 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.35/km · Adult 6-day pass: €468
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 67% · Magic carpets: 9 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 25 · Nearest railway station: 35 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 12
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?4.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 16 · Nightclubs: 4 · Restaurants: 46 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 8,802 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?4 / 5
5-star hotels: 1 · 4-star hotels: 3 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 43% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €78 — index: what the map and the listings publish
“Atmosphere” and “Luxury” are indexes: they count what OpenStreetMap and the event listings publish within 2.5 km (bars, nightclubs, rated hotels, spas, upcoming events), not what you experience there. A zero means “nothing mapped”, not “nothing there”. Sources per criterion: snow (altitudes (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata), snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (OpenStreetMap pistes and lifts, linked area (Wikidata)) ; value (the resort’s official price list) ; families and beginners (OpenStreetMap pistes, price list, ESF ski school, Famille Plus label, OpenStreetMap leisure) ; access (OSRM drive times from 20 cities, SNCF stations, GTFS shuttles, airports) ; atmosphere and après-ski (bars, nightclubs and restaurants within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap), upcoming events (OpenAgenda), collective tourist beds (INSEE)) ; luxury and comfort (rated hotels within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap) and by category across the commune (INSEE), spas and boutiques (OpenStreetMap), day pass price).
The domain is due to open on 21 November 2026 and close on 2 May 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the LE CHEVRIL-NIVOSE station (2,559 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,440 m · top 2,664 m
Forecast corrected for altitude; fresh snow = forecast total at the top; UV = peak of the day. Beyond 3 days, check the resort’s own report. Source:Open-Meteo.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from December to May: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.6 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.3 h · Feb 7.5 h · Mar 8.5 h · Apr 10.2 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December69 cmGood skiing · 89%
- January114 cmGood skiing · 100%
- February144 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March159 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April124 cmGood skiing · 100%
- May74 cmGood skiing · 98%
30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.
- Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
- Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
- Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
32 complete winters measured, from 1990-1991 to 2025-2026 — on average 125 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec43 cmVariable · 51 %
- 16-31 Dec65 cmGood skiing · 83 %
- 1-15 Jan85 cmGood skiing · 97 %
- 16-31 Jan97 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb108 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb116 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar118 cmGood skiing · 98 %
- 16-31 Mar110 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Apr91 cmGood skiing · 98 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2023-2024 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2016-2017 — 93 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 464 cm a winter on average, spread over 50 days of snowfall. Measured over 29 complete winters, from 1994-1995 to 2024-2025.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 70 cm — 2011-2012
- Snowiest winter
- 2017-2018 — 802 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2010-2011 — 196 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →174 pistes, by level — 221 km
- Skiable vertical
- 614 m (2,050 m → 2,664 m)
- Lifts
- 3 funiculars, 4 gondolas, 21 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 9 magic carpets
- Snowpark
- Yes
- Glacier
- Some pistes run on a glacier (OpenStreetMap; summer opening to check on the official site)
- Night skiing
- 4 floodlit pistes (OSM)
- Without skis
- 2 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 37% · E 41% · S 9% · W 13% (descent direction of 136 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- L'Alpage (2435 m) · Bollin (2208 m) · La Savouna (2199 m) · La Pizz' de Tignes (2136 m) · Le Plante De Bâton (2131 m) · La Pignatta (2131 m) · Les 2 Flocons (2131 m) · Le Couloir (2131 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 21 November 2026, closes on 2 May 2027
- Tourist office
- Tignes Information · BP 51, 73320 · 04.79.40.04.40 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- FPA4-S83-AURA-Hiver2025-FH-SAVOIE VF (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Tignes Information and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
Pistes and lifts surveyed on OpenStreetMap within 4 km of the resort — for a resort in a linked area, the figure may include neighbouring pistes.
Lift passes (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €78 |
| 6 days | €468 |
| Child, 1 day | €63 |
| Free | Free under 8 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Official price list ↗
Official piste map
Open the piste map (PDF, 9.4 MB) ↗
Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 2026Measured on OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area. Population: INSEE municipal population via geo.api.gouv.fr.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Tignes only (“TIGNES”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Tignes
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Pistes coloured by level, lifts as lines. The resort’s official map is the reference in season.
Base map © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · pistes © OpenSnowMap (CC-BY-SA) · data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Getting to Tignes
From Paris: 7 hr 48 (703 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 01 · 135 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 16 · 128 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 17 · 164 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 58 · 174 km · avoids Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, closed in winter
- From Lyon: 3 hr 11 · 233 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 20 · 257 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 45 · 282 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 03 · 434 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 04 · 402 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 18 · 347 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 27 · 461 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 33 · 470 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 47 · 496 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 49 · 609 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 10 · 645 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 11 · 628 km · via Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 45 · 695 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 48 · 703 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 02 · 788 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 40 · 885 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
regional station · then 35 min drive (30 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 59 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 13 September 2026): ask the resort about a private shuttle or a taxi.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 12 by road · 142 km
- Genève (GVA): 3 hr 11 by road · 179 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Tignes as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
6 charging stations within 2 km
18 charging points · up to 50 kW
- Rue des Almes · QOVOLTIS · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.2 km
- Rue des Almes · QOVOLTIS · 3 points · 22 kW · 0.2 km
- 441 Rue des Almes · QOVOLTIS · 4 points · 22 kW · 0.3 km
- 318 Rue des Almes · QOVOLTIS · 4 points · 22 kW · 0.4 km
- Tignespace · RAIDEN · 2 points · 44 kW · 0.4 km
Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 September 2026. Check availability before you leave: the database says what is installed, not what is free tonight.
Road conditions
From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain areas (French “Loi Montagne II”).
Driving times computed on the OpenStreetMap road network (OSRM), SNCF stations (open data), airports (Wikidata). Indicative, not a timetable: allow extra time in snow.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Epilobes · Golf · Envers de Campanules · Vallée Perdue · Pâquerettes · Aiguille Percée
Itineraries surveyed on OpenStreetMap within a 4 km radius (7 September 2026): “marked” means an itinerary exists on the map, not that it is open or safe on the day.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Tignes — up to 1,600 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiguille Percée · Face S | 3.2 · E1 · PD+ | 700 m | 2,000 → 2,778 m | S | 1.2 km |
| Dôme de Pramecou · Couloir E 2 | 5.1 · E2 · D+ | n/a | 2,800 → 3,081 m | NE · E | 1.7 km |
| Dôme de Pramecou · Couloir E 1 | 4.2 · E2 · D | n/a | 2,869 → 3,081 m | E | 1.7 km |
| Col de la Sache · Vallon de la Sache | n/a · PD | 1,000 m | 1,800 → 2,791 m | E | 2.1 km |
| Grande Paréi · Éperon SSW "La ligne suspendue" | 5.2 · E4 | 1,600 m | 1,770 → 3,352 m | S | 2.2 km |
| Aiguille Percée · Par les pistes | 2.1 · E1 · F+ | 1,198 m | 1,550 → 2,748 m | NE | 2.2 km |
| Col du Palet · Du col du Palet au vallon de la Sache | 2.1 · E1 · F | 700 m | 1,500 → 2,713 m | n/a | 2.7 km |
| La Grande Tourne · Face E | 3.1 · E1 | n/a | n/a | E | 2.8 km |
| Roc de Tovière · Par la piste de ski de rando | 2.2 · E2 | 552 m | 1,795 → 2,347 m | n/a | 3 km |
| Pointe du Chardonnet · De Tignes par son versant E et la crête SSW | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 770 m | 2,107 → 2,870 m | E · SE · SW | 3.1 km |
| Col de la Sachette · Versant NE - depuis Tignes les Boisses | n/a · PD | 900 m | 1,810 → 2,713 m | NE | 3.3 km |
| Col de la Sachette · depuis Pont Baudin | n/a · E1 | 1,240 m | 1,471 → 2,713 m | W | 3.5 km |
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 September 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Beyond skiing at Tignes
Swimming pool
- Espace Plage - La piscine · Val-d'Isère · 5.7 km away
Paragliding
- Val d'Isère Parapente · Val-d'Isère · 7.9 km away
Museum
- Musée Val Histoire · Val-d'Isère · 5.7 km away
Source: DATAtourisme (open data), within 10 km of the resort; places in a large town of the valley are left out. Checked on 12 September 2026. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
8,802 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 25 hotels · 1,007 rooms (4 × 5★, 5 × 4★, 7 × 3★, 3 × 2★, 1 × 1★)
- 3 holiday villages and family centres · 811 bed spaces
- 21 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 7,661 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 330 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 97 pitches
Commune: Tignes · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Tourist office
Maison de Tignes le lac
Ski school
ESF Tignes Le Lac
198 instructors
🇬🇧 160 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Cinéma de Tignes
In case of accident
112 — the European emergency number, free of charge, triggers mountain rescue. On the pistes, the ski patrol number is printed on the piste map and at lift ticket offices. Piste rescue is charged: check your insurance or take the option sold with the lift pass.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Tignes?
Tignes sits at 1,440 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,664 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Tignes have?
Tignes has 221 km of pistes served by 44 lifts, within the linked Tignes – Val d’Isère area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Tignes?
The longest piste is Prariond: 6 km (blue run), for 341 m of vertical. Measured on the OpenStreetMap map, segments of the same name and level joined end to end, altitudes from the IGN RGE ALTI terrain model — a resort sometimes advertises a longer run by chaining several pistes.
How high do the lifts go in Tignes?
The highest lift, Grande Motte (aerial tramway), tops out at 3,451 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Tignes have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 39 installations at Tignes (1 aerial tramway, 3 gondolas, 18 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 10 magic carpets, 1 funicular or similar), for an authorised capacity of 65,386 people per hour, of which 4,090 for Tommeuses alone. The fleet spans 1953 to 2024, an average age of 23 years. This count covers the resort itself, magic carpets included, not the whole linked ski area — a resort brochure often announces a different number. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How much is a lift pass in Tignes?
The adult day pass costs €78 and the 6-day pass €468 (2026-2027, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Tignes?
By road, Tignes is 2 hr 01 from Chambéry (135 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 35 min by road from the resort. No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 2 hr 12 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Tignes?
7 hr 48 for 703 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Tignes open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 21 November 2026 and closes on 2 May 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Tignes?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Tignes good for beginners and families?
67% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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