Tignes Le Lavachet

Northern Alps Linked area Tignes – Val d’Isère Updated on 21 September 2026
2,099 mSector altitude

Tignes Le Lavachet is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Tignes. The village sits at 2,099 m and the ski area rises to 2,664 m, a skiable vertical of 614 m.

Tignes Le Lavachet — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A sector of Tignes

The Tignes resort page →

Tignes Le Lavachet is one of the ski villages of Tignes, and shares its ski area (39 lifts). The area, the lift passes, the piste map, the off-piste routes and the SkiRadar ratings are described once, on the Tignes page — this page keeps what belongs to Tignes Le Lavachet: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.

Live webcams

All webcams (8) →
Tignes — Le Lac Open at the operator ↗
Tignes — Val ClaretRoundshot
Tignes — 18001,800 m
Tignes — BrévièresRoundshot

Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.

Official players of the resort, live image. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 12 September 2026.

Snow, opening and weather

Snow report →

Open pistes and lifts will appear here during the season, as published by the resort. Out of season we show nothing rather than a misleading zero.

Right now at the LE CHEVRIL-NIVOSE station (2,559 m)

Source: Météo-France, LE CHEVRIL-NIVOSE weather station, 4.8 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.

Good snow from mid-December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 131 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 10 winters at the Météo-France “TIGNES_SAPC” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 10 measured winters →

3-day forecast

Village 2,099 m · top 2,664 m

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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.

7-day forecast →

Staying and hiring gear in Tignes Le Lavachet

The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.

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 ↗

Stay & accommodation

Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
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Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
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Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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Ski hire

Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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Gear & equipment

Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Browse the shop
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Browse the shop
Picture
Ski and snowboard jackets, pants and accessories — a French brand.
Browse the shop

All about staying in Tignes Le Lavachet →

Beyond skiing at Tignes Le Lavachet

Without skis on — 2 km of snowshoe and walking trails

Swimming pool

Paragliding

Museum

Cinema

  • Cinéma de Tignes · 1.4 km away · OpenStreetMap

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. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.

Ski schools and practical information

Ski school

ESF Tignes Le Lac

📞 04 79 06 30 28

🌐 esf-tignes.com

198 instructors

🇬🇧 160 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available

🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗

Source: esf.net

All about the ski school in Tignes Le Lavachet →

Resort contacts and documents

Shuttle timetable (PDF)
FPA4-S83-AURA-Hiver2025-FH-SAVOIE VF (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort app
Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)

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.

Resort data: declared by Tignes Information and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October

Getting to Tignes Le Lavachet

From Paris: 7 hr 49 (704 km) by road.

By road

  • From Chambéry: 2 hr 02 · 135 km
  • From Annecy: 2 hr 17 · 129 km
  • From Grenoble: 2 hr 18 · 164 km
  • From Genève: 2 hr 59 · 175 km · avoids Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, closed in winter
  • From Lyon: 3 hr 12 · 233 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence: 3 hr 21 · 257 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 46 · 282 km
  • From Dijon: 5 hr 04 · 434 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 05 · 399 km
  • From Besançon: 5 hr 19 · 347 km
  • From Montpellier: 5 hr 28 · 461 km
  • From Marseille: 5 hr 34 · 471 km
  • From Strasbourg: 6 hr 48 · 497 km
  • From Perpignan: 6 hr 50 · 609 km
  • From Nancy: 7 hr 11 · 645 km
  • From Nice: 7 hr 12 · 628 km · via Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
  • From Toulouse: 7 hr 46 · 696 km
  • From Paris: 7 hr 49 · 704 km
  • From Bordeaux: 9 hr 03 · 789 km
  • From Pau: 9 hr 41 · 886 km

Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.

By train

Bourg-Saint-Maurice station

regional station · then 36 min drive (30 km)

Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 2 hr 00 by road.

No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 11 October 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 13 by road · 143 km
  • Genève (GVA): 3 hr 12 by road · 179 km

Take me there

These links open the app with Tignes Le Lavachet 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 · 0.4 km
  • Rue des Almes · QOVOLTIS · 3 points · 22 kW · 0.4 km
  • 318 Rue des Almes · QOVOLTIS · 4 points · 22 kW · 0.5 km
  • 441 Rue des Almes · QOVOLTIS · 4 points · 22 kW · 0.5 km
  • Tignespace · RAIDEN · 2 points · 44 kW · 0.5 km

Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 October 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.

Nearby resorts

Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. Tignes Le Lavachet in French →

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