Val Claret
Tignes Val Claret is the highest of the five villages that make up the Tignes Ski resort, sitting at 2,100 metres. It is the resort's newest village, built mainly in the 1960s as demand grew for skiing in the resort of Tignes.
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?5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,855 m · Bottom of the pistes: 2,050 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 129 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: 204 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 225 km · Lifts: 43 · Balance between piste levels: 80%
- 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 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 68% · Magic carpets: 7 · 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?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 30 · Nearest railway station: 40 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 17
- 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).
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)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 2,110 m · top 2,855 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
24 complete winters measured, from 2001-2002 to 2025-2026 — on average 129 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec56 cmVariable · 71 %
- 16-31 Dec79 cmGood skiing · 89 %
- 1-15 Jan99 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Jan115 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb131 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb140 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar153 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Mar156 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Apr154 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2019-2020 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2001-2002 — 105 days at 30 cm or more
Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →174 pistes, by level — 204 km
- Skiable vertical
- 805 m (2,050 m → 2,855 m)
- Lifts
- 3 funiculars, 1 gondola, 23 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 7 magic carpets
- Snowpark
- 7 mapped zones — Stade de Bosses · Stade de Saut · Stade de Ballet · Half-Pipe Tignes Val Claret (intermediate) · Boarder Cross (intermediate) · Snow Park (easy) · Easy Border (easy)
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 18 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Glacier
- Some pistes run on a glacier (OpenStreetMap; summer opening to check on the official site)
- Night skiing
- 5 floodlit pistes (OSM)
- Without skis
- 2 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 36% · E 41% · S 9% · W 14% (descent direction of 135 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Panoramic (3035 m) · L'Alpage (2435 m)
- 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. Price list of the linked area, read on Tignes. Official price list ↗
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Val Claret
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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 Val Claret
From Paris: 7 hr 53 (706 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 06 · 137 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 21 · 131 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 22 · 167 km
- From Genève: 3 hr 03 · 177 km · avoids Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, closed in winter
- From Lyon: 3 hr 16 · 236 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 26 · 259 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 50 · 284 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 08 · 437 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 09 · 404 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 23 · 350 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 33 · 464 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 38 · 473 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 52 · 499 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 54 · 612 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 16 · 630 km · via Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
- From Nancy: 7 hr 16 · 648 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 50 · 698 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 53 · 706 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 07 · 791 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 45 · 888 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
regional station · then 40 min drive (32 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 2 hr 04 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 17 by road · 145 km
- Genève (GVA): 3 hr 17 by road · 182 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Val Claret 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
- Régie électrique de Tignes · RAIDEN · 3 points · 50 kW · 0.1 km
- Tignespace · RAIDEN · 2 points · 44 kW · 1.4 km
- 441 Rue des Almes · QOVOLTIS · 4 points · 22 kW · 1.8 km
- Rue des Almes · QOVOLTIS · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.9 km
- Rue des Almes · QOVOLTIS · 3 points · 22 kW · 1.9 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 · Leisse · Golf · Envers de Campanules · Vallée Perdue · Pâquerettes
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 Val Claret — up to 1,600 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dôme de Pramecou · Couloir E 2 | 5.1 · E2 · D+ | n/a | 2,800 → 3,081 m | NE · E | 0.2 km |
| Dôme de Pramecou · Couloir E 1 | 4.2 · E2 · D | n/a | 2,869 → 3,081 m | E | 0.2 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 | 1.5 km |
| Aiguille Percée · Face S | 3.2 · E1 · PD+ | 700 m | 2,000 → 2,778 m | S | 1.7 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 | 2.4 km |
| Col de la Sache · Vallon de la Sache | n/a · PD | 1,000 m | 1,800 → 2,791 m | E | 2.6 km |
| La Grande Motte · Traversée NE → SE | n/a · D- | 550 m | 2,100 → 3,653 m | SE | 2.8 km |
| Dôme de Pramecou · Versant W | 3.1 · E2 · AD | 1,200 m | 1,990 → 3,081 m | W | 2.9 km |
| Dôme de Pramecou · par le Creux de Balme | 2.1 · E2 · PD | 950 m | 2,120 → 3,081 m | n/a | 2.9 km |
| Grande Paréi · Éperon SSW "La ligne suspendue" | 5.2 · E4 | 1,600 m | 1,770 → 3,352 m | S | 3.1 km |
| Aiguille Percée · Par les pistes | 2.1 · E1 · F+ | 1,198 m | 1,550 → 2,748 m | NE | 3.2 km |
| Col de la Sana · En traversée du vallon de la Lesse au vallon du Manchet | 2.2 · E1 | 430 m | n/a | n/a | 3.2 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 Val Claret
Swimming pool
- Espace Plage - La piscine · Val-d'Isère · 6 km away
Paragliding
- Val d'Isère Parapente · Val-d'Isère · 7.9 km away
Museum
- Musée Val Histoire · Val-d'Isère · 6 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
Ski school
ESF Tignes Val Claret
100 instructors
🇬🇧 91 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 Val Claret?
Val Claret sits at 2,110 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,855 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Val Claret have?
Val Claret has 204 km of pistes served by 43 lifts, within the linked Tignes – Val d’Isère area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Val Claret?
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 Val Claret?
The highest lift, Grande Motte, tops out at 3,447 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 64 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 69 km.
How much is a lift pass in Val Claret?
The adult day pass costs €78 and the 6-day pass €468 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Tignes).
How do I get to Val Claret?
By road, Val Claret is 2 hr 06 from Chambéry (137 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 40 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 17 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Val Claret?
7 hr 53 for 706 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is the snow reliable in Val Claret?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Val Claret good for beginners and families?
68% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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