Tignes - Best Ski Runs
Tignes lies within the Espace Killy, one of the World's most extensive linked ski domains consisting of 300km of Europe's most thrilling and technically demanding terrain.
The main ski areas are La Grande Motte, the Col du Palet, Tovieres and the Brevieres and here are the best runs from these areas.
1.
Descente - from the top of the Grande Motte cable car, Descente is a steep black that thrills.
You'll be surrounded by about 50 people coming off the cable car so just stick around for a bit and admire the view whilst everyone else heads off and then get the run to your self.
2.
Double M - Once you've come down Descente head towards Double M, which is second on our list.
This is a great run into Val Claret, a long red which always pleases after spending time on the glacier.
3.
Piste H - for intermediates the blues in the Tovieres area are perfect practising ground.
Feeling like a challenge, pop off Piste H onto red Crocus, it's a quick short red down to Combe Folle lift.
4.
Col du Palet area - here you'll find Le S.
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This is where advanced skiers can practice off-piste in a safe, secure area, the pisteurs ensure here that the avalanche risk is as low as possible.
The Guerlain Chicherit run is a serious off-piste run, and will be quiet and perfect for practising before heading into more remote off piste.
5.
Sache - an extremely long black run down to Les Brevieres 1,200 verticle metres will take your breath away, literally.
It's relatively OK at the top but gets bumpy at the bottom.
If you want to give it a go but aren't that confident you can escape the difficult bottom part by diving onto the red about half way down.
6.
Corniche - from Corniche blue run you will be able to see the famous Eye of the Needle (shown left with me in front of it!) From Corniche you can either head down onto Sache or continue on a blue of red into Tignes Le Lac.
There are so many good runs in Tignes it's not possible to list them all, but hopefully this will give you a snapshot of the runs you must have a go at.
The main ski areas are La Grande Motte, the Col du Palet, Tovieres and the Brevieres and here are the best runs from these areas.
1.
Descente - from the top of the Grande Motte cable car, Descente is a steep black that thrills.
You'll be surrounded by about 50 people coming off the cable car so just stick around for a bit and admire the view whilst everyone else heads off and then get the run to your self.
2.
Double M - Once you've come down Descente head towards Double M, which is second on our list.
This is a great run into Val Claret, a long red which always pleases after spending time on the glacier.
3.
Piste H - for intermediates the blues in the Tovieres area are perfect practising ground.
Feeling like a challenge, pop off Piste H onto red Crocus, it's a quick short red down to Combe Folle lift.
4.
Col du Palet area - here you'll find Le S.
P.
O.
T.
This is where advanced skiers can practice off-piste in a safe, secure area, the pisteurs ensure here that the avalanche risk is as low as possible.
The Guerlain Chicherit run is a serious off-piste run, and will be quiet and perfect for practising before heading into more remote off piste.
5.
Sache - an extremely long black run down to Les Brevieres 1,200 verticle metres will take your breath away, literally.
It's relatively OK at the top but gets bumpy at the bottom.
If you want to give it a go but aren't that confident you can escape the difficult bottom part by diving onto the red about half way down.
6.
Corniche - from Corniche blue run you will be able to see the famous Eye of the Needle (shown left with me in front of it!) From Corniche you can either head down onto Sache or continue on a blue of red into Tignes Le Lac.
There are so many good runs in Tignes it's not possible to list them all, but hopefully this will give you a snapshot of the runs you must have a go at.
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