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- 4 °C39 °F
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Wind: 22 km/h14 mph

Tignes is a ski resort in France, part of Espace Killy, with 120.6 km of pistes, 49 lifts and skiing between 1,560 m and 3,408 m. The nearest airport is Turin, about 176 minutes by road.
Photo: Rob Bye robertbye via Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Meet your next favourite place
Tignes sits at 2,100 m in France. Its lifts run from 1,560 m to 3,408 m, a vertical of 1,848 m. The resort is part of Espace Killy, which links 253.3 km of pistes in total. Tignes itself has 120.6 km of marked piste over 102 runs: 5.2 km green, 52.2 km blue, 29.2 km red and 21.7 km black. The longest single run we measure is 4.5 km.
49 lifts serve the slopes (3 gondolas and cable cars, 22 chairlifts and 13 drag lifts), moving about 36,250 skiers an hour. The resort has snowmaking, a snowpark, floodlit night skiing and glacier skiing. The nearest airport is Turin, about 176 minutes by road (65.3 km). In the village we list 35 places to stay, 45 restaurants and 4 ski schools.
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Snow forecast
Upper slopes · 3,408 m11,180 ft · Local days in Europe/Paris
0 cm0 in forecast over 3 local days
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Wind: 22 km/h14 mph
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Wind: 20 km/h13 mph
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— forecast over 14 local days
13 of 14 days available. A complete period total is unavailable.
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Wind: 22 km/h14 mph
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Wind: 9 km/h6 mph
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Light snow showers
Wind: 6 km/h4 mph
Daily forecast. The current day includes the full local day. Day is the forecast daily high and night the daily low at the upper slopes. Longer-range forecasts are less certain. “—” means unavailable. Updated .
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Piste map & terrain
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Lift passes
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Mountain webcams
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Less admin. More Alpine.
Your mountain base, your kit, your first turns. Get the good bits sorted.
35 places to stayFind your mountain base in Tignes. Browse listed places to stay and plan around your favourite lifts.
Find your Tignes basePhoto: David Hawley via Unsplash · Unsplash License
11 ski hire shopsFind local ski hire, compare the shops and get the details sorted before your first lift.
Explore ski hirePhoto: Thomas Leth-Olsen via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
4 ski schoolsFirst turns or a little extra confidence. Find local ski schools and contact them about the right lesson.
A detailed guide is not available yet.
Photo: Thomas Leth-Olsen via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
In the village
Listed amenities from OpenStreetMap. Pools and spas may be within private hotels; check access with the operator.
Useful links
Maison de Tignes le lac
Maison de Tignes
Getting there
| Airport | Distance | Drive time |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry Aix les Bains | 82.5 km | 134 min |
| Turin | 65.3 km | 176 min |
| Grenoble Alpes Isère | 124.2 km | 178 min |
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France / Espace Killy
Pistes 133 km82.5 mi
Explore resort157 min157 min from Turin
Photo: Jmex via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
France / Paradiski
Pistes 207 km128.5 mi
Explore resort169 min169 min from Lyon Saint-Exupéry
Photo: Andreas Eichler via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
France / Paradiski
Pistes 195 km121.4 mi
Explore resort145 min145 min from Lyon Saint-Exupéry
Photo: Andreas Eichler via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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A few useful answers
The things to know before your trip to Tignes.
Chambéry Aix les Bains is about 134 minutes by road from Tignes (82.5 km).
The highest lift-served point is 3,408 m, with the village at 2,100 m, a vertical of 1,848 m.
Tignes has 120.6 km of marked pistes across 102 runs, measured from OpenStreetMap geometry.
49 lifts (3 gondolas or cable cars, 22 chairlifts and 13 drag lifts).
Tignes is part of Espace Killy.
There is no station in the resort itself; the last leg is by road from Chambéry Aix les Bains.
Tignes scores 7.1/10 for beginners; 4.3% of its piste km is green and we list 4 ski schools.
Tignes scores 3.3/10 for families, with 0 childcare providers listed and 47.6% of its pistes green or blue.
Data updated · Sources: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)