Tignes – Val d'Isère

45°37′10″N 6°45′15″E / 45.61944°N 6.75417°E / 45.61944; 6.75417OwnerCompagnie des AlpesTop elevation3456 m[1]Base elevation1550 m[2]Skiable area300 km of runsTrails156 total[3]
  23 (15%) beginner
  66 (42%) easy
  40 (26%) intermediate
  27 (17%) difficultLongest run10 km (La Sache)Lift system90 (2 funicular, 4 cable cars, 4 gondolas, 44 chair lifts, 36 surface lifts)Terrain parks2 [4]Snowmaking216 CannonsWebsitehttp://www.espacekilly.com/

Tignes – Val d'Isère is the combined ski resort area of Val d'Isère and Tignes in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie in the French Alps. It is sometimes known as Espace Killy, in honour of the spectacularly successful skier Jean-Claude Killy who was raised there.[5][6]

There are claimed to be 300 km of pistes:

  • 22 green runs, 61 blues, 46 reds and 25 blacks,[7] plus 44 km of cross country skiing
  • 2 terrain parks
  • 2 glaciers
  • 90 ski lifts

References

  1. ^ Crystal Ski Resort Info
  2. ^ "Val d'Isère". Archived from the original on 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  3. ^ "Plan Espace Killy - Val d'Isère - Tignes". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  4. ^ "Val d'Isère Snow Park". Archived from the original on 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  5. ^ Le figaro magazine (in French). Le Figaro. December 1983. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  6. ^ Paris Match (in French). October 1983. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  7. ^ SKI-PLANET. "Domaine skiable Val d'Isère, station et pistes de ski Val d'Isère - Ski-Planet". Ski Planet.

45°37′10″N 6°46′15″E / 45.619386°N 6.770892°E / 45.619386; 6.770892

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