Tignes - over 100,000 uphill capacity (Tignes)

Member Name: Jonathan100

Product:	Tignes
Date:	05/01/02 (281 review reads)
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Advantages: fantastic snow, Very efficient lift system, Good for intermediate/advanced

Disadvantages: Not much else to do appart from ski, Not much good for beginners

Tignes is a large resort located in the central alps and is joined to Val d'isere. It has one of the biggest and most modern lift systems in the world being capable of getting 100,000 people up the mountain per hour and you should never have to wait more than 10 mins for a lift, even in high season.

Tignes has 300KM of piste and a fantastic snow record, the glacier at over 3000M provides garanteed skiing 365 days/year. Tignes has a finicular railway cut into the rock to get people to the base of the glacier, it also has 3 express 6 person chairlifts, a cable car and numerous smaller lifts from the village. The pistes are always well groomed and there is some wonderful off piste skiing. Tignes is a resort for intermediate and advanced skiers, there is not much for beginners.

The village has around 100,000 beds and a fair number of resturants, bars, etc. There are supermarkets, a cinema, an ice rink, etc but there is not much nightlife.

Tignes is the perfect resort for intermediat/advanced skiers who intend to ski most of the day and do not need other things to do while they are there.

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