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Tignes (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France, known for the highest skiable area [3] and the longest ski season [4] in Europe.
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:
Tignes Val Claret is the highest of the five villages that make up the Tignes Ski resort, [1] 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. [2] Like many resorts built at this time, Tignes Val Claret was constructed primarily as a ski resort.
Thus, Les Trois Vallées is the largest connected ski area in the world [2] which is linked solely by ski lifts and slopes. It claims to have about 600 km (370 mi) of ski slopes, resulting in 18.5 km² of groomed runs, while an independent expert measured about 493 km. [ 3 ] In addition, there are 120 km for cross-country skiing.
Tignes: 42 ski lifts, 67 ski slopes (150 km) La Toussuire : 22 ski lifts, 33 ski slopes (45 km), 27 km of cross-country skiing Val Cenis : 17 ski lifts, 43 ski slopes (80 km), 8 km of cross-country skiing
Espace Killy with Tignes and Val-d'Isère is further up the valley. These communities hosted most of the events for the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics. [citation needed] A weekly lift ticket in any of the described systems gives skiers a choice to ski one day in each of the other two systems mentioned. There were once plans to interlink all ...
Les Arcs (French pronunciation: [le.z‿aʁk]) is a ski resort located in Savoie, France, in the Tarentaise Valley town of Bourg-Saint-Maurice.Initially created by Robert Blanc and Roger Godino, it is a part of the huge Paradiski system which is under ownership by Compagnie des Alpes, a French-listed company owning several other ski resorts as well as theme parks.
Tignes-les-Brevières (French pronunciation: [tiɲ le bʁevjɛʁ]; 1550m) is a small skiing village in the French Alps that is the lowest point of the ski resort of Tignes. [ 1 ] Owing to its geographical location the village receives as much snowfall as its neighbours and during the 2005/6 season, Les Brevieres had over 4 metres of snow.
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