Tignes is proud to assume its slogan of "the most sporty resort" and skiing and snowboarding are indeed highly-valued activities for everyone, considering the resort’s majestic ski area, Espace Killy, which links Tignes and Val d’Isère and has nearly 300 km of pistes, from 1550 m to 3450 m in altitude.

Tignes in winter

To have an idea of the extent of the ski area, you just need to look at the statistics of its amenities:

* 23 green runs, 67 blues, 40 reds, 28 blacks
* 6 slalom courses
* 1 mogul course
* 2 snow parks
* 1 gliss’park

Throughout the season, major events are organised by the resort of Tignes:

• Winter X Games Europe:

An internationally-renowned extreme sports competition (SuperPipe, Slopestyle, Snowmobile), the Winter X Games Europe attract thousands of fans who come to watch a spectacular show and admire the top-level competitors.

• Tignes Winter Madness:

A video game (“advert game”), created by the resort of Tignes, where you can discover the resort in a really fun way with some great prizes into the bargain if the player passes all 5 of the game’s tests.
Examples of prizes: invitation to Tignes for New Year with 10 friends, a holiday for 6 in Tignes, a car, etc.

Apart from skiing, Tignes has an amazing wealth of winter activities to thrill you and boost your adrenalin levels: alpinism, climbing, ice climbing, heli-skiing, go-carting on ice, driving on ice, ice diving, paragliding, skidoos, dog-sledding, snowshoeing, mountain biking on snow, indoor sports, ice skating, bungee trampolining…

Source : www.tignes.net

See also all the summer activities on offer in Tignes.