Tignes – Val d'Isère explained

Tignes – Val d'Isère
Location:	Val d'Isère & Tignes, France
Coordinates:	45.6194°N 6.7542°W
Top Elevation:	3456 m^[1]
Base Elevation:	1550 m^[2]
Skiable Area:	300 km of runs
Number Trails:	156 total^[3] 23 (15%) beginner 66 (42%) easy 40 (26%) intermediate 27 (17%) difficult
Longest Run:	10 km (La Sache)
Liftsystem:	90 (2 funicular, 4 cable cars, 4 gondolas, 44 chair lifts, 36 surface lifts)
Terrainparks:	2 ^[4]
Snowmaking:	216 Cannons
External Link:	http://www.espacekilly.com/
Owner:	Compagnie des Alpes

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

http://www.crystalski.co.uk/destinations/france/val_d_is__232_re/val_d_is__232_re.html Crystal Ski Resort Info
Web site: Val d'Isère . 2010-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101023140041/http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/153/france/savoie/val-d-isere/info.html . 2010-10-23 . dead .
Web site: Plan Espace Killy - Val d'Isère - Tignes . 2016-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022094234/http://www.espacekilly.com/plan.html . 2012-10-22 . dead .
Web site: Val d'Isère Snow Park . 2009-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090214215338/http://www.valdisere.com/gb/glisse/domaine_skiable/snowpark.php?param=2&ssmenu=21 . 2009-02-14 . dead .
Book: Le figaro magazine . December 1983 . Le Figaro . 14 February 2024 . fr.
Book: Paris Match . October 1983 . 14 February 2024 . fr.
Web site: Domaine skiable Val d'Isère, station et pistes de ski Val d'Isère - Ski-Planet. SKI-PLANET. Ski Planet.