The Funiculaire du Perce-Neige in Tignes, France is an underground Funicular from the neighborhood Val Claret to the summer-skiing area and the lower station of the Telepherique Grande Motte.
The Perce-Neige transports the passenger from Val Claret at 21000NaN0. in 6 minutes to the slopes of the Grande Motte. On arrival at 30320NaN0 one can transfer to the Grande Motte cable-car that brings the skier to 34560NaN0, the highest point in Tignes.
The system opened on 15 June 1989. The name Perce-Neige is a play on words, in that perce-neige is the French word for a snowdrop but can also be interpreted more literally as the funicular that pierces through the snow.
| name | value | |
| Number of trains: | 2 | |
| cabins per train: | 2 | |
| Altitude base station: | 21000NaN0. | |
| Altitude mountain station: | 30320NaN0. | |
| difference: | 9320NaN0. | |
| slope length: | 34840NaN0. | |
| speed: | 12m/s | |
| track width: | ||
| diameter pulling cable: | 522NaN2. | |
| trip length: | 6 minutes | |
| Builder: | ||
| maximum gradient: | 30% | |
| average gradient: | 18% | |
| capacity: | 3000 persons/hour | |
| capacity per train: | 334 passengers+1 conductor (167 per train) | |
| smallest tunnel diameter: | 3.9m (12.8feet) | |
| Power: | 3 engines totaling 2900kW. | |
| location: | mountain station | |
| make: | ||
| length dual tube passing loop: | 2030NaN0 (passing area) | |
| train mass: | empty, maximum |