Tignes – Val d'Isère

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Tignes – Val d'Isère
Espace Killy.jpg
LocationVal d'Isère & Tignes, France
Coordinates45°37′10″N 6°45′15″E / 45.61944°N 6.75417°E / 45.61944; 6.75417
Top elevation3550 m[1]
Base elevation1550 m[2]
Skiable area300 km of runs
Runs156 total[3]
23 (15%) beginner
66 (42%) easy
40 (26%) intermediate
27 (17%) difficult
Longest run10 km (La Sache)
Lift system90 (2 funicular, 4 cable cars, 4 gondolas, 44 chair lifts, 36 surface lifts)
Terrain parks2 [4]
Snowmaking216 Cannons
Websitehttp://www.espacekilly.com/

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. Formerly known as Espace Killy, in honour of the spectacularly successful skier Jean-Claude Killy who was raised here.
There are claimed to be 300 km of pistes:

  • 22 green runs, 61 blues, 46 reds and 25 blacks,[5] plus 44 km of cross country skiing
  • 2 terrain parks
  • 2 glaciers
  • 90 ski lifts

References[]

  1. ^ Crystal Ski Resort Info
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2010-09-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2016-03-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Val d'Isère Snow Park". Archived from the original on 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  5. ^ SKI-PLANET. "Domaine skiable Val d'Isère, station et pistes de ski Val d'Isère - Ski-Planet". Ski Planet.

Coordinates: 45°37′10″N 6°46′15″E / 45.619386°N 6.770892°E / 45.619386; 6.770892

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