WARNING - skiing off-piste (out-of-bounds) at Tignes Les Brévières is uncontrolled and un-marked slopes are not made safe (from avalanche risk) or patrolled. Always check local advice, know the Avalanche Risk Level, ski with safety kit (and know how to use it), and never ski alone....
Beginners will love the four different nursery slope areas that Tignes offers – Val Claret, Tignes Les Lac, Tignes Le Lavachet, and Tignes Les Brevieres, while intermediate and advanced skiers will find plenty of challenging runs on the 2,748m L’Aiguille Percée, as well as Tignes’ pièce...
The next leg of my Tignes trip took me over to the neighboring smaller resort of Tignes Les Brevieres, if you scroll back up to look on the Espace Killy piste map you can just see the beautiful lake in the right hand corner positioned at 1550m in altitude. The newly built Chalet Quez...
The Aiguille Percee sector above Tignes 1800 and Tignes Les Brevieres (on the bottom right hand corner of the piste map) intersects with the Palet sector at the junction of the Chaudanne lift from Tignes le Lavachet and the Aiguille Rouge lift above Tignes 1800. There is also a second one...
Villages are mostly traffic free Generally less expensive than Val d’Isere Not Very Pretty Tignes 2100 has unattractive buildings in a bleak location Tignes 1800 and Tignes Les Brevieres feel a bit cut off Very few treelined runs if visibility is poor Long transfers from airportsSki...