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Tignes – Val d'Isère

Coordinates: 45°37′10″N 6°46′15″E / 45.619386°N 6.770892°E / 45.619386; 6.770892
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Tignes – Val d'Isère
LocationVal d'Isère & Tignes, France
Coordinates45°37′10″N 6°45′15″E / 45.61944°N 6.75417°E / 45.61944; 6.75417
OwnerCompagnie des Alpes
Top elevation3456 m[1]
Base elevation1550 m[2]
Skiable area300 km of runs
Trails156 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. 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:

References

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  1. ^ Crystal Ski Resort Info
  2. ^ "Val d'Isère". Archived from the original on 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  3. ^ "Plan Espace Killy - Val d'Isère - Tignes". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  4. ^ "Val d'Isère Snow Park". Archived from the original on 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  5. ^ Le figaro magazine (in French). Le Figaro. December 1983. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  6. ^ Paris Match (in French). October 1983. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  7. ^ SKI-PLANET. "Domaine skiable Val d'Isère, station et pistes de ski Val d'Isère - Ski-Planet". Ski Planet.

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