Grande Motte Glacier in Tignes, France, Reopens its Slopes for Summer Skiing The Grande Motte glacier in Tignes, France, reopens its slopes for summer skiing this weekend, joining Val d’Isère and four other Alpine glacier ski areas offering limited summer operations. The resort plans a four-week season from June 21 to July 20, providing up to 12 miles (20 kilometers) of glacier runs between 8,937 feet (2,724 meters) and 11,338 feet (3,456 […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 20, 2025 0 Comments
Seven-Tignes Reasons Why You Should Book an All-Inclusive Ski Trip to Europe With a single-day lift ticket for resorts in North America surpassing the $300 mark for the first time and SnowBrains Editor-in-Chief Martin living it up in the Italian Alps this season, we thought we’d investigate an affordable option for US families to sprinkle a little European flavor on their annual vacation. Knowing our readers like to ski hard, party harder, […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 22, 2025 0 Comments
Tignes-Val d’Isère, France, Report: Short Ski Day Followed by Relaxing Spa Experience This report is from Wednesday, December 4, 2024 Today started with a short trail run from our Club Med hotel to Tignes Le Lac. We rounded the lake and returned for a nice but cold 5K. Our resort has everything we need (including treadmills, but ‘no thank you!’), so finding an excuse to get out and see the town was […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | December 4, 2024 0 Comments
Tignes-Val d’Isere, France, Report: Superb Snow, Special Sundog, and Sunshine Report from Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Tignes received a refresh today with 4″ (10 cm) of fresh snow overnight. We were keen to see the difference the fresh snow made and headed out straight after breakfast to make the most of the day. The conditions were perfect again—blue skies and sunshine, zero wind, and around 30ºF. Yesterday’s report: Tignes, France, Report: Decent […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | December 3, 2024 0 Comments
Tignes, France, Report: Decent Conditions and Plenty of Terrain for Early December This report is from Monday, December 2, 2024 While most resorts in North America are making snow and waiting for Mother Nature to fill in the terrain so they can open, there is no such problem here in Tignes, France. Related: [VIDEO] Candide Thovex Crashes in Monster Jump at Tignes, France Tignes opened on November 23, and while it is […] Conditions Report Steven Agar | December 2, 2024 0 Comments
Top 7 Snowiest Ski Resorts in Europe — Week 16, 2024 The season is slowly coming to an end but there is still great skiing and boarding to be had for those not willing to hang up their ski gear just yet. If you are wondering which resorts will be open all the way until May or even June, check out our piece on the top 15 resorts for late spring […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | April 16, 2024 0 Comments
Late Season Skiing in Europe: Top 15 Resorts for Spring Skiing As winter fades into spring, some skiers and snowboarders may be moth-balling their equipment for the season, but then there are those die-hard winter enthusiasts refusing to call it quits. If you count yourself into the latter group, you may wonder where you can still get turns in as late as the end of April or even early May in […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | April 12, 2024 2 Comments
[VIDEO] Candide Thovex Crashes in Monster Jump at Tignes, France Candide Thovex showed that he has nine lives in his latest clip, in which the 42-year-old French skier jumped through a rock formation in Tignes, France. Thovex overshoots the landing by 53 meters (174 feet) and crashes but appears unharmed. One would expect a crash like that to result in broken bones, but not Thovex, who gets back up, and […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 28, 2024 0 Comments
Top 7 Snowiest Ski Resorts in Europe — Week 8, 2024 There have been a few dustings here and there across the Alps, but no significant snowfalls, so the top 7 remains fairly unchanged from last week as snow has only seen compression from week 7. We have the same players but some reshuffling of positions. However, if you are planning to ski, fret not, several storm fronts are forecast to […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 20, 2024 0 Comments
Top 7 Snowiest Ski Resorts in Europe — Week 4, 2024 Steady snowfalls were dusting the European Alps this week. Our top 7 list of resorts with the deepest snowpack has a new leader, breaking through the 5 meter marker. France in the west of the Alps keeps topping the list, but snow has fallen all across the Alps this week. Which resorts have the most snow right now? Here is […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 23, 2024 0 Comments
Top 7 Snowiest Ski Resorts in Europe — Week 2, 2024 Between 40-90 centimeters (16-35 inches) of snow fell this week in the European Alps. If you’re wondering which resorts have the deepest snowpack* right now, here are the top seven ski resorts for snowdepth this week. This week, we have a tie for second place, with two resorts recording 4 meters of snowdepth at peak, and a tie for sixth place. […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 10, 2024 0 Comments
Tignes, France, Announces Early Season Opening Following recent heavy snowfalls of more than a meter (40 inches) and continued efforts by mountain operations, the French resort Tignes decided to open part of its ski area from Saturday, November 18, 2023. Snowsport lovers will be able to enjoy the ski area on the Grande Motte glacier area as well as the ski run ‘Double M’ down to […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 14, 2023 0 Comments
French Ski Resorts Val d’Isere and Tignes Will Not Open for Autumn Skiing and Riding This Year Once upon a time, the interconnected French ski areas of Val d’Isere and Tignes would spin their chairlifts 365 days a year, weather permitting. They are known as the resorts with the longest ski seasons in France. But then it started getting warm. Espace Killy is the name of the large ski area network that intertwines Val d’Isere and Tignes, which […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | August 14, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Huge Avalanche at Slopestyle World Cup in Tignes, France, Captured by Several Freeski Athletes Incredible images have been shared across social media after an avalanche in Tignes, France, was hurtling towards the FIS World Cup Slopestyle course, where the world’s best freestyle skiers were training and about to compete in the qualification round on March 16, 2023. US Freestyle skier Cody La Plante shared footage in his Instagram stories of the avalanche mercilessly making […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | March 16, 2023 0 Comments
France Opens for Skiing and Riding The 2022-23 season has officially kicked off in France. The ski areas of Val Thorens and Tignes opened their slopes to the public on Saturday, November 26th—a sight that French skiers and riders are certainly happy to see. They were the last major alpine nation in Europe to get things going for this season, seeing neighboring countries such as Austria, […] Industry News Matt Scribner | November 29, 2022 0 Comments
Tignes Resort, France, Opens for Summer Skiing Operations View this post on Instagram A post shared by Snow Forecasts * Snow Reports (@snow.forecast) World-class French ski area Tignes is now open for summer skiing. The resort opened on Saturday, June 19, and will remain open until August 1, conditions permitting. Tignes has joined two other French ski areas, Val d’Isere and Les 2 Alpes, for glacier […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 23, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Giant Inbounds Avalanche Triggered by Control Teams at Closed French Ski Area [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXw8U-39drk&feature=emb_title"] AvyBrains | January 21, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
20-21 French Ski Season to Begin on Oct. 17 With Opening of 2 Ski Areas It’s ski season in France on Saturday. Two ski resorts — Tignes and Les Deux Alps — are opening on Saturday, Oct. 17 to commence the French ski season. Hoorah! Way to make all of us North Americanos jealous… In a usual year, ski areas in France open in early to mid-November. But this is no ordinary year. Related: Photo […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | October 15, 2020 0 Comments
UPDATE: The Alps Getting Even More MASSIVE November Snowfalls Ski areas in the Southern Alps are reporting up to 5 FEET of new snow in the past 72 hours! Parts of the Southern Alps along the France/Italy border are reporting the most snow (up to 5 feet over the weekend!) but really its been snowing all over the continent with large snow totals being reported in Bulgaria, the French […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 26, 2019 0 Comments
30+ Inches of New Snow in the High Alps 2 French ski areas, Tignes and Val Thorens, are reporting over 30″ of new snowfall as of Wednesday, November 6th. Many other resorts are also reporting up to 2 feet of fresh snowfall across the Alps this week, with more on the way through the following week. Val Thorens, France has a projected opening date of November 23rd for the […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 7, 2019 0 Comments
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