The dry "click" of the binding, the stick that falls in the snow when you put on your gloves or the package to put in the right pocket. The 2021/2022 ski season starts smoothly this weekend in Tignes with the promise of rediscovering the sensations chased by the pandemic last year. Habits are back on our summits and the Savoyard resort is no exception by opening half a dozen ski lifts. The first skiers will put on their spatulas this Saturday, October 16 on the Grande Motte glacier. No health pass for the moment in the lifts, but with the now traditional barrier measures, namely distancing and wearing a mask in queues or on the chairlift.
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“The last fifteen centimeters of snowfall dates back to the beginning of October but with the residual snow from the glacier and the favorable weather we will offer very good skiing conditions, especially since the sun will be there this weekend. end ”
, promises Frédéric Porte, the manager of the Haute Tarentaise resort.
"We will offer very good skiing conditions, especially since the sun will be shining this weekend"
Frédéric Porte, the manager of the Tignes resort
On the menu, around twenty km of slopes between 3200 m and 2750 m in altitude, including the Nordic loop, accessible from 8:30 am to 3:15 pm (last climb) via the main links concerned, including the funicular from Tignes-Val Claret (2100 m) and the cable car that climbs to the top of the domain.
Not to mention four chairlifts and ski lifts.
The single price for day passes is set at 40 € per adult (14-64 years old included) and at 31 € for children and seniors.
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The Savoyard resort will open its entire ski area and the link with Val-d'Isère on November 27.
With a preliminary strong point: on November 13, the double M, this track which connects the glacier to Tignes Val Claret by swallowing 1400 m of vertical drop, will be skiable.
The Deux-Alpes glacier covered with about thirty centimeters of fresh snow, here on October 8.
Pyrène Duffau / OT les 2 Alpes
Habits are back then, since the Deux-Alpes opens to the general public the following week, from October 23, for the All Saints holidays.
After the school holidays, the glacier will close on November 7, the entire area reopening on Saturday November 27 for a season that will stretch until May 1.
The Isère summit, covered to date with 30 cm of snow preserved by the cold, will offer a dozen slopes and its snowpark between 3600 m and 3200 m altitude, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Access by the Jandri Express cable car with a day pass at the single price of € 36.50.
First ski area openings on November 20
In the northern Alps, Val-Thorens and Chamonix must start the lifts on November 20, before Deux-Alpes and Val d'Isère the following week.
Grand Tourmalet and Cauterets will inaugurate the season in the Pyrenees, the weekend of November 27/28, like Puy-Saint-Vincent in the southern Alps.
