Chalet Glacier
Features
Chalet Glacier occupies an enviable location, superbly placed for skiing, between Lavachet and Lac de Tignes. The chalet is attractively built in local wood and is full of character, with pine interiors and a warm, cosy atmosphere. There is much emphasis on space and convenience, with a separate lounge and dining room. Two pistes and two high speed chairlifts are located just a few metres from the doorstep.
Location • ski to the door • cosy pine chalet located on the piste • ski lifts leaving for Val d’Isère and Tignes next to the chalet • 5 minutes bus ride to ski school meeting point • Lavachet or Lac de Tignes approx. 5 minutes walk
Features • services of our chalet hosts • our staff live in
Meals • hearty breakfast with one cooked option • afternoon tea with home-made cakes • 3 course evening meal with house wine and coffee included (5 nights) • 4 course farewell feast (1 night) • Please speak with your host to arrange early children's suppers.
Rooms Chalet Glacier - sleeps 32 (room numbers shown in brackets):
entrance level: Ski room, dining room with balcony, WC, lounge with balcony.
upper floor: Twin bedroom (1) under the eaves with private shower and WC (low ceiling in shower room), 2 twin bedrooms (2&3), shared shower & WC.
lower floor: 6 twin bedrooms (4,5,6,7,10,11), 2 twin bedrooms, one with balcony (8) and terrace (9), 4 small twin bedrooms (£10 reduction per person per week for these rooms) (12,13,14,15). 2 small single cabin bedrooms (16,17), 4 bathrooms & 4 WC's.
Tignes Resort Info
Tignes skiing
Lift linked to Illustrious neighbour Val d'Isère to make up the Espace Killy, the Tignes ski area is, needless to say, vast and varied. The 300km of marked pistes cater for all levels and tastes with great off-piste, long wide blues and two snowparks (with another, even better one, over in Val d'Isère). Tignes also has the Grande Motte glacier providing year-round skiing. The glacier and Tignes' high altitude, make this resort for a great early or late season ski holiday destination. The whole area is serviced very well by an efficient lift system and the five 'satellites' that make up the resort are all linked by free bus.
Tignes ski resort
Due to its 1960s heritage, Tignes is not exactly famous for its Alpine charm. However, off-snow activities have improved somewhat over the last few years. There are a nice range of decent restaurants and bars whilst there are supermarkets for the largely self-catering crowd. Nightlife and après ski is pretty healthy and families are greatly welcomed with good childcare run by the ski schools. Overall, Tignes is not a place that relies upon Alpine ambience. But hey, who cares when the days are filled with such great skiing.
Number of ski lifts: 79 ; 2 funiculars, 4 cable cars ; 5 gondola lifts, 18 chairlifts, 25 detachable chairlifts
Number of runs: 155 with 26 black slopes (7 in Tignes), 39 red (19 in Tignes), 68 blue (36 (Tignes) and 22 green (7 in Tignes)
Snowmakers: 974
More Tignes resort information