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Chalet Valerie
Features
- Sleeps 16
- Fireplace
- Catered chalet
Val Claret. Chalet Valerie offers an unbeatable
location next door to the Tufs lift, the ski school meeting point and
just across the piste from the lively centre of Val Claret. The chalet
is also just a short ski down a blue run from the Bollin-Fresses lift
and the Grand Motte Funicular.
Chalet Valerie offers the luxury of fully en suite rooms and a shared
Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room on the lower level of the building (for
the use of chalets Dominique and Francois as well). It is modern
throughout with a comfortable living area and spectacular views over the
Bollin piste and Grand Motte Glacier. Chalet Valerie is housed within
the same building as sister chalets Valerie and Francois and is accessed
via an internal lift and central staircase.
NB Images may be of a property similar in style to Chalet Valerie.
Shared lower level:
• sauna
• steam room
• hot tub
• shower
• separate WC
• ski room
Ground floor: (main building entrance with separate entrance into Chalet Valerie)
Rooms 1 & 2 = 2 twins with bath and WC
Room 3 = twin with shower and WC
• dining area
First floor:
Rooms 4 & 8 = 2 twins with bath, WC and balcony
Room 5 = twin with bath and WC
Room 7 = twin with shower, WC and balcony
Room 6 = large twin with shower (suitable for clients of limited mobility), WC and balcony
• living area with decorative fireplace (not in use)
Rooms 4, 7 & 8 add £4 pp/pn. Room 6 add £6 pp/pn
Some staff for all three chalets live in on the third floor of Chalet Dominique.
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
Tignes Snow & Weather
| Snow Report - 11 Mar 2014 | | Last snowed | 04-Mar-2014 |
| Fresh snow | 20 cm |
| Lower slopes | 122 cm |
| Upper slopes | 220 cm |
| Pistes | | Piste state | Good |
| Runs to resort | Good |
| Off piste snow | Tracked |
| Comments | Spring conditions across the resort |
| Lifts open | 77 |
| Lifts total | 79 |
Snow Overview - France (snow news updated 11-Mar-2014)
Fantastic sunny weather blesses the French resorts at the start of this week. Excellent snow conditions can still be enjoyed, especially on higher, north facing slopes. Even lower down the snow is still in great shape, although it can become soft by the afternoon.
Cauterets (250/350cm) in the Pyrenees has the deepest snow base of our reported French resorts, both on their lower and upper pistes, with an average base depth of three metres on Monday 10th March.
On Sunday 9th March, the Ski Club Leader in Tignes reported that the on piste snow conditions throughout the resort were excellent and not as busy as last week. In the Three Valleys, the Leader in Meribel said on Sunday ‘the pistes are in great condition and we had really good skiing particularly up Peclet and the Col’.
The forecast this week across France is for the sunny weather to remain, although there could the odd cloudy spell, with a chance of a very light dusting of snow in the Pyrenees.
European Weather Outlook
The weather is forecast to remain mostly sunny across the European resorts this week, although there is some cloudier weather expected on Thursday 13th March. This could deliver fresh snow to Austria and Germany. The temperature is expected to rise for the start of next week with the freezing level expected to sit around 3,000m on Monday 17th March.
If you are after fresh snow then the Scandinavian resorts could be your best bet, as cloudy and snowy weather is forecast next weekend. Oppdal in Norway could receive almost 60cm of new snow by Tuesday 18th March.