{"id":1010,"date":"2026-06-07T18:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/val-disere-tignes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"val-disere-tignes","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/val-disere-tignes\/","title":{"rendered":"Val d&#8217;Is\u00e8re &#038; Tignes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">Val d'Is\u00e8re and Tignes together form the high-alpine ski area Espace Killy, named after the ski star Jean-Claude Killy. Thanks to the altitude and the glacier on the Grande Motte, skiing is possible here even in summer. Val d'Is\u00e8re has hosted Olympic races and is regarded as one of the most snow-sure areas in the Alps.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Espace Killy ski area (Val d'Is\u00e8re + Tignes)<\/li>\n<li>Glacier skiing on the Grande Motte even in summer<\/li>\n<li>Very snow-sure altitude<\/li>\n<li>Summer hiking in the Tarentaise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Ski area<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Espace Killy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Glacier<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Grande Motte (Tignes)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Namesake<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Jean-Claude Killy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Region<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Tarentaise, Savoy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> Train to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, then by bus; by car via the Tarentaise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Skiing December to May, glacier partly in summer; hiking July\/August.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Ski passes and accommodation at an upscale level (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> High-alpine, mind the avalanche situation; off-piste only with equipment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>Check summer glacier skiing on the Grande Motte for operation in advance<\/li>\n<li>In summer the region is quiet and cheap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>High in the Tarentaise valley of Savoy, near the Italian border, lie Val d'Is\u00e8re and Tignes, two of the best-known winter sports resorts of the French Alps. For a long time they were secluded high-mountain villages, in which shepherds drove their cattle up to the alpine pastures in summer, while the winters held the inhabitants captive in deep isolation. Only the rising sport of skiing and the building of tremendous lift installations transformed the region in the 20th century into the extensive ski area Espace Killy, named after the Olympic champion Jean-Claude Killy, who came from Val d'Is\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>Directly behind the slopes another world begins: the Vanoise National Park, the first national park in France, founded for the protection of the Alpine ibex, at that time almost exterminated. While around the resorts cable cars span the slopes, in the inner Vanoise chamois and ibex roam an almost untouched landscape of flower meadows and rugged ridges. Tignes itself had to make a painful sacrifice to modernity: the old village sank in the 1950s, despite the resistance of its inhabitants, beneath the waters of a reservoir, whose hydropower has supplied electricity ever since. The region around the Tarentaise was once barren farming land, before it was reshaped within a few decades into one of the largest ski circuses in the world. Thus here unbridled tourism and quiet nature conservation meet directly, in the closest of spaces.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/schichtenprinzip-bekleidung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Layering guide for clothing \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-tages-bergwanderung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Day-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-huettentour\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/huettenwandern-einsteiger\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut hiking for beginners \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Val d&#039;Is\u00e8re und Tignes bilden zusammen das hochalpine Skigebiet Espace Killy, benannt nach dem Skistar Jean-Claude Killy. Dank der H\u00f6henlage und des Gletschers am Grande Motte ist hier auch im Sommer Skifahren m\u00f6glich. Val d&#039;Is\u00e8re war Austragungsort olympischer Rennen und gilt als eines der schneesichersten Gebiete der Alpen. Highlights Skigebiet Espace Killy (Val d&#039;Is\u00e8re + [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1043,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[40,33,30],"citadela-item-location":[72],"class_list":["post-1010","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-gipfel-berge","citadela-item-category-ski-winter","citadela-item-category-wandern-bergtouren","citadela-item-location-savoyen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1590,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1010\/revisions\/1590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=1010"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=1010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}