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Tignes & Val Thorens: Just Back from Summer Visit
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Been back at work Sad three days after a fantastic eight days in Tignes and two in Val Thorens. We did a mix of skiing, mountain biking and hiking, with the Grande Motte glacier in fantastic condition for late July.

There was one wet day but otherwise it was dry/warm/hot/sunny with temperatures up to a baked-alive 38C Shocked at lower altitude on one of our bike rides. Here are a few Tignes pics:

Great snow cover:


Not too busy:


Great views too:


2000 ft vertical to the bottom of the Vanoise Chair:


View towards Col du Palet from near Col des Ves Chair:


Back towards Tignes - near Col de Lavachet:


Singletrack above Tignes Les Boisses:


Val Claret singletrack, near Tufs Chair:
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my kind of trip!! Very Happy
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Lovely... Do you have any Val Tho pics??
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Great photos! Sound like a great mixture of activities. Glacier is looking good as well.
How much skiing can be done without using T Bars? I am not familiar with Tignes so can you use the gondola to lap the whole length of this glacier piste?


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Val Thorens isn't quite as picturesque, you need to get down to Les Menuire before grass appears.

However there is a great mountain bike route all the way from Deux Lacs down through Les Menuires and then down to St. Martin with a free bus back up the hill.
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stephen buck: We did a full day's biking & a short walk at Val Thorens - took quite a few pics so can post some for you. We're camping/mountain biking up at Glentress at the mo - so will do that for you in the next couple of days, when we get back.

emwmarine: The bike route we did started at Villaranger (??) below St Martin, climbed to La Masse (gondola to middle station) & it was then great singletrack back to the car/start point.

Tom W: The 2000' vertical on offer last week was served by cable car and chairlift - no t bars required (though t bars were available for a couple of additional runs).
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Very nice snap of Tignes' villages. I really ought to get out to the alps in the summer sometime.
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