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Tignes, how busy during French Holidays?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

I'm looking to get our accommodation booked for our 2016 trip to Tignes but just can't decide on dates. We will be travelling by train (Eurostar and couchette) This year we went mid Jan which was lovely and quiet, no queues on to lifts, but we were lucky with the snow conditions (had a dumping just before we arrived previously it wasn't wonderful) and would like to go for a later date this year so we were looking at late February weeks 20th or 27th. Now I know these are when the French are off. How busy is it? Failing that we go 5th March but prefer to not go so late and have less chance of fresh dumpings! Cost wise there is little difference. Please help! I can't make my mind up!

Cheers

John
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

First week of March is usually still French hols.

We have skied Tignes a couple of times then - but never in Feb or at New Year. Found it busier than our usual January trips to Tignes but not too unbearable. Busiest spots are bottle necks like the home runs from the glacier and Toviere to Val Claret - crowded. However, runs on the outskirts or outer reaches of the Espace Killy can be very quiet - eg Le Fornet or above Les Brevieres.

Queues aren't generally too bad either - a few minutes at most, with the exception of Grande Motte cable car, which can be a pain, and connecting lifts like Tommeuse back from Val D. That one goes down quickly though.

Incidentally, that time of year doesn't necessarily lessen your chance of a dump. Over the years, we have skied powder in Espace Killy in every month from October to May. And once in July too Very Happy.
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