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Hello all 
Heading to Tignes/Val D’Isère for the first time in January, with accommodation in Tignes le lac.
Would it be realistic to make the journey/ski from Le Lac to Pointe du Montet and back in a day? Appreciate it is a large resort but it’s difficult to gauge actually how far this is.
Any help/advice on this would be greatly appreciated!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Very doable for all standards - you’ll be heading for the Fornet Glacier - Pissaillas - Pointe du Montet is the peak behind the glacier.
Easy route from Lac:
Tovieres bubble to top of Toviere. Down blue Creux to below the Folie Douce then catch the green down to La Daille.
Bus to Val d’Isere Rond Point des Pistes - catch Solaise bubble - down blue to Glacier chair - take Glacier then ski back halfway to Leissieres chair - up and over chair
Down blue to Col double drag lift then take Cema push me pull you chair to the glacier then Cascades chair to glacier and down a super easy stretch of red to the Montet T-bar to highest lift access point in Fornet.
To return to Val I’d skip the Solaise leg and just catch the bus from the bottom of Fornet to Rond Point and then it’s the Olympique bubble and Tommeuse chair which brings you back looking down on Lac.
If you’ve got a group of more capable skiers then you can go from Toviere to bottom of Marmottes chair then down the Face direct to Solaise bubble avoiding the La Daille bus trip
Whilst over at Fornet near the base of the Cascade chair there’s the good value Cascade resto for a break or lunch before the return.
Loads of other options but very doable there and back - if you’re cruising you can come back to Lac, down to Brevières, back up to Lac then Tovieres down to Val Claret and up the Tignes Funi and then the Grande Motte cable car - down Genepy for easiness or Double M for fun back to Val Claret then bus or Tovieres to return to lac.
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What a response! Thank you
I can tell you’ve spent some time in the area, this kind of knowledge is invaluable. Plenty of options, will definitely have to check it out, view looks amazing from up there.
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It's been a while but I used to know that area like the back of my hand, was the venue for Ski Club GB training courses, some other off-piste courses I did waay back, then I repped and holiday led there a couple of times. In principle you can get from anywhere to anywhere on the piste map and back again without problems, assuming no weather-related closures etc. I certainly remember starting in le Lac and skiing that area with a group when informally leading one time.
So yes, easily doable, and now you have a detailed itinerary, but it's simple enough to just read the piste map.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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What a venue for training!? 
Many thanks for your response! Hoping to explore as much of the area as we can over the course of the week, so that is very reassuring. I’m sure I’ll get the hang of the piste map too, as you say!
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What a venue for training!?
Many thanks for your response! Hoping to explore as much of the area as we can over the course of the week, so that is very reassuring. I’m sure I’ll get the hang of the piste map too, as you say!
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^^^ personally if you are busing it from La Daille to town which I agree with you are better busing to Fornet then cable car and Vallon gondola it up - bit quicker than Solaise, Glacier, up and over then poma lift option up.
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@Steve Angus, that’s great, thank you for your insight
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Hi,
Me & fam are heading out next week, so very interesting to hear all about the resort.
Do you have any recommendations of restaurants we can book in Le Lac?
Thanks
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