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Hi.We are off to Samoens for 10 days at the end of July and fancied a days skiing while we are 'in that neck of the woods'.Is it worth the drive to Tignes for there summer ski?Any advice much appreciated?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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if you don't go in expecting february powder, it can be good fun. bear in mind it's not cheap, and only open in the mornings, so you'll need to arrive the night before.
tignes is surpsingly buzzy in the summers, so might be worth staying a couple of days. loads of shops open renting mountain bikes and the palafour and aeroski are running.
if you drive over via the cormet du roselend (shortcut that avoids albertville/moutiers), watch you don't get stuck behind the tour de france.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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There's tons of other things to do in Tignes during summer, and like dbx, said it's really buzzy.
Mountainsun Ltd are doing B&B from £20 per night - add three course dinner for £10 if that's of interest. See our summer offers at www.summeractivityholidays.com/pricing.html . All our in house hire equipment available and even clothing to borrow if you've not packed your ski kit 
Tour de France in the area 21st/22nd and down in Annecy 23rd - so, yes. Do watch out for that if your not interested in watching...
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gmcparl1, It's a fair way to go, but worth it for the experience and also the drives over the mountain passes would be spectacular. 
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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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Is it worth the drive to Tignes for their summer ski?
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Definitely. There can be 15-20km of piste on offer. The skiing is usually open from 07.15 to 13.15 - but is usually very soft going after about 10am. Cost is about 30 euros a day I think. Great fun for a few hours. Check the weather forecast to make sure you are going when it's sunny - it's not much fun in fog/bad weather plus the views from the glacier are excellent.
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tignes is surpsingly buzzy in the summer
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IMO that's pushing it a bit....I'd say more like "Tignes shows some signs of life in July and August but is otherwise positively dead outside the ski season."
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I'll be there this weekend and will report back. I had my first summer ski experience last year and was surprised by how much i enjoyed it. it's a different story to the winter though. Early early mornings can be a bit of a killer if you like your sleep but you can always have an afternoon nap. You won't want to miss out on all the other activities on offer tho'. Especially not hitting the ski jump into the lake (skis not compulsory).
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IMO that's pushing it a bit....I'd say more like "Tignes shows some signs of life in July and August but is otherwise positively dead outside the ski season."
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funicular, palafour and aeroski running, shops, bars, and restaurants open, fair amount of people around the skate park, lake, pool, golf course, birds chirping, puppies playing in meadows, mountain bikers lapping the lifts, etc.... seems odd to nitpick over my choice of "surprisingly buzzy" to describe that. i didn't exactly say it was mumbai central station.
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dbx, Completely agree!
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thanks for the info.do the ski hire shops open early in the morning?
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gmcparl1, the Twinner store by Grande Motte was opening at 8:30 this morning, as was the Favre Sport in Val Claret Centre. You can start skiing at 7:15 so it might be worth picking up your gear the evening before if poss.
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