Ski Pass Prices in Tignes

Season dates in Tignes

The Tignes ski season runs from 23 November 2024 to 25 April 2025. 

Early or late season skiing

Ski pass prices are usually cheaper at the beginning and the end of the season, when not all of the lifts may be open. 

If you're considering coming then, it's a good idea to keep an eye on our Tignes snow forecast for an up-to-date view of local conditions.

How much are ski passes in Tignes?

There are two ski pass areas: Tignes is the smaller area, with Tignes-Val d'Isère the bigger domain.

If you want an access-all-areas pass

The Tignes-Val d'Isère pass will grant you access to 10,000 hectares of terrain, more than 300km of piste and 153 runs between an altitude of 1,550m and 3,456m. There are 75 ski lifts at your disposal as well as two snowparks and two glaciers.

Tignes-Val d'Isère passes are valid for half-day to 15-days or for the whole season. 

The benefits really start kicking in when you stay a bit longer:

• free and unlimited entry to the Lagon swimming pool on passes six days or more
• on six to eight day passes you'll get one day added for free

If you prefer it quieter

The local area pass enables you to ski on the Tovière, Palafour and Chardonnet areas, all the way down to Les Boisses and Les Brevières, as well as up on the Grande Motte glacier. You can also take the Tovière gondola up to 2,704m but you cannot go lower than the Tommeuses chairlift and the legendary après-ski venue of La Folie Douce. You will need a Tignes-Val d'Isère area pass to venture further. 

Tignes Valley ski passes are available from 4 hours to 15 days, as well as for the whole season.

Deals and discounted ski passes in Tignes

These are our top tips for saving money on your ski pass:

• come early or late in the season
• buy a family pass
• buy group tickets
• book early
• buy multiple days - you’ll get a much better day rate
• choose a local area pass over the Tignes-Val d'Isère pass

Beginner ski passes in Tignes

Each area in Tignes has free ski lifts made up of four magic carpets, three chairlifts and two drag lifts. You'll find them on the piste map in Val Claret, Le Lac, 1800 Les Boisses and 1550 Les Brévières.

Once you've picked up the basics you can take on the rest of the areas in Tignes with a local area pass.

Free ski passes in Tignes

Yes, you heard it right, you can ski for free in Tignes, but only if you're under eight years old or over 75. Proof of age required at the moment of purchase. Available for passes from 1 to 15 days.

There are some cross-country skiing routes that are free to use, and you can hire equipment from most ski rental shops in town.

Pedestrian passes in Tignes

Whether you want to go snow-shoeing, watch the kids' first ski lesson or join friends at a mountain restaurant, a pedestrian pass lets you go up without skis or a snowboard. 

If you're under 8 or over 75, you won't need a pedestrian pass to go up on foot.

There are eight lifts that pedestrians can use in winter, namely the Grande Motte cable car, the Tovière, Brévières and Boisses gondola, the Funiculaire Val Claret and the Chaudannes, Tichot and Bollin chairlift (actually, the latter is free to use).

Pedestrian rates are available for single and return journeys on these lifts, as well as for day passes, should you want to ride the lifts more frequently. Pedestrian tickets can only be bought at one of the ski pass offices in resort. 

Cross-country ski passes in Tignes

Tignes opens its cross-country ski tracks both in the autumn and the winter, meaning that you can practise this sport almost year-round.

During the winter season, cross-country skiing in Tignes is free on the Lac de Tignes which has two tracks (Chartreux and Brévières). There is also a nordic track on the Marais plateau which requires taking the Chaudannes chairlift, for which you can pay the pedestrian rate.

In the autumn when the Grand Motte glacier opens (early October to late November) there is one cross-country itinerary available and it costs around €15 a day to ski it.

Annual and season passes in Tignes

If you're planning to spend more than a couple of weeks in Tignes this winter, you've got a few options to save money on your lift journeys. 

Ski à la carte benefits from numerous advantages:

• direct access to the slopes without going to a sales office
• a daily discount of up to 15% on the day pass, up to 40% on Saturdays
• the more you ski, the more you benefit from loyalty days, the ninth, 14th, 19th and 24th day skied only billed at €1
• a discount is granted every day on the six other ski areas of the ‘ski à la carte’ network

Ski pass insurance in Tignes

The prices on this page do not include insurance.

You’ll be given the option to add ski insurance when you buy your ski pass. This is provided by Assur'Glisse and normally costs a few euros a day. 

You don’t have to buy insurance from the lift company, but we can’t stress how important it is to have a snow sports policy in place before you come skiing or snowboarding in Tignes.  

Hopefully you’ll never have an accident. But if you have to be helicoptered off the mountain, or spend any time in hospital in France, you could end up with a huge bill.

More inspiration...

Once you've got your ski pass you may be thinking about booking ski lessons, check out ski schools and take a look at our where to stay in Tignes guide. 

If you're doing research for a summer holiday, why not check out our summer lift pass prices?