The lowest village in Tignes, a traditional hamlet in the trees where La Sache finishes.
Skied past, mostly researched
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Les Brévières (also called Tignes 1550) is the lowest and most traditional of the Tignes villages, below Tignes 1800 in the trees. We haven't stayed here, so this is a short, researched page.
It's best known as the end of La Sache, the long, ungroomed black from the Aiguille Percée. A gondola takes you back up to Tignes 1800 and Le Lac.
3 day routes from here, with how to start each one from Les Brevieres.
From here: Gondola up to Tignes, then across to Val Claret for the funicular.
Up to the highest lifts in the area at 3,456 m, then the long reds from the glacier back down to Val Claret: an amazing experience, and often above the clouds even when the weather is bad lower down. The "Itchy Thighs" challenge skis Glacier, Rimaye, Face and Double M non-stop, about 1,350 m of descent. Double M is a legend, with a consistent gradient that's made for carving. After lunch, cruise Génépy, about 4.5 km of blue from La Panoramic, with great scenery and a few flat bits.
Leave Val Claret by about 15:30 to be back in Val d'Isère around 16:00. The way home over Tovière is 1 or 2 lifts, but the runs into Val d'Isère can be left ungroomed in bad weather.
From here: La Sache ends here, so start the day up in Tignes and finish with it.
Under the Aiguille Percée, the rock with a hole in it, Corniche is a classic, scenic blue. Experts leave it halfway for La Sache, the area's most famous black: about 10 km to Les Brévières, never groomed and the closest thing to off-piste on a marked run. The first half is uneven and choppy, the second steep and long, and it finishes on the reds into Les Brévières. Back up in Tignes, Pramecou off the Col des Vès chair next to Val Claret is fun in good visibility.
Ski La Sache early, before it's chopped up, and only in good conditions. Arcosses is a red you can bail out onto. In flat light, skip the Tovière blacks and Pramecou.
From here: Gondola up to Tignes and join the route at Val Claret.
A timetable for seeing the best of both sides in one day. At 9:00 take the Olympique and warm up on the Bellevarde greens, then follow Fresse into Val Claret. At 10:00 ride the funicular up the Grande Motte for a hot chocolate at Le Panoramic and ski Génépy down. At 11:00 take the Tichot chair to the blues and reds around Grattalu. At 12:00 head back over Tovière, ski La Face or Santons to the village and go up to La Peau de Vache for lunch. In the afternoon, cross Solaise to the quiet Leissières side, then finish at La Folie Douce from 15:00 and Cocorico in the village.
The plan puts you back on the Val d'Isère side by lunchtime, which takes the worry out of the link home. The weather changes fast here, so bring layers and be ready to change plans mid-day.
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In the Tignes valley: 96 named pistes and 44 lifts.
Longest named runs: Diebold (blue, 4.9 km), Verte (green, 4.5 km), Génépy (blue, 4.5 km). Highest lift: Grande Motte, to 3,420 m.
Open the full Val d'Isère & Tignes piste map Every piste and lift by name, grade, length and altitude.Not sure Les Brevieres is right? These villages share the same lift pass and link on skis.
Tignes sits on the same road as Val d'Isère, about 15 minutes before it. Chambéry is the closest airport, about 2 hours away, and Geneva has the most flights, about 2.5 to 3 hours away. Trains stop at Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 30 to 45 minutes away by bus or taxi. A private transfer costs about €350 to €600 per vehicle each way, a shared one €60 to €120 per person.
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