- Tignes

Resort Statistics

Resort Height: 2100m Vertical Drop: 1550m - 3450m KM of Piste: 300km Type Of Runs: Green 11%, Blue 45%, Red 27%, Black 16% Longest Run: 8km Terrain Park: Yes – the Val Claret Park and Grande Motte Glacier Park Total Lifts: 96 Gondolas: 10 Snowmaking: 193 cannons Glaciers: The Grande Motte Glacier Glacier Height: 3450m Average Snowfall: 1550 - 3450 Mountain Bars and Restaurants: 10 restaurants

Skiing & Boarding

Overall Tignes has a phenomenal snow record and is generally regarded as one of the worlds biggest and best ski areas. Tignes is linked to Val D'Isere in the Espace Killy region providing a great opportunity for the more advanced to spend days skiing and riding in another resort.

Beginner

Tignes has gone to great lengths to make its ski area accessible to guests of all skiing abilities. There are special zones where strict speed limits are enforced to make beginners feel comfortable. Rosset and Lavachet have a range of gentler slopes as well as Le Bolin in Val Claret. Les Brévières, Pitôts is the closest beginner area to the village, offering a number of gentle green runs.

Intermediate

Intermediates will find Tignes a paradise! With 38 blue runs and 17 red runs to explore, using many efficient lifts, intermediates will have plenty to crack on with. The run from the top of the Grande Motte is an exceptional run for intermediates, providing a huge wide open space at a tricky gradient.

Advanced

The abundance of off-piste skiing, including some excellent off piste itineraries, makes Tignes a favourite with good skiers: as well as a handful of black slopes to choose from, advanced skii’ers and boarders will be pleasantly surprised with the off piste possibilities Tignes has to offer.

Freestyle & Snowboard

The Col de Ves area of Tignes offers boarders and freeriders back country skiing, a boardercross, and an avalanche training section. The area is aptly nicknamed “SPOT” (Skiing the Powder Of Tignes). The Col de Ves run is considered off-piste, (as it isn’t groomed), however there are piste patrols and it is monitored on cameras.

Glacier

The Grande Motte Glacier offers some of the best skiing in the Espace Killy region. Between altitudes of 3,000 and 3,456 metres, this is one of Europe’s highest glaciers opening to customers as early as September. This is as snow sure as it gets and more spectacular than a Chinese Olympic Opening ceremony viewed through 3-D glasses.

Apres Ski

A decade of experience tells us that a personally sculpted après ski is a fundamental part of your group holiday and we’ll work with you to create the ideal party programme. Tignes boasts over 50 bars and clubs and upholds its reputation for having one of the craziest après ski scenes in the French Alps. In addition to this there is lots of different restaurants plus a cinema and bowling alley for those that are looking for a quieter week!

Our favourite Bars and Nightclubs:

• Le Melting
  
• Blue Girl
  
• Vie Bar
  
• Drop Zone
• The Loop Bar
• Saloon

Bespoke Apres & Events

DJ's & Bands

One of the things that we do really well is throw a party in the mountains (Snowbombing is one of Outgoing's flagship events).  We have the relationships and contacts with many major acts and agencies and have a whole host of DJ's signed exclusively to Outgoing events in the Alps throughout the 2011/12 season. So whether it is a live band, DJ or club night your group are after - we have no problem helping to arrange this as either an extra element to your holiday (resort and numbers dependant) or as a promotional night in your city.

Valley Rally

The Valley Rally is no doubt a student ski institution, one of the best days of your tour and one of the funniest days on the slopes for your group. Outgoing has run countless of them over the years - so be prepared for lots of stupidity, debauchery and a range of ridiculous challenges at the checkpoints all around the mountain! Fancy dress essential...

Mountain BBQ

One of the highlights of the week in Tignes, the ‘Mountain BBQ’, it's one the best opportunities to get your whole group together for one HUGE party and an amazing evening complete with sledging & top notch BBQ... We head down to Les Brevieres and sledge down a floodlit piste to the Underground Bar for a BBQ and a whole load of different flavoured vodka shots, with a typically student attitude – table dance anyone?

Group Race Day

For some universities racing is a very important aspect, while for others it is more about having a laugh... Whatever your motivations Outgoing can organise this for you... It will always be with run professionally with experienced staff (traditionally we do this in conjunction with the resort ski school & Club de Sport).

We guarantee:

• Free entry for competitors
• No charge for race set up
• Experienced staff to oversee racing (we have staff who have run the BUSC & BARSC championships & are Kings officials)
• Please note – racing is weather permitting and some resorts may charge for piste hire... so please ask if this is available in your chosen resort

Your Group Packages

Outgoing go further to ensure that every aspect of your trip is carefully planned & organised. We meet every committee in person to gain a comprehensive understanding of what you & your group require - we will then come back to you with a comprehensive proposal with a number of resorts and packages that suit your needs.  Outlined below is some of the standard package information...

Self Catering Package

Outgoing Ski have been successfully providing self catering ski and board holidays since all-in-ones and fluro ski clothing were cool first time around! We specialise in taking large student groups away with us, and the flexibility of self catering has made it one of our most favoured holiday options.

All Inclusive Package

Find everything you have in the self catering package, breakfast, hot or packed lunch, 4 course buffet evening meals, your own discounted bar, high quality ski hire, tuition of guiding for any level, and an extra half day lift pass.

Coach Travel

Outgoing provide coach pickups directly from your university! From the UK coaches will typically take around 18-20 hours. All coaches are fitted with DVD players, toilets, reclining seats and air conditioning as standard for your comfort, and are a great chance for everyone to get to know each other on the way out!

Staff and Reps

We have a large team of in house staff with backgrounds that include Event Management, Travel, Logistics, Production, Marketing, Sponsorship, and Branding. We also understand that Reps (& event managers) are one of the key factors to the success of your trip and for that reason we invest heavily in training.

Group Promotion

We take over 50,000 students away every year - and as a result we are experts in student marketing. We can help you build on what you are doing to market your trip and integrate a number of our sales and promo techniques to help market your trip and achieve your groups goals.

Booking System

Outgoing has an advanced group booking system that makes it incredibly easy for the committee and members booking on.

Tuition

Our tuition option offers lessons for all standards from the complete beginner to the more advanced. We have contracts with the best ski schools - all instructors are uber friendly, and all speak English. Pre booking lessons is essential as it will offer a big saving on the in resort price.

Equipment Hire

Outgoing work with Ski Set, the number 1 independent French and Austrian mountain sport shop. We can therefore offer a wide choice of quality equipment with a large saving on the usual in-resort hire prices. We also benefit from a wide choice of shop locations, enabling us to choose the shop most convenient for your accommodation.

Winter Sports Insurance

It is essential that all passengers travelling with Outgoing have appropriate winter insurance cover. Outgoing can provide a great value and comprehensive insurance policy. The policy is underwritten by Accident & General and provides an excellent 24 hour service via Europ Assistance. It's really better to be safe than sorry!

Merchandise

Ski & Snowboard club merchandise is essential if you want to stand out and build the club brand. We can design, source and print T-Shirts, Hoods, Crews, Polos - whatever you want! We can also sell and promote the merchandise online and at time of booking - we will make sure that they are all distributed before you go away. Have a look at the images below and see what Outgoings graphic designers have produced in the past.

Meal Options

Whether you want a bespoke group meal in a local restaurant or daily evening meal option... we can arrange this for you. We will make sure that your entire group eats in one sitting, tailor meals to suit the groups budget and have the option of selling this online at time of booking.

Flights

Outgoing are unique in offering flights home... allowing your group to take advantage of some of the low cost carriers flying into resort. Talk to us about this option as it may not cost as much as you think and you could offer it as an option for your members. Available at selected resorts.