TIGNES

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The Tignes Bike Park has an excellent network of mountain bike trails located on the Toviere, the Palafour and the Grande Motte mountain areas. Conveniently accessed by the Aeroski gondola, the Palafour chairlift and the Grande Motte funicular, you will find suitable trails in Tignes for beginners right through to experts.

There is a specific mountain bike pass available that will give you unlimited access to all the Tignes lifts and trails in the area.  For your peace of mind, Tignes also has a Bike Patrol Squad; a team of riders who are on hand to greet and advise you and to mark and maintain the trails of the Bike Park.

The mountain bike pass will grant you unlimited access to the following areas:

The Toviere sector is made up of 4 downhill trails:

• Gunpowder: a blue trail for riders with some experience
• Funky Tufs: a blue trail for riders with some experience + a specialist freeride zone (ramps, jumps & bridges etc)
• Gypsy: a difficult red trail with specialist freeride zone (wall ride, gap jump, bridges and step up)
• Black Metal: a black graded trail for expert riders only!

Palafour has 2 downhill trails:

• Easyride: a green trail suitable for all levels of rider
• Jump Around: a blue trail for riders with some experience

If you are not averse to a little uphill pedalling, then there are also 8 endurance trails (68kms) to enjoy in Tignes, which range from steep mountain tracks to gentler forest trails. There is even a trail for intermediate/advanced riders that starts up on the snow of the Grande Motte glacier at 3000m - Mr Freeze - before eventually dropping you all the way back to the centre of the resort. These are all accessed by the three main lifts, so in the main part they are downhill but with some short uphill sections.

New for 2010 the bike park is free! There are 2 cross-country trails on the Palafour sector and Bike Land  - an area dedicated to learning and perfecting your bike handling skills.  Bike Land contains a mini downhill course, a pump track, a dual slalom and two wooden ramp practice zones.  However, if you want to try something fancier but are a bit apprehensive about trying tricks for the first time, you can have a practice run on the Water Jump, where you and your bike launch off a ramp and land in the lake!