Guides & Tours in Tignes — 7 of Our Favourites

L'Espace Killy offers you some of the best off-piste that any resort can offer from easy introductory pitches to touring and freeride. The fully qualified team with years of experience and great knowledge of the terrain will make your off-piste experience one to remember. 

They offer the following:

Introduction to off-piste clinic

A fun and relaxed way to meet like-minded people of a similar standard whilst learning the basics of off-piste safety, etiquette and technique. With a maximum of six per group you are guaranteed to make great progress. 

Off-piste clinic

Aimed at those who have skied some off-piste before and are comfortable doing so. Off-piste safety, etiquette and techniques are covered but the main emphasis is on the skiing and finding great snow.

Heli-skiing

There are two heli-ski options available from Val d'Isère. 

• You can ride to Lac de Chavril and take a helicopter back to the Tête de Solaise

Or 

• Ride the back of Le Fornet to a small resort call Bonneval sur Arc, enjoy lunch and a quiet day in the resort before flying back to Tête de Solaise

Ski-touring weeks

Join a ski touring week for a fun relaxed way to ski with others of your own ability whilst finding great off-piste and spring conditions. They offer both introduction weeks and advanced weeks were a good level of fitness is expected.

The school will provide you with the very best equipment free of charge: ABS Airbags, Ortovox transceivers, aluminium shovel and probe.

If you want to experience what Espace Killy really has to offer, then join Evolution 2 on one of their expeditions and have a fantastic adventure.

All of their high mountain guides are fully qualified and as a minimum speak English and French (other languages also available) so you can easily communicate.

Their philosophy when it comes to mountain sports is simple. They believe in teaching in small groups, by instructors who are specialists in their field, and with an emphasis on real progression and FUN!

You will take part in a 2 hour guided excursion, where the objective is not speed but enjoying the wonderful landscape whilst respecting the security rules.

You can choose to drive a buggy or quad on your own or with a passenger. Each driver must have a valid drivers licence to use the mountain paths.

The Quad Centre is situated in Orbassy just next to Bourg Saint Maurice.

Alpamayo offer guides for off piste adventure, ice climbing and heli-skiing tours in the winter months. And in the summer months the guide glacier hikes, mountaineering and climbing courses, ascents of Mont Blanc and other high mountains in Switzerland and Italy.

Dedicated to both team and individual sports they have a handball court, three volleyball courts, a basketball court, a roller hockey rink and two trampolines. As for racket sports you'll also find four badminton courts and two tennis courts. The additional sports rooms host activities such as judo, yoga, dance, and even fencing! There are facilities for conferences and exhibitions too. There are many music concerts held here throughout the year, along with cultural and local events.

The most innovative sports and conference centre in the Alps:

• A climbing wall which is officially recognized by the FFME (French Federation of Mountain Sports and Climbing)
• 900m² dedicated to athletics
• 1,600m² dedicated to team and individual sports
• Three officially-recognised squash courts
• Fitness classes
• Gym

​High-tech infrastructures in an exceptional location: this is Tignespace, an indoor sports complex and conference centre at an altitude of 2,100m! Ideally located at the heart of Tignes, Tignespace welcomes you to its 3,500m² space dedicated to sport and 1,500m² specially developed to meet the requirements of businesses.

In summer you can go hiking, mountaineering, canyoning, climbing and try via feratta. And in winter there is snow shoeing, ski touring, winter mountaineering and ice climbing.

They cover the whole of the Tarentaise but also lead guided tours to other popular mountain destinations such as Chamonix and Mont Blanc, Zermett and the Gran Paradiso in Italy.