a lake in the centre of tignes in summer

a mountain top overlooking val disere in summer

a green valley below a hiking trail in val disere

an image of a gate with biking trail markers on it

Summer lifts in Tignes

Discover the Tignes summer lifts and areas

Updated 11 March 2025

This gives you access to the many and various hiking and mountain biking trails, as well as summer skiing on the glacier when conditions allow.

Tignes

There are typically three lifts open in Tignes in the summer, two in the main part of resort (the Palafour and Toviere) and one up in Val Claret (Tufs).

The Toviere and Tufs lifts give you access to Val d'Isère and in the opposite direction the Borsat lift connects you back to Tignes.

The lifts in Tignes start running at 10:00 and take a break for lunch for half an hour, then continue on until 17:00.

Val d'Isère

In Val d'Isère you can use two summer lifts, the Olympique and the Borsat. In Val d'Isère they start a little earlier inthe morning than in Tignes, but also have a half hour lunch break.

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The lifts are mountain-bike friendly with bike hooks, trolleys or gondola cabins that you can fit them into allowing you to access all the MTB trails in Tignes with ease.

Lifts will stop running in the case of high winds or bad weather, but you can check on this before you head out by looking at the live lift status.

Summer lift pass prices are slightly different to winter - it's worth checking which lifts you can use before setting off. Paragliders also have access to a number of lifts throughout the summer.

	Cable cars	Gondolas	Chair lifts	Drag lifts
Wheelchair access	Grande Motte funicular and cable car (Tignes)	Olympique gondola	X	X
Pedestrians	✓	✓	✓	X
Paragliders / Parapentes	Solaise Express (Tignes)	Aeroski gondola	✓	X
Dogs	Yes, must be muzzled and kept on a lead	Yes, must be muzzled and kept on a lead	X	X
Babies	NO - it's inadvisable to take infants under three years up Grande Motte (3,500m)	✓	✓	X
Mountain bikes	Bosat and Solaise Express (Tignes)	Olympique gondola	✓	X

Lift access and restrictions

Babies

It's not recommended to expose babies or children under three years old to sudden changes in altitude or temperature - if lift staff consider your child too young to travel on certain lifts they reserve the right to refuse you entry.

Medical considerations

The lifts can take you as high as 3,500m (Grande Motte) and ascend rapidly. Please consult your doctor before arriving in resort if you have heart problems or any other medical problem that may be exacerbated by a rapid change in altitude.