Tignes vs Val d'Isère
Tignes scores 8.9 vs 8.2 for Val d'Isère. Snow: Tignes. Terrain: Tignes. Shorter queues: Tignes. Value: Tignes. Après: Tignes.
| 🇫🇷 Tignes | 🇫🇷 Val d'Isère | |
|---|---|---|
| Snowlist score ⓘ | 8.9 | 8.2 |
| Snow /10 ⓘ | 7 | 7 |
| Terrain /10 ⓘ | 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Queues /10 ⓘ | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| Value /10 ⓘ | 9.5 | 9.2 |
| Altitude | 1550–3456 m | 1550–3456 m |
| Vertical | 1906 m | 1906 m |
| Mapped pistes | 251.4 km (area) | 251.4 km (area) |
| Advertised | 300 km (area) | 300 km (area) |
| Avg snowfall | 5.9 m | 5.9 m |
| Powder days | 9 | 9 |
| Lifts mapped | 47 | 42 |
| Modern lifts | 68% | 55% |
| Typical wait | 3 min | 3 min |
| Day pass | €72 (€72) | €72 (€72) |
| Pass | Epic | Epic |
| Ski-in/out places | 20 | 4 |
| Bars | 20 | 14 |
| Airport | GVA · 165 min | GVA · 180 min |
| Season | Nov 28 to May 3 | Nov 28 to May 3 |
What the scores mean
Snowlist score is one number out of 10 for the whole resort. It mixes seven sub-scores: snow 25%, terrain 25%, queues 15%, lifts 10%, value 10%, access 10%, après 5%. Then it is spread on a bell curve, so 6.5 is a normal good resort, 8 or more is rare and under 5 means real trade-offs. It is not a star rating: a 7 here is better than most.
- Snow: average snowfall over the last three winters at mid-mountain, plus top altitude, minus a penalty for a warm village.
- Terrain: piste km we measured on OpenStreetMap (not the brochure) and vertical drop.
- Queues: our predicted average wait across the season. 10 = you barely queue.
- Value: what you get (snow, terrain, lifts) per euro of day pass, ranked against every resort.