Hoorah! Tignes will still be operating FREE access to lifts for mountain bikers this summer, and to build on their already great bike park they're adding a few new things for Summer 2013..
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Cambridge Airport has announced the launch of a number of European routes, including Cambridge to Geneva, in time for the 2013/2014 ski season.
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A 42 year old woman has been found after being reported missing since Saturday morning in Tignes, she was found dead at the foot of the Tignes dam.
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If last weekend’s unexpected dump of snow is anything to go by, winter may well still pay another visit to us here in the Alps but to all intents and purposes we can consider the ski season of 2012/2013 is pretty much over. Deep breath. Sleep for a week…. then what?
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Access to both Tignes and Val d'Isere was blocked yesterday evening following an avalanche in the area. Whilst there were no casualties involved, the slide came right across the main road, preventing access to both resorts for several hours.
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The Grand Motte Glacier in Tignes is set to open for summer skiing this year between the 6th of July and the 4th of August.
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On Saturday evening a local man lost his life in an apparent suicide in Tignes. The 21 year old from Bourg St Maurice is reported to parked his car in Tignes 1800 before intentionally throwing himself from the 180m high dam at around 20:00.
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With the success of artificial snow in Tignes, providing better skiing conditions when snow is a bit scarce - the resort of Tignes are testing solar canons to improve skiing conditions when sunlight is bit scarce, effectively eliminating flat light.
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An app for iPhones has been released to help with avalanche rescue whilst a similar Android app is currently being tested in Courchevel by skiers and resort staff.
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Faced with rising wolf population, the French national wolf group have decided to increase the number of wolves culled this year to 24, up from just 11 last year.
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