Description
Tignes-Val d'Isère Bikepark is a large lift-served mountain bike park spanning both resorts in the French Alps, with a joint network of over 200km of trails. Between the two sides there are 3 green, 8 blue, 3 red and 8 black graded gravity trails, plus a large enduro and e-MTB route network and several routes you can ride without a lift pass. Tignes sits at high altitude, with a top station around 2,700 metres, so the terrain is rocky and a little exposed rather than wooded, and the trails ride fast. Chairlifts and cable cars serve both villages, and the nearest airport, Chambéry, is around two hours away by road.
Tignes Bike Park
The Tignes side is served mainly from Val Claret and Tignes le Lac, with the Palafour, Tufs and Fresse chairlifts giving access to the Tovière and Palafour sectors.
- Bollinette - Green, 2km, 100 metres of descent
- Smoothie - Green, 6km, 460 metres of descent
- Tarentaise Airline - Blue, 4.7km, 400 metres of descent
- Gun Powder - Blue, 4km, 510 metres of descent
- Borsattack - Blue, 2.7km, 300 metres of descent
- Lognan Pie - Blue, 2.3km, 300 metres of descent
- Boisses Vegas - Blue, 7km
- Jump Around - Blue, 4.1km, 460 metres of descent
- Fresse Tagada - Red, 1km, 90 metres of descent
- Kangooride - Red, 2.6km, 400 metres of descent
- Black Metal - Black, 1km, 250 metres of descent
- Gypsy - Black, 1.3km, 240 metres of descent
- Kamasutrail - Black, 2.5km, 340 metres of descent, a freeride-leaning line down to Black Metal
- Moustache - Black, 1km, 170 metres of descent
- Scarefresse - Black, 1km, 150 metres of descent
- Penstock - Black, 2.2km, at Tignes 1800
- Forest Bump - Black, 2.1km, down at Brévières
An airbag and a water jump are set up in the park for practising big moves with a soft landing, and Popeye's fun zone on the Val d'Isère side adds a couple of lines of small jumps and rollers for a gentler introduction.
Val d'Isère Bike Park
Right next door and feeding into the same lift network, with lifts departing from the Bellevarde, Fornet and La Daille sectors.
- Popeye - Green, 15km, a long, wide, beginner-friendly run down from Bellevarde
- Blue Lagoon - Blue, 3.5km
- Flowy Jumper - Blue, 9.5km, Val d'Isère's oldest and busiest trail, with several route options
- Fast Wood - Red, 6km, a proper red descent mixing airtime with natural, rocky, forested sections
- Bellev'hard - Black, 4.8km, technical, on natural ground
Beyond these, Val d'Isère runs a large network of named enduro and e-MTB trails and climbs across its three sectors, including Rock'n Ride, Very Bike Trip and Tabasco on the enduro side, and e-MTB loops and climbs such as Val Pesto, Wild Isère, Rogo Mongo, Daï Daï and Petit Alaska. If you'd rather skip the lifts, five lift-free loops (B1, B2, B4, R1 and R2) link the villages on gentler gradients, alongside two further loops (B3, R3) that do use the lifts.
Admission
Both sides of the bike park run on lift passes rather than free access. A single lift ride costs around 10 euros, a day pass is around 23 euros for adults (roughly 11 to 17 euros for reduced categories, depending on age and which village you buy from), and a season pass runs from around 168 to 173 euros. Saturdays have a flat rate of 15 euros for everyone. The lift-free discovery loops (B1, B2, B4, R1 and R2) don't need a pass at all. Prices are correct as of September 2026 but subject to change, so check current rates on tignes.net or valdisere.com before you book.
Guides, Shuttles and Hire
The lift network is the main uplift on both sides. Free shuttle buses, some fitted with bike trailers, link the outlying hamlets to the Tignes le Lac lift base, and a separate free shuttle runs seven days a week between Tignes and Val d'Isère, carrying bikes on board. Hire, lessons and guided rides are available at the lift bases in both villages.
- Bicycles Concept: downhill, enduro and e-MTB instruction for all levels, run by MCF-qualified instructor Olivia Clarey, based at the Intersport Front de Neige (Mattis Sport) shop in Val d'Isère.
- Evolution 2: mountain bike, downhill and enduro lessons plus e-bike tuition for adults and children, based at Tignes le Lac and Val Claret.
- Ski One: downhill and electric mountain bike lessons with state-certified instructors, in groups of up to six or privately, plus bike rental, based at Val Claret in Tignes.
Getting There from the UK
Four airports serve Tignes and Val d'Isère. Chambéry is the closest, at around two hours by road, with Grenoble around two and a half hours and Geneva and Lyon around three hours away; Geneva and Lyon have the widest choice of flights from the UK. Shared and private transfers run from all four.
By rail, take the Eurostar to Paris or Lille and a TGV towards the Alps, changing onto a regional service for the final leg to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, the valley's rail terminus. From there it's around 30 minutes by road or shuttle bus up to Tignes, and around 40 minutes on to Val d'Isère. Bourg-Saint-Maurice also serves Les Arcs, just across the valley; riders heading instead to Méribel change further down the line at Moûtiers. Bikes need planning on the high-speed legs: Eurostar and TGV each have limited bike spaces or require the bike to be bagged, so reserve a space or pack your bike before you travel. Regional TER trains take bikes free, space permitting.
Driving from Calais or the Channel Tunnel is around 1,000km, roughly ten hours on toll motorways via Reims and Dijon towards Chambéry and Albertville, then up the Tarentaise valley through Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Tignes and Val d'Isère. Having a car makes it easy to bring your own bikes and kit, and to link a trip with the other valleys and bike parks nearby.
Once you arrive, the main Tignes lift base is around Val Claret and Tignes le Lac, while the Val d'Isère side departs from the village itself, with lifts at Bellevarde, Fornet and La Daille. Free shuttle buses, some fitted with bike trailers, run between the outlying hamlets and the lift bases, and a separate free shuttle links Tignes and Val d'Isère.
When to Go
The lift-served season typically runs from late June to the end of August, with the Tignes side usually opening about a week before Val d'Isère's lifts start turning; exact dates vary slightly year to year and depend on snow clearance higher up. The whole window falls within the French school summer holidays, and the resort is busiest from mid-July to mid-August. Early and late season generally mean shorter lift queues, though a handful of the higher black lines can still be snow-affected in late June.
Tignes sits at real altitude: the top lift stations reach past 2,700m, close to the Grande Motte glacier, so it can be cold and windy up high even on a warm day in the valley. Summer thunderstorms build through the afternoon in the mountains and close the trails and lifts temporarily, so ride early, carry a waterproof layer and check the forecast each morning.
Where to Stay
Val Claret and Tignes le Lac are the natural base for the Tignes side, putting you at the main lift stations, ticket offices and bike hire, with Tignes 1800, Les Boisses and Les Brévières lower down the valley offering a quieter, more forested base linked by the free shuttle. On the Val d'Isère side, the village itself sits at the foot of the Bellevarde, Fornet and La Daille lifts, so staying centrally keeps you close to the bike park and to the wider enduro and e-MTB trail network.
Accommodation runs from catered and self-catered chalets to hotels, apartment residences and campsites lower in the valley. Tignes' My Tignes card bundles a range of summer activities and discounts across the resort, but it does not include the mountain bike lift pass, which is bought separately.
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