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Weekend trips are perfect for a quick ski fix, and Tignes, with its high-altitude, snowsure terrain, is always a reliable choice. This holiday offers two and a half days of tuition with local instructors, maximizing your skiing time with minimal time off work!
What's Included
What’s included
- Return set group transfers
- B&B for 1 night (arrival evening)
- Half board for 2 nights (dine around in local restaurants)
- 2.5 days with instructors
- Transceiver if required
What’s not included
- Flights
- Lunches
- Ski Passes
- Ski/boot hire
On Snow Experience
This holiday includes two and a half days on piste instruction with top instructors from TDC ski school. Split into groups of 6/7 and aimed at Silver/Purple on piste skiers, this holiday has been designed to help you refine and improve your technique in just a few days – maximising your time on the slopes while soaking up the mountain atmosphere. It is essential that members have the correct ski profile for the holiday they book.
Instructors and Ski Club Rep
Errol Walker
I came to skiing late and got the bug! So now while lots of people around me hate the oncoming cold of the winter for me it just means skiing! Bring it on! But it's not just the fun of skiing but the interesting people you meet with that passion. Not just those who can fly down the extremes - not me - but those who just like the fun and want to get better at this strange thing of balancing on one or two planks on white cold stuff. At the moment I just love trying to get better on the snow and learning about the mountains. The more you learn, the more you respect them.
What else do I do? I am a football referee for the FA, officiating at the lower end of the professional game. My summer interest is cycling: another recent activity. Each year I organise my work's snow club, taking over 50 people away to a variety of resorts. The day job for the moment is market research in the financial sector.
Rab Bickerdike – The Development Centre
Rab has been skiing since he can remember and was brought up on the “character building” slopes of Scotland. Since 1999 he’s been doing seasons in Pila, Chamonix, Les Gets, Verbier, Aosta, and now Tignes for it’s “good vibe and massive off piste possibilities”.
After many seasons of teaching and coaching experience under his belt, Rab still loves to pass on his love and knowledge of the sport, whilst respecting and enjoying the mountain as much and as often as possible. Rab very honestly admits to his park and pipe background, and at any given chance will be upside down or back to front. He is just as happy on skis or a snowboard.
India Cairns – The Development Centre
India started skiing when she was 2 1/2 years old and got her first instructing job at 18. After a brief break to get a degree in history and sociology, she worked her way through BASI to get ISTD qualified. India loves the variety of teaching any level and any age, but really enjoys getting more ladies hooked on the sport.
Like most TDC instructors skiing has taken her all over the world to Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Japan and France, but her bucket list is endless. She spends the summers in winter at The Remarkables, in New Zealand.
Personally she loves off piste skiing, keeping on top of her ropey freestyle skills, getting out on a board and occasionally competing in some freeride comps. Off snow she likes pretty much any activity as long as she’s not injured.
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We are ATOL and ABTOT protected so you can book with confidence knowing your money is secure.
Our holidays are a great way to meet and ski with other members of a similar ability to you.
Have questions? Call now and talk to our friendly team of holiday experts on 020 8410 2022.
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Price Includes
1 night B&B, 2 nights half board, twin share, 2.5 days with instructors, coach transfers
Prior to booking, it is essential that guests have the correct ski profile for the holiday. See our profiles here.
Book with confidence - the Ski Club is ABTOT and ATOL protected
We keep coming back and are proud to host our Reps Course here each winter.
Tignes shares the huge Tignes-Val d’Isère ski area with its eponymous neighbour Val d’Isère. Between the two there are 300km of pistes for all abilities, ranging from long gentle greens to seriously steep off piste. The lift system is very good after a lot of investment in recent years and even if the natural white stuff is lacking, a powerful snowmaking system and the Grande Motte Glacier ensure that snow reliability is as good as it gets.There are four separate villages to choose from. If you’re looking for guaranteed snow, good value accommodation, a lively nightlife and maximum practicality then Val Claret and Le Lac are your best bets. For a quieter, wooded setting then either Les Boisses and Les Brévières make a great base – especially for families.
Beginner- Fast lifts
- Intermediate
- Resort Activities
- Advanced
- Aprés
- Snow
- Value
Beginner
Intermediate
Resort Activities
Experience one of Europe’s top resorts, where 300 kilometres of pristine slopes, vibrant après scenes, and the spectacular Grande Motte Glacier come together to create the perfect trip.
Pros and cons
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Fantastic snow record – the best early-season bet
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Loads of great, varied terrain shared with Val
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Large areas of lift served off piste
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Lots of convenient, ski-in-ski-out accommodation
- Bleak, treeless setting with lifts prone to closure in bad weather
- Still a few long, slow chairlifts that need replacing
- Quite a long transfer and road prone to closure in snowstorms
- Resort can appear a bit stark and high-rise for some
Hotel le Paquis, Tignes le Lac
You will be staying at the Hotel Le Paquis 3* on a B&B basis, with two evening meals included at a local restaurant. Located in the centre of Tignes le Lac with incredible views of the Grand Motte and surrounding summits, the hotel is just a short walk from its closest lift, Le Rosset. The hotel is decorated in a traditional alpine chalet style and is home to fantastic wellness facilities including a sauna, hammam steam room and jacuzzi. Your breakfast will consist of a continental breakfast buffet including hot and cold beverages.
This holiday is on a twin share basis. If you are a solo traveller, then you will be placed in a room with someone of the same gender. Single rooms may be available upon request. These are subject to our hotel room allowance. If you require a single room, please book early to avoid disappointment.
Hotel Le Paquis, Tignes
Rte du Rosset, 73322 Tignes, France
Phone: +33 4 79 06 37 33
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Travel Information
Flights are not included, however there is a set transfer from Geneva airport.
Please see below for the recommend flight details.
Recommended Flight Details
LGW 0830 – GVA 1110 (EZY8487) // GVA 2045 – LGW 2120 (EZY8498)
MAN 0600 – GVA 0850 (EZY2183) // GVA 2100 – MAN 2155 (EZY2190)
The outbound transfer will depart Geneva at 1230. Please ensure your flight lands no later than 1130 in order to make the group transfer time.
The inbound transfer will arrive at Geneva airport at 1800. Please ensure your flight departs no earlier than 2030 in order to make the group transfer time.
The group transfer will take approximately 3 hours
Please do not book your flights until this holiday has been confirmed to run. Once the holiday has been confirmed, please send your flight details (flight numbers, arrival and departure time) to the Freshtracks Team via email to ku.oc.bulciks@sloh
Confirmation
Once the holiday has been confirmed, please send your flight details (flight numbers, arrival and departure time) to the Freshtracks Team via email to ku.oc.bulciks@sloh.
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What You Need to Know
If you require ski hire, we recommend Tignes Spirit. They offer a great discount for Ski Club members. It is just a short walk from Hotel le Paquis and they offer a huge range of equipment.
29th Nov – 2nd Dec 2024 : Errol Walker
24/11/2023 – 27/11/2023 : The Development Clinic
It is a condition of booking that you have valid and adequate snowsports insurance. It is your responsibility to ensure your policy provides cover for all the activities that you participate in during your holiday.
We offer a Ski Club Insurance policy which provides the cover we require for all bookings. This policy can be found here: Ski Club Travel Insurance – Ski Club Of Great Britain
If you decide to purchase insurance elsewhere, it is your responsibility to ensure that your policy provides cover as that of the Ski Club Insurance policy. The policy of insurance should provide cover for personal injury, death, medical and repatriation costs in the countries which you intend to visit, together with cover for loss of baggage and valuables, personal liability, delay, cancellation, curtailment, missed departure and legal expenses. The policy should also include cover against losses caused by the effects or consequences of Covid-19.
Due to the type of holidays that you will be booking with us, we also advise that your policy should include skiing off-piste without a guide. Please note, insurance premiums must be paid at the same time as booking in order for the package holiday or single service cancellation cover to be effective. It is also advised to keep your insurance details with you while you are on your holiday. If you choose to travel without adequate insurance cover, we will not be liable for any losses howsoever arising, in respect of which insurance cover would otherwise have been available.
Passport – Check your passport is in date and valid for travel by checking the entry requirements for your destination country – you can see these here: Foreign travel advice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
For most European destinations your passport should:
- have a ‘date of issue’ less than 10 years before the date you arrive – if you renewed your passport before 1 October 2018, it may have a date of issue that is more than 10 years ago
- have an ‘expiry date’ at least 3 months after the date you plan to leave the Schengen area
Check your passport meets these requirements before you travel.
NB: Starting in 2025 (Date TBC) travel authorisation will be required to travel withing Europe – find out more here ETIAS (europa.eu)
When venturing off piste, it is compulsory to wear an avalanche transceiver. These can be provided by the Ski Club and should be worn by every person on every all mountain, off piste and touring holiday. Anyone joining these holidays will also be required to bring their own backpack, shovel and probe.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Any Member wishing to ski/snowboard with a Ski Club Group, in any of the resorts where the Ski Club is represented, agrees to do so under the following conditions:
- You appreciate that the Ski Club Rep is a volunteer with no formal qualifications as an instructor or mountain guide.
- You also appreciate that no other member of the group undertakes any obligations to you concerning your safety for which you remain solely responsible.
- You must ensure that your equipment is in good working order before setting off for the day and that you are suitably clothed for the proposed itinerary and all possible weather conditions.
- You must decide whether or not a particular run or route is within your competence.
- You must ensure that you are properly equipped for that day. If you are skiing off piste you must have a shovel, probe and transceiver, and know how to use them. If you are using a Ski Club transceiver, it is your sole responsibility to know how to use it.
- It is your sole responsibility to ensure that you are suitably insured for the activities intended to be undertaken.
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