Summer 2006

Summer 2006 was spent working in Dahab, Egypt as a PADI Scuba Instructor. It's a tough life, but someone's gotta do it...

If anyone's interested in becoming a Dive Professional and leading a simillarly tough life, then don't hesitate to contact me. I can steer you away from the fast-track cowboys who take a massive sum of money from you in return for some pretty average training....

And yes, it is a brilliant life where you live in the sun, work hard, play hard, meet new people every day and see things that most people will only ever dream about.

www.RideTignes.com

Transfers from Geneva, Lyon, Grenoble and Chambery to Tignes, Val D'Isere, Les Arcs, La Plagne and the Three Valleys

Where is Tignes?

Tignes is 2100m up in the French Alps, and part of the same ski area as Val D'Isere (although we're higher, have better runs, lifts and offpiste!)
We're 40 minutes drive from Bourg St.Maurice, 20 minutes drive from Val D'Isere, and fairly close (at least in straight line terms) to Les Arcs, La Plagne and the Three Valleys.
We run transfers to all these resorts from Gevena, Grenoble, Chambery and Lyon.

Season 2005/2006

Ride Tignes was born last season as me, a chunky 4 Wheel Drive truck and a need to do lots and lots of snowboarding. The season started out fairly quiet. My friend Laura injured herself on the second run of the season. A little kid smashed into her and cut her knee open with the edge of his ski, putting her off the snow until the middle of March.

January was fairly quiet, but February brought with it more snow than I have ever dreamed of. It snowed and snowed and snowed and SNOWED for about 3 weeks, dropping more powder than I've ever seen right on our door step. However, it brought with it a huge avalanche risk and up in Tignes for one nightmare weekend, we actually got cut off from the outside world.

Awesome....

From there on it the season was made, and we were taking fresh tracks right up until the beginning of May. There was no way I wasn't coming back for the 2006 / 2007 season, so over the summer the work to expand Ride Tignes went into overdrive.

Welcome to Ride Tignes

Snow Conditions in Tignes......

Hi and welcome to the Ride Tignes blog!

We're due to be back in Tignes this winter with a new website (http://www.RideTignes.com), some new vans and a whole heap of exciting stories.

This blog is all about the coming winter season in Tignes, France as it progresses, the highs and the lows, the powder and the ice, the parties and the hangovers, forever and ever, Amen.

Keep checking back for the latest in Snow Conditions, as well as what mayhem we've been up to for the last few days.

Cheers,

Ian
www.RideTignes.com