European Snow Pride Tignes 2025

One of Europe’s biggest gay ski weeks in 2024 at over 3,000m high!

With more than 600 guests from all over Europe, North America and beyond , European Snow Pride is the largest truly European gay ski and music festival.

Getting to Tignes

• By Train: – Daily and frequent Eurostar, Thalys and TGVs trains to Bourg-St-Maurice.
• By Air: – Geneva Cointrin, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Grenoble Saint-Geoirs and Chambéry are the closest international airports to Tignes.

Gay Tignes

• Next Edition: Saturday 15th – Saturday 22nd May 2025.
• Every year during European Snow Pride, Tignes Val Claret turns into a true gay village hosting Europe’s biggest gay ski week. It will take you less than 10 minutes by foot to go between 2 extreme points in Val Claret. In Tignes Val Claret, car traffic is restricted to baggage drop-off, making it a car-free resort.
• In case you need to go to Tignes le Lac, which is a less than 1km away from Tignes Val Claret, you can walk along the lake. Unless you are in a hurry or do not fancy the bucolic walk along the lake, you can use the free public shuttle linking le Lac and Val Claret and running every 10 minutes during the day (every 30 minutes from 9.30pm and every hour at certain moments of the night).

Where to stay

Most of the event venues are located in Tignes Val Claret. However some of the major events will take place in Tignes le Lac, including the parties in Tignespace and the giant Pool Party in the Lagon. For parties in Tignes le Lac, a free shuttle bus service runs continuously between Val Claret and le Lac.

• Les Suites – Maison Bouvier –  5 star, luxury option – beautiful rooms, exceptional facilities.
• Résidence Pierre & Vacances – 4 star aparthotel with spacious rooms and great amenities.
• Hôtel La Vanoise – 2 star, great location right on the slopes with charming owners.

If you are traveling in a group, why not elevate your stay with your own chalet. There are more than 400 options available in TIgnes Val Claret, many with some added extras such as jacuzzis and steam rooms! How about your own private Apres Ski?

The Skiing

• With a ski area culminating at 3450m above sea level at the glacier de la Grande Motte, Tignes & Val d’Isère is one of the highest winter sport resorts and among the largest and world class ski resorts. It is a fantastic encompassing 3 mountains and 2 valleys with more than 300km of perfectly connected pisted runs spread across 10.000 hectares.
• The world class Espace Killy is a huge and perfectly well interconnected ski area encompassing the internationally renowned ski areas of Tignes and Val d’Isère. It provides an incomparable variety of ski runs suitable for all skiing and snowboarding levels of aptitude.
• Thanks to its high altitude culminating at 3450m, the Espace Killy is also a snow sure ski area: Tignes is the first ski resort in Europe to open in the autumn and the last one to close.
• With a cumulative snowfall of nearly 11 meters (36 ft), Tignes was BY FAR the first ski resort in the French Alps to get so much snow last winter !

The Giant Pool Party

• Awaiting dates – Located on the lakeshore in the heart of Tignes le Lac, the Lagon with its unique teepee architecture proposes over 5000sqm three areas of mind-body wellness.
• During European Snow Pride, the beautiful Lagon will hosts the giant Pool Party, definitely one of the highlights of the week. Held on Monday ( Blue) and Wednesday (Yellow).

Tignes Pride March – Awaiting date

• From 2pm: LGBTQ association and club fair [AIDES, Le Refuge, Tignes Pride] – Place du Curling, Tignes Val Claret
• 4:30pm: Meeting at the ‘Rainbow Point’ (Place du Curling, Tignes Val Claret). Free drinks: mulled wine, hot chocolate. Speech and symbolic destruction of the ‘Wall of hatred’.
• 5:30pm: Start of the Pride from ‘Place du Curling’, Tignes Val Claret
• 6pm: Arrival of the Pride at Cocorico (venue of European Snow Pride après-ski), featuring Jayne Luka

The Parties

• Awaiting dates – After a full day of skiing and boarding in the company of your friends, the guided groups or the ski classes you will enjoy at your leisure the variety of great events that we provide throughout the week: après ski on a sunny terrace, cabarets and shows, parties with Europe’s best gay DJs and clubs.
• Events typically begin with Apres Ski, then a pool party or afternoon activity, followed by Dinner, then a big party night and for those who don’t sleep, the after party!
• Nightly – The before parties kick off at 18.30 to 21.30 at Arobaze. The After Party runs from 2 am at Avant Garde.
• Awaiting Dates- Cabaret Restaurant at Le Coffee,  7.30 pm and 10 pm.

Signature Events

• Awaiting schedule for the 2025 edition.

The Apres Ski

• The Apres Ski takes place in Cocorico – A beautiful and superbly decorated venue, directly in the resort and at the bottom of the pistes, with a large terrace.
• Sunday to Friday From 4 pm to 8 pm.

Popular Venues

• Le Lagon – Tignes’ beautiful aquatic and sport center stretching over 5000 sqm hosting our 2 giants Pool Parties
• Arobase Café – A very cosy and intimate venue to meet before dinner and hosting some of the befores and parties
• DropZone -A friendly venue hosting the Welcome party and some of our parties during the week.
• Blue Girl – one of Tignes’ nightclubs hosting the DJ parties
• Avant-Garde (Melting) – One of Tignes’ nightclubs hosting the DJ parties and after hours
• Le Strike – A bar, club and concert hall with 1,200 m2 of space with an industrial chic look, 220 m2 of LED walls and ceiling, a huge stage and VIP area.
• Le Coffee – Everything you might be looking for in a restaurant, whilst on a ski holiday with modern decor, live music, cabaret shows, in a modern but cosy setting, or on the sunny terrace for lunch by the slopes.

Recommended hotels in Tignes

The following hotels are close to all the parties and activities:

Maison Bouvier,   Du Montana,   Hotel Le Ski d’Or,   Le Jhana.