Funiculaire du Perce-Neige

The Funiculaire du Perce-Neige in Tignes, France is an underground Funicular from the neighborhood Val Claret to the summer-skiing area and the lower station of the Telepherique Grande Motte.

General information
The Perce-Neige transports the passenger from Val Claret at 2100 m. in 6 minutes to the slopes of the Grande Motte. On arrival at 3032 m one can transfer to the Grande Motte cable-car that brings the skier to 3456 m, the highest point in Tignes.

The system opened on 15 June 1989. The name Perce-Neige is a play on words, in that perce-neige is the French word for a snowdrop but can also be interpreted more literally as the funicular that pierces through the snow.