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Hi guys all this sun is making me think of snow spookily, I'm just after some advice does anyone know how the slopes are graded in Bardonecchia Italy i.e. is it green for easiest or is it blue and then red for intermediates as there seems a lot of red on the trail map, and would it be suitable for someone who's only done a couple weeks skiing from begginer.
thank you
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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NEWSKIER, I've skied there twice but can't really answer your question about the gradings. I WOULD say it's a good resort for your level, with some decent skiing on the main slopes from Campo Smith. However, both times we've been (March and February) the better skiing was on the Jafferau side, easily reached via the ski bus, in just a couple of minutes. Someone with more recent knowledge may know if the very scary, rickety, wooden one-man chair up from the car park, has been replaced, which was the only negative. Not a big party scene though so if lively apres is on your list, may not be the best choice.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Think most Italian skiing resorts are like Austrian and Swiss with only blue, red and black.
However a quick check with Bardonecchia piste map shows that it does indicated a few green runs next to the chairlifts. This may be the resort so close to the France and may have the green runs too. However Bardonecchia green runs look like nursery slopes to me and should be for the beginners mainly.
Never been to Bardonecchia but it is known to be a begineer friendly resort similar to most resorts in the Maurienne Valley on the French side.
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As far as I'm aware, all EU slope gradients are the same, they don't differ from resort to resort. The degree of difficulty on marked pistes can change from resort to resort, as a general rule Austrian resorts Reds are more difficult than Bulgarian reds, for example, but I would imagine a big Italian resort would be pretty standard. After a few weeks skiing you should be able to get down most reds at most resorts.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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After a few weeks skiing you should be able to get down most reds at most resorts.
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A major, and probably inaccurate, generalisation. Yes, if you are a fittish young guy and not scared. Probably. And "getting own" doesn't equate to "skiing well enough to enjoy the terrain".
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all EU slope gradients are the same
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With all due respect only the French do green runs in the Alps. Austria, Switzerland and most Italy don't do them.
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