Poster: A snowHead
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Hotel- Miravalle
stayed here on an all inclusive basis and it was pretty good. Food is tasty and plentiful, for packed lunch which you get in morning take more meat and cheese and tart up your rolls as they are very bland. we upgraded our room which cost 14 pounds each and was worth it as the basic rooms are very small. the bar serves branded drinks which was a bonus. Staff at hotel are very nice apart from Nadia the manager / receptionist who appears to spend the day chewing a wasp. she is Australian and although efficient is very rude and not at all friendly. Ceaser the bar man is also a very miserable individual and had an annoying habit of disappearing when the bar was at it's busiest. I would however return here. The hotel is located at the bottom of the town and is a good ten to fifteen minute walk up a very steep hill to the lift which I managed every day in ski boots fine. you can hire a deposit box if it is too much for you though.
Resort
Sauze is a great little resort, a traditional Italian mountain town which has loads of character and would suit all types of people from families to young folk. Apres is pretty good as well. some lovely restaurants and prices are pretty good with a beer costing around 4 - 4.5 euros. we did après at capanna at the sportinia lift area and then skied down at 6pm when the police clear the slopes.
weather
never had any experience of Spring season or skiing in a t shirt. the weather was unbelievable sunday to Friday with temps touching 18 degrees during the day but cold at night which set up the snow quite hard in the morning and softening during the day which was lovely. snowed all day on the Saturday and needed to wear jacket for first time and despite visibility being very poor we still had fun.
Milky way
brilliant ski area and skiing the downhills at sestriere and sansicario was a highlight as well as the very steep tetras black in montgenevre which was my toughest challenge yet on my fourth ski holiday. I will defo be returning and this was my best ski holiday yet.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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I never even checked when I was there cause there was more than enough snow to ski on. got slushy low down in afternoon and last couple of hundred metres are struggling a little on way into resort. everything above 1800 m had more than enough to go to end of season.
my mate went yesterday so will check how things are holding up
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mikeelsa, great stuff, thanks again. I'll probably be looking to head up higher anyway, towards Sestriere and even Montgenevre. Sauze is just where the hotel happens to be.
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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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we spent most time in sestriere and also went to montgenevre which is well worth paying the 23 euros with crystal to get the coach a get the whole day skiing there. you can ski there which you can do in about two hours but 75% of that time will be on lifts and then you might get an hour there before having to head back so not worth it to be honest.
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Oh right, thanks for the tip. We're going with Inghams who offer 'meet the pistes' ski guiding to their guests - which will be fine in Italy, but presumably stops at the French border
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I would imagine they do the same thing. crystal did the ski guide thing on four of the days but nothing included going to france. bus takes 25-30 minutes and we were there for first lifts. the area is pretty easy to navigate despite the piste map looking as confusing as others.
we have done the ski guide thing with crystal before but find they start to late and we like going at our pace. they also stop for an hour at lunch. everyones different but I like to spend as much time on my skis as possible.
might see you there as we are hoping to return feb and march next year
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