 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
I intend to go to Italy (or at least have to fly into an Italian Airport) either on Dec 12 (this Saturday) or Dec 13 (this Sunday) for a weeks skiing.
I'd say I'm bottom end of Advanced/Expert skier.
Are there any resorts/destinations anyone would recommend for this time of the year?
I was thinking Breuil-Cervinia, but not bound to it or obsessed by it so very open minded to any other suggestions.
Many thanks in advance!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Things are pretty desperate in Italy at the moment, Cervinia probably does have the best snow going. Probably best popping over/under (Mont Blanc or Frejus tunnels) the mountains to France.
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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 was booked in Italy - Milky way - I cancelled it and booked in Tignes. It's not looking too good there.
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None of them at the moment!
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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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Take your rock skis 
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rock ski's? I was thinking mountain bike.
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Too hot for mountain biking. Id pack my mankini
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Snow is extremely scarce in the Alps at the moment, and no (significant) snowfall foreseen in the next 2 weeks. Only the Northwestern flanks of the Alps (haute savoie FR, valais CH, still a bit but less in Vorarlberg AU) received a nice blanket some weeks ago. Since then no precipitation and very mild. The 50+ cms that fell in f.i. Damuls Austria, has melted for a large part (see photo below).
Cervinia is your best bet.
Snow will probably be good (but hard packed because old) down to 2500 (which is 3000 vertical feet!). Slope back to the village is open according to their website.
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I was planning to ski in Pila this week, I am currently on my way back to the UK.
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Thank you all for your input, Cervinia it is 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| rjs wrote: |
| I was planning to ski in Pila this week, I am currently on my way back to the UK. |
So the partial opening and reduced ticket not worth it then ?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Onnem, For the time of the year snow is not particularly scarce all over the alps just Italy tbh. Take a look at "lowly" Zauchensee in the Ski Amade/Eastern Austrian Alps for example snow down to the village at 1350 metres.
http://www.bergfex.com/zauchensee/webcams/
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You know it makes sense.
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Lucky in Zauchensee on 1350, less so in Saalbach on 1000 metres.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Jake43 wrote: |
| rjs wrote: |
| I was planning to ski in Pila this week, I am currently on my way back to the UK. |
So the partial opening and reduced ticket not worth it then ? |
Friends with season passes went up on Monday morning, they were back in Aosta for lunch, I didn't bother.
TBF, we had all been in Tignes the week before so were not desperate to ski on absolutely anything.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Onnem, what is your point? This is more or less normal for the time of year - there a quite a few high altitude (1500m and above) resorts that have decent conditions - using the term "extremely scarce" is not accurate.
Also with Saalbach where they have chosen to maintain a piste there is some decent early season skiing available.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I arrived in Cervinia this day last year and we had three great days skiing. It was all on piste as there was even less snow around than this year but at this time of year if you can ski in near empty slopes it's never too bad.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Oh we are going to livigno for Christmas I do hope we have snow x 
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@AthersT, thanks a lot for the great idea.
probed and looked in to it, unfortunately didnt work out from a cost perspective for me this time round, but definitely a genius idea, hats off.
Will be Cervinia for this time.
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