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Anybody been to Pila this season ?
Any hints or tips ?
Cheers Shane.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not this season but a few years ago. Good if you're trying to gain in confidence and ski your first reds, but limited area.
The accommodation is spread out on the side of a long hill which makes it a bit awkward travelling up and down on foot in the evenings - there's a long road tunnel to negotiate if you're situated up at the top.
Most of the accommodation is on the slopes though which is good, and try and have some time down in Aosta which is a nice town in the valley accessible by gondola from the resort (but check the last run times!) We went there for lunch on a snowy day. Try a Grolla at the end of the day!
We had good snow and enjoyed it the week we were there.
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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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| shane45 wrote: |
Anybody been to Pila this season ?
Any hints or tips ?
Cheers Shane. |
I went December last year. It's average at best.
The two top blacks were permanently closed. Checking the SCGB site seemed to indicate that they were closed all season.
It doesn't seem to get an abundance of snow, but on the plus side, it's not too busy.
Hints? Buy the area pass and bus it to Cormayeur and Cervinia to mix up what is otherwise limited skiing.
Sorry.
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I went there for a day a couple of years ago and thought it was pretty good - everywhere was open. Not enough area for a full week for an advanced intermediate or above, but it is the best small-medium resort I've ever been to. It only has about 70km of piste I think, but what it has got is quite varied. Had some fantastic venison stew & polenta in one of the lower mountain eateries (sorry can't remember the name).
By all means head further afield to Courmayeur, or even La Thuile for the day, but don't bother with Cervinia unless there is a snow drought: altitude is all it has to offer, other than mile after mile after mile of tediously easy blues & reds. Skiing-wise, there is nothing in Cervinia you can't get in Pila, not unless you pay the extra lift pass and head over to Zermatt. But then you are talking about a very long day. Courmayeur much quicker to get to from Pila.
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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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I skied for 2 days in Pila just before New Year and thought it was really good. Very picturesque. I enjoyed it.
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Thks all, sounds just right for me & my nervous wife.
Cheers Shane
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