 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, Sorry sure it been asked before but trying to choose between the two. Two of us have flights to Milan and both resorts have good deals available at a similar price. I have been to livigno several times before and like it but never Passo Tonale. Both should be reliable snow-wise but while im keen to try somewhere new I can’t help but think Tonale will be a little bit limited in terms of terrain (glacier and top lifts). Also we would have to get up to Tonale every day as the only accommodation we can get is in ponte di legno. We are both good standard and keen to find some off piste high, maybe some touring if possible. Any recommendations? Does one tend to get better late season snow than the other or just pure luck? Also transfers may come into it as Livigno looks pricy for that. Cheers.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ponte is very low for April.
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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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Yep but easy to get the lift to tonale, right which is high? The other thing I was bit concerned about was crowds as its quite popular with schools I've heard?
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We went to Passo Tonale in April last year (Easter holidays). Not crowded at all - There were some obvious school groups but they didn't affect us. Rarely queued more than a couple of minutes for a lift, and the skiing was fine, for us. It did get a bit heavy in the afternoon, and some of the runs were breaking up by the end of the week, but that was only to be expected at that time of year.
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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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Both Passo and Livigno are hi altitude, the glacier side of Passo on the RHS as you drive thru is in the shade and at 3000m and I would expect good snow there in particular
Passo on the left hand side , catches the sun and I expect would be slushy at village level
If you are staying in Ponte, which is below Passo , this is lift and piste linked to Passo, but I'm not sure if the link opens if the snow is poor, there might be a local shuttle ?....A lot of Italian hotels offer a free minibus service to the nearest open lift, perhaps
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Thanks for the replies and good to know it's not crowded. I assumed the lift from ponte would be going but need to find that out. Is the skiing on The glacier good? Looks pretty small
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The gondola linking Passo Tonale to Ponte di Legno was running the whole time we were there, but the run was closed below the mid-station. Yes, the glacier only has a couple of pistes, but there were tracks heading off piste (no idea of advisability, so don't take this as a recommendation).
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