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Thinking of going for a long weekend as got flights to Bergamo. I know it's not a massive area but think it should be okay for good intermediates if the snow is good. Your views please....... 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Went there in 1982 ish!
Was absolutely fantastic then....when I were a lad. Uncrowded pistes, unlimited powder, I cant remember seeing a piste basher, but it was 27 years ago.
I would love to return there one day, if nothing else to see how the skiing quality has changed.
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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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Bloomin' 'eck Arctic, did they even have lifts then? Thanks for your reply though. I think the word is the snow record is pretty reliable given its position and I'm all for quiet pistes although I know the Milanese crowd drop in at the weekend.
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Yep it had lifts, I remember a lot of drags and a few double chairs. I also remember the cable car was the second oldest in all of Italy! (which did not inspire confidence) I was an impressionable young nipper then and would not have gone on to father children if I had not managed to avoid the rock at the bottom of one of the slopes in Motta so successfully. We didn't all return unscathed though, one lad broke his leg within the first 15 minutes! (a record I think)
Let me know if you go and what it's like!
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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 think I'll almost certainly be going as it's the closest resort to Bergamo. Unless the snow is non-existent then I'll report back on Madesimo. By the way, for a great Italian area, try skiing in the Monterosa region. Have stayed in Champoluc twice and as it's lift linked to Gressoney and the mighty Alagna it really is worth considering. There's plenty for everyone but it's not the greatest for beginners.
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I may try that, I am in Aosta (Cervinia & Zermatt) early 2010. Have you tried Pila too?
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Not tried Pila but love Italy (much prefer it to France). Been to Sella Ronda too based in Arabba (a great skiing resort although quiet) and the Dolomites are lovely. I like to go off the beaten track at times and Chamonix and Val d'Isere are all very well but I like to throw in a Baqueira Beret in the Spanish Pyrenees occasionally! While I still have knees I'll be skiing.
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| Arctic Fox wrote: |
Went there in 1982 ish!
Was absolutely fantastic then....when I were a lad. Uncrowded pistes, unlimited powder, I cant remember seeing a piste basher, but it was 27 years ago.
I would love to return there one day, if nothing else to see how the skiing quality has changed. |
I was there a few years before that even.
It was my second year of skiing and I have fond memories of the place. Like you I would like to go back, even if only for a day, to see what it's like now.
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| michaelhall58 wrote: |
| I think I'll almost certainly be going as it's the closest resort to Bergamo. |
It may be the quickest, depending on the roads, but it doesn't look closest, according to the maps.
Aprica iappears to be the closest, and Ponte di Legno appears closer than Madesimo too, plus a few others.
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I take your point Alex, but I think it's the closest 'large' area which offers some challenging skiing as well as cruising.
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Hi Everyone
Just a little amused at some of comments made about Madesimo !!!!!!
I think you will find a few changes at Madesimo from some of the comments already made..... no drag lifts at all now, and they do have bashers, infact Madesimo now has one of the most up to date lift systems going. Its only 2 hours from Bergamo just north of Lake Como with excellent snow record and some excellent off piste, though not a large ski area 60kms, there is certainly enough for most intermediate skiers.
Iam sure you'll have fun. Give it ago
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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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Thanks Bella ski, seen your website so already know about you guys. This is a DIY four day break, flying from Bristol to Bergamo on Jan 14 and staying in Albergo K2 B&B. One can never anticipate the weather but if the Canalone black is open and I can ski from the top over the other side which looks to have some nice long reds then I'm sure we'll be fine. Knew about the good lift system already so all in all I'm hoping it's a good choice.
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