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I've not been to Italy since my first ever skiing trip with school. Now many many years on and travelling by snowboard I am eager to return. I have not really looked into Italy over the years and am unsure as where to start.
So where is the best place I should be going in Italy? Are drag lifts still really a problem? I am cruiser and off piste rider, parks are not really of interest.
Any recommendations would be great!
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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Take a look at Selva. There were quite a few snowboarders in the Chalet we were staying in, who had been several times to there before when we went.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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scoman,
Livigno is good for some nice cruising reds & the odd blue but don't think it has much ( if any) off piste. Theres 100k of piste so not too bad for a week.
Cant recall any drags except on the town level 'bunnie' slopes. prices are very good ( i.e. cheap for a ski resort) & the food tends to be very good to excellent ( at least thats what I found).
Good luck
Mitch
PS; also resort is high at 1850 m so good snow is pretty much order of the day
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scoman, +1 for Livigno. Very few ground level lifts and some decent off-piste options as I recall. Plus there's a decent night life - not wild, but there if you want it. As mentioned, it's high, with a good record for snow. Only downside is the long transfer and the skiing domain being either side of the town meaning one elects to ski one side or the other or catches one of the frequent buses to change domain. Not really much of a drama IMO.
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scoman, Selva and the other resorts around the Sella Ronda and Dolomites attract a fair number of boarders, some amazing scenery and runs, if the conditions are right would be an excellent choice.
It's just that natural snowfall can be a bit erratic in NE Italy, so if plentiful off-piste is a priority, I would say somewhere in NW Italy would be more reliable like the Monte Rosa, a great freeride area between the resorts of Alagna, Gressoney and Champoluc.
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If you're really into offpiste, then you cannot get any better than Monterosa.
Alagna and Gressoney are in the same league as La Grave and Chamonix. Just not submerged in hordes of tourists.
Plus it's still authentic, good value and really tasteful local food.
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Thanks very much for your replies and have given food for thought. I like the thought of the Sella Ronda as i love clocking up the miles, I hear you have to do it clockwise if your a boarder?! Also is did a couple of BC courses in Cham last year so I'd also like to put some knowledge to the test.
I'll take a look at all locations and no doubt be back to ask some Q's. As some have pointed out, it is the cuisine that most certainly is on the plus side of an Italian venture.
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Onnem,
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you cannot get any better than Monterosa
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Alagna and Gressoney are in the same league as La Grave and Chamonix
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You are having a laugh aren't you?
I know both Monterosa and Chamonix pretty well. We ski both areas pretty frequently.
Monterosa has exceptional ski mountaineering.
However, if you're talking lift served off piste I don't think it's anywhere nearly as good as Chamonix (can't comment on La Grave).
Two issues:
1. topography - the lift served area just doesn't allow for the same "ski anything" access that you have in Grands Montets, Brevent-Flegere.
2. more importantly, the area's in the wrong part of Europe for prevailing winds and snow fall. When the snow's good, it can be very good. The snowfall is just not as good as often as it is good (or great) in Chamonix.
Food's great though.
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Livigno: Very good snow, good value, good lifts, but transfer is a pain.
Selva: Amazing scenery, sense of travel, but expensive
Would go back to both, also Passo Tonale if on a budget.
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scoman, for boarding, you should do the Sella Ronda clockwise or you'll hit a lot of flats. Off-piste has been great so far this year and it's dumping as we speak
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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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scoman, A Vote for Cervina, if U like cruising and offpist,,
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