Asiago italy
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Asiago Italy.
Asiago Ski Holiday Facts
Established in ? the Italian ski resort Asiago lies at 2010 metres altitude in the Veneto region of the Italian Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Asiago ski area is not snow sure. Over 25 snow cannons ensure artificial Asiago snow making covers 4km of ski trails, which equates to around 10 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Asiago (Italy) is Venice / Venezia at a distance of 121km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Asiago ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
A pretty traditional small town with extensive modern sports facilities. Large ski area scattered in to 12 small separate areas.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Asiago Italy
Beginner Trails
 0 runs ?km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 13 runs ?km |
56% |
Advanced Trails
 7 runs ?km |
30% |
Expert Trails
 3 runs 3km |
13% |
Asiago Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
| Expert Skiers | |
| Snowboarders | |
| Apres Ski | |
| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €? - €? |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Asiago Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 40km |
| total length of Asiago trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 2km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | ? |
| direction Asiago ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2010m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1500m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1500m |
| centre of Asiago ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 510m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v ?m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Asiago
Skiing Asiago you'll enjoy 23 pistes and trails and that means approximately 40km of ski runs. Asiago lifts number 22 with the capacity to uplift 18000 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Italian ski resort of Asiago is over 2km long.
Asiago Ski Area
Asiago ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 56% intermediate, 30% advanced ski slopes and 13% for expert skiers - the most difficult Asiago piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Asiago after dark.
Asiago for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Asiago
If you snowboard Asiago you'll want to know that, of the 22 ski lifts in total, 20 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Asiago snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Asiago snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Asiago for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Asiago Apres Ski
The apres ski Asiago scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
200 apres ski bars 90 restaurants 1 bowling 5 night club 2 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 1 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 2 saunas 0 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 1 indoor ice skating 4 outdoor ice skating 2 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 1 horse riding 10 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 1 golf 1 fishing 4 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Archery, Astronomy, Bowling, Fishing, Gliding, Horse Riding, Ski Jump, Tennis.
Asiago for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
More Asiago Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Asiago resort - ski Asiago by any other name
The Italian ski resort of Asiago ski resort is also known as and has the following common misspellings:
Asiago ski area has ski slopes which face ?
The direction which the various Asiago ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Asiago ski resort has ski slopes facing ?.
Asiago for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall