Champoluc italy
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Champoluc Italy.
Champoluc Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1959 the Italian ski resort Champoluc lies at 2705 metres altitude in the Aosta Valley / Vallee d'Aoste region of the Italian Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Champoluc ski area is snow sure. Over 518 snow cannons ensure artificial Champoluc snow making covers 27km of ski trails, which equates to around 100 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Champoluc (Italy) is Turin at a distance of 103km or approximately 90 minutes driving time. Champoluc ski season runs from November to April.
SNO-man says
A quiet village with a few hotels and shops surrounded by wooded slopes at the western end of the Italian 'Three Valleys' or 'Monterosa' ski area.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Champoluc Italy
Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 3 runs 12km |
20% |
Advanced Trails
 12 runs 38km |
80% |
Expert Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Champoluc Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
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| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
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| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €152 - €190 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Nov 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Champoluc Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 50km |
| total length of Champoluc trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 4.2km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | SE SW |
| direction Champoluc ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2705m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1587m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1587m |
| centre of Champoluc ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1118m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1118m |
| 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 Champoluc
Skiing Champoluc you'll enjoy 15 pistes and trails and that means approximately 50km of ski runs. Champoluc lifts number 9 with the capacity to uplift 16000 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Italian ski resort of Champoluc is over 4.2km long.
Champoluc Ski Area
Champoluc ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 20% intermediate, 80% advanced ski slopes and 0% for expert skiers - the most difficult Champoluc piste is the 6.5km Del Monte run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Champoluc after dark.
Champoluc for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Champoluc
If you snowboard Champoluc you'll want to know that, of the 9 ski lifts in total, 0 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Champoluc snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Champoluc snowboard facilities include 0 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Champoluc for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Champoluc Apres Ski
The apres ski Champoluc scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
19 apres ski bars 70 restaurants 0 bowling 1 night club 1 cinema 1 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 0 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 1 hot tubs 0 solariums 1 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 1 horse riding 10 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 1 golf 1 fishing 0 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Tennis.
SNO-man says
There's not a huge choice of activities beyond skiing in the region, although enough to keep you busy in your spare time if you are spending full days on the piste.
Alternatives outdoors include ice climbing, ski mountaineering and snow shoe walks on nature routes in the Valle di Otro and the Parco Alta Valsesia.
Alagna has a sports centre with an ice rink nearby as well as cinema and a museum. Gressoney La Trinite offers climbing and there's a museum, swimming pool, sports centre and weekly market in neighbouring Gressoney-St-Jean.
Champoluc for apres ski gets 2 stars out of 5 overall
More Champoluc Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Champoluc resort - ski Champoluc by any other name
The Italian ski resort of Champoluc ski resort is also known as Monterosa Ski Champoluc Monte Rosa Massif and has the following common misspellings:
Champoluc ski area has ski slopes which face SE SW
The direction which the various Champoluc 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. Champoluc ski resort has ski slopes facing SE SW.
Champoluc for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall