La Thuile italy
Review of snowboarding and skiing in La Thuile Italy.
La Thuile Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1948 the Italian ski resort La Thuile lies at 1450 metres altitude in the Aosta Valley / Vallee d'Aoste region of the Italian Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes at 2642m La Thuile ski area is snow sure. Over 300 snow cannons ensure artificial La Thuile snow making covers 35km of ski trails, which equates to around 35 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to La Thuile (Italy) is Geneva / Geneve at a distance of 120km or approximately 120 minutes driving time. La Thuile ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
La Thuile has managed to maintain the appeal of the early, now classic, Alpine ski resorts. More important there is substantial cross-border skiing linked to La Rosière, France, above Bourg St Maurice. Heli-skiing is also popular.
alpine downhill runs to ski in La Thuile Italy
Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 13 runs 42km |
17% |
Advanced Trails
 32 runs 83km |
43% |
Expert Trails
 29 runs 29km |
39% |
La Thuile Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
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| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €186 - €186 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2012 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2013 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area La Thuile Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 150km |
| total length of La Thuile trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 11km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N NE |
| direction La Thuile ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2642m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1450m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1450m |
| centre of La Thuile ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1192m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1192m |
| 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 La Thuile
Skiing La Thuile you'll enjoy 74 pistes and trails and that means approximately 150km of ski runs. La Thuile lifts number 37 with the capacity to uplift 54000 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Italian ski resort of La Thuile is over 11km long.
La Thuile Ski Area
La Thuile ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 17% intermediate, 43% advanced ski slopes and 39% for expert skiers - the most difficult La Thuile piste is the 1km No. 27, Le Defi run, with a steepness/slope angle of 71%. You can't ski La Thuile after dark.
La Thuile for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in La Thuile
If you snowboard La Thuile you'll want to know that, of the 37 ski lifts in total, 17 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up La Thuile snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. La Thuile snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is ? metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
La Thuile for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
La Thuile Apres Ski
The apres ski La Thuile scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
28 apres ski bars 30 restaurants 0 bowling 1 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 1 games room 0 concert 2 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 1 hot tubs 1 solariums 1 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 0 outdoor ice skating 1 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 6 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 1 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Amusement Arcade, Fitness Centre, Table Tennis, Turkish Bath.
SNO-man says
The best of the off-slope sports facilities are to be found in the Planibel Sports Club where there's a gymnasium, indoor pool with sauna and solarium - most of them free to Planibel guests. Elsewhere in the village there's a public library, games room and you can try winter hiking.
A regular bus service runs to the provincial capital of Aosta as well as to Courmayeur for shopping and sightseeing.
La Thuile for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
More La Thuile Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
La Thuile resort - ski La Thuile by any other name
The Italian ski resort of La Thuile ski resort is also known as La Thuile and has the following common misspellings:
La Thuile ski area has ski slopes which face N NE
The direction which the various La Thuile 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. La Thuile ski resort has ski slopes facing N NE.
La Thuile for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
La Thuile reviews, 4 star rating and resort and ski area information is collated by SNO man from staff experience and customer feedback.