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Part of the vast Sella Ronda ski area. Huge mileage and lots of variation in villages, this is among the best appointed tho not flash. Great for learning and cruisy intermediates - quiet apres

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snoman says One of the most famous resorts on the Sella Ronda circuit, having some of the area's most challenging skiing. Sella Ronda is a huge mountain massif and it is possible to ski around it via Corvara and Canazei. ... more

Beginner Intermediate Expert Snowboarders Apres Ski Families Snowsure Ambience Value Lift Pass €182 Resort Open Dec 2012 Resort Close Apr 2013 (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing)

Hang out with the beautiful (and rich) people - skiing is easy and cruisy so you can pose and ogle without risk. Amazing scenery and apres

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snoman says Italy's most stylish resort, often ranked along side St Moritz (you can play polo in both) and certainly one of the world's best known ski centres. Cortina was host to the 1956 Winter Olympics. Located in wide... more

Beginner Intermediate Expert Snowboarders Apres Ski Families Snowsure Ambience Value Lift Pass €167 Resort Open Nov 2012 Resort Close Apr 2013 (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing)

Great value and great fun - a big favourite with youngsters and families on a budget. Great for cruisy intermediates, linked into huge Milky Way ski area. Great for big miles, big apres and big bargains

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snoman says Renowned for its lively atmosphere (although now quieter than it used to be) and high-value skiing, Sauze d'Oulx is also at one end of the rather tenuously linked Milky Way Circuit. Conditions permitting it is ... more

Beginner Intermediate Expert Snowboarders Apres Ski Families Snowsure Ambience Value Lift Pass €? Resort Open Dec 2012 Resort Close Apr 2013 (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing)

A local cultural centre with an ice rink and over 20 hotels, close to the Austrian border and marketed with neighbour Cortina D'Ampezzo. 100 per-cent of the ski runs are covered by snow-making.

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snoman says A local cultural centre with an ice rink and over 20 hotels, close to the Austrian border and marketed with neighbour Cortina D'Ampezzo. 100 per-cent of the ski runs are covered by snow-making.

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excellent ski school tho not necessarily best place to learn - once the nursery slopes are conquered, there's a big step up in difficulty - best suited to intermediates, the only expert challenge is 'Canalone'

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snoman says A friendly traditional resort located in a sunny valley on the Swiss border. For a comparatively small resort it has a strong international reputation, including the famous 3km 'Canalone' black descent. An und... more

Beginner Intermediate Expert Snowboarders Apres Ski Families Snowsure Ambience Value Lift Pass €115 Resort Open Dec 2012 Resort Close Apr 2013 (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing)

Good for Alta Badia and the Sella Ronda areas – big & lively, lots of restaurants, bars & hotels. Favours intermediate cruisers and beginners. Experts might want to stay in nearby Arabba for some of best tough stuff in the Italian Alps

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Beginner Intermediate Expert Snowboarders Apres Ski Families Snowsure Ambience Value Lift Pass £181 Resort Open Dec 2012 Resort Close May 2013 (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing)

just south of the Swiss border, resort made of 2 picturesque villages - Staffa is largest, Pecetto quieter - each has own ski area & bus running between - good for beginners & relatively quiet & inexpensive so great for families

A traditional hillside village with three separate ski areas in the mountains above together providing a good mix of ski conditions and gradients. There is a huge modern hotel complex at Aremogna (1625m) with doorstep skiing.

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snoman says A traditional hillside village with three separate ski areas in the mountains above together providing a good mix of ski conditions and gradients. There is a huge modern hotel complex at Aremogna (1625m) with d... more

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Monterosa Ski area a bridge between Valle d’Aosta and Piedmont - 61 different routes surrounded by a vastly differing scenery all with Monte Rosa as the backdrop. Many pistes have artificial snow - top pass allows skiing in all resorts, Antagnod, Brusson, Champoluc, Gressoney Saint Jean & Gressoney la Trinité

Huge Moterosa ski area, on-piste is cruisy blues and easy reds, off piste is some of the most exciting anywhere - not Chamonix, but not far off!

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snoman says One of the world's greatest lift-served verticals is reached by cable car from Alagna, as is the Monte Rosa ski area by marked off-piste descents. A haven for advanced skiers who have a heliskiing operation to... more

Beginner Intermediate Expert Snowboarders Apres Ski Families Snowsure Ambience Value Lift Pass €152 Resort Open Dec 2012 Resort Close Apr 2013 (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing)