Travel info – Ski trip to the Italian alps (Turin/Milan)

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As many of us travel through wine and Italy has wine all over the country then you may want to consider a ski and wine trip starting from Turin or Milan where you will have several ski resorts that are 1:45h-3h driving from the largest cities as well as several airports. As it is relatively easy to get to, many of the resorts gets a lot of traffic and thus it may make sense to spend some time understanding what is your best option when it comes to peace and quiet as well as good ski or if you are more into the party scene then this may influence your choice. Also be aware that the resorts vary greatly in size with some resorts having 20 km pist while some having 300-400 km connecting several large mountains and ski resorts.

When it comes to entering Italy then as always you need to check for the required documents but this gov.uk link travel advice may help you with up to date advice.

One of the more interesting choices would be Cervinia that has a large pist area and is connected with the more difficult to reach Zermatt on the Swiss side of the mountain. However, as these resorts were fully booked a month before when we planned the trip, I opted for the more quiet and economical small city of Champoluc. 

My friend that is an avid snowboarder recommended Champoluc that is about 2:15h driving from Milan which has 150 km of piste, good food and overall good value. If you want to know more about Italian wine please find the Northern Italy White Wine-map from us or our youtube video introduction to Italian white wine that you can find here. 

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Airports

Milan is served by three airports that are Malpensa, and Bergamo and Linate. Malpensa have better connections overall. If you are flying from London then there are many direct flights both to Malpensa and Bergamo via Ryanair. From Malpensa to Milan center it costs between 5-10 euro and takes 50 minutes by bus.

Potential destination 1: Monterosa Ski

This option is extra interesting for wine lover as it is close to Aosta which is one of the smaller wine regions in Italy with many interesting grapes that mainly grows here. For example, you have probably not had that many Petite arvine but you can find this grape in this area on the border to Switzerland. Champoluca is one of 3 ski areas that share the same ski pass (no extra cost) that is called the Monterosa ski area which is Gressoney, Champoluc and Alagna. You can actually ski between these 3 regions (see map below from piste-maps.co.uk). If you are thinking about various towns to live in connected to these areas then Frachey, Champoluc, Gressoney La Trinite and Algna-Valsesia are 4 options that you may want to consider.

Skipass

Monterosa daily ski pass costs for an adult between 40-54 euro (as of 2022 jan) that you can get here. They also have several ski days (2, 3 all the way up to 15 days). As an example for the dates in march 2022 the 5 day costs between 190-226 euro (38-45.2 euro) so the daily price is quite similar. You can email them on monterosaski@visitmonterosa.com should you have any questions.

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Ski resort breakdown

If you want to have some external links for more reading, please find these links:

https://www.ridestore.com/mag/ski-resorts-near-milan/

6 recommended ski reports near Milan (sorted by distance from Milan).

Piani di Bobbio, Pila, Presolana Montepora, Chiesa in Valmalenco, Gressoney la Trinite and Madesimo.

https://magazine.snowitexperience.com/where-to-ski-near-milan-6-recommended-ski-resorts/?lang=en

Nearby cities

Aosta – (No skiing) – Pop 34 800 (wikipedia)

Gressoney La Trinite – Pop 304

Largest is Champoluc – Pop 500

 

Other ski resorts that is a part of Aoasta Valley Skipass

The Aosta Valley skipass allows to ski with one ticket in all the ski resorts of the region and in the connected ski resorts of Zermatt in Switzerland, La Rosière in France and Alagna Valsesia in Piedmont.

It is possible to choose multi-day tickets or seasonal tickets to enjoy amazing descents in the Alpes.Aosta Valley multi-day passes  http://www.skilife.ski/en/skipass/rates/multi-day-consecutive-days/
Aosta Valley international multi-day passes  http://www.skilife.ski/en/skipass/rates/international-skipass/
Aosta Valley seasonal tickets http://www.skilife.ski/en/skipass/rates/seasonal-skipass/The ski resorts where the Aosta Valley skipass is valid are:
Monterosa Ski con:
– Alagna Valsesia
– Antagnod – Ayas
– Brusson
– Champoluc – Ayas
– Gressoney-La-Trinité
– Gressoney-Saint-Jean
– Champorcher
Breuil-Cervinia / Valtournenche
Chamois
Cogne
Col de Joux
Courmayeur
Skyway Monte Bianco
Crévacol
La Magdeleine
La Thuile – La Rosière
Ollomont
Pila
Rhêmes-Notre-Dame
Torgnon
Valgrisenche
Valsavarenche
Valtournenche

Reader input

If you have any information regarding this topic please send an email to admin@threeforks.co.uk and we will be happy to add some more information.

Reposted 20th may with some added info.

Links

Alto Adige / Trentino Wine Region – North Italy

Northern Italy White Wines (Including Sparkling)