BIG MILEAGE
The "Milky Way", big-mileage, high-level, cross-border skiing. Site of all of the Alpine events during the 2006 Turin Olympics. Excellent choice of hotels offering doorstep skiing and hotels close to the slopes.
Sestriere-The Milky Way
Sestriere, Cesana, San Sicario, Sauze d’Oulx, Pragelato
One day skiing in Claviere and Montgenèvre.
KILOMETRES OF PISTE
400
SKI RANGE
1350m - 2823m
NUMBER OF LIFTS
75 (7 gondola, 37 chair)
SKI RUNS
96km blue, 220km red, 84km black
SNOW MAKING COVERAGE
66%
Literally just “down the road” from Sauz d’ Oulx and only 4km from the nearest access point to the incredible skiing of the Milky Way. A lovely old quiet town with cobblestone streets with restaurants, pizzerias and bars scattered throughout the resort. Pupils can safely explore the town centre.
Pragelato is an attractive village with beautiful wooden and stone buildings away from the hustle and bustle of the neighbouring resort of Sestriere. It has an incredibly inviting, authentic atmosphere with warmth and hospitality and is connected by gondola with Sestriere. The resort was home to the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Ski jump.
Jouvenceaux is just 1km to the attractive bustling resort of Sauze d'Oulx, which is well-known to British skiers, with a good selection of shops, restaurants, bars and general facilities. Jouvenceaux itself has a number of hotels, a bar and restaurant. The Sportinia chair lift takes you to the heart of the Milky Way ski area linked with Sestriere, Cesana, Sansicario and Claviere with a total of 400km of interconnected slopes!
Sauze di Cesana is located in the Valle Argentera, just 7km from the outstanding slopes of Sestriere and San Sicario. Cesana Torinese (6km) is the main access point that takes you in two different directions, one to Sestriere/San Sicario and Sauze d'Oulx and the other to Claviere and Montgenèvre with its cross-border skiing to France.
Probably the best-know of all of the ski resorts that make up the international cross-border "Milky Way" interconnected ski circuit which offers 400km of skiing. The resort of Setriere is a bustling ski village with lots to do and offers a host of facilities including a large number of cafes, bars, pizzarias and restaurants. Excellent variety, high level-skiing with superb snow conditions.
The small village of Borgata is part of the municipality of Sestriere and was originally a rural mountain village that has now become a ski resort, which has kept its lovely and quiet mountain village character. Many of the Milky Way ski lifts and pistes including the famous Olympic downhill run "Banchetta" merge at the resort. You can access Monte Banchetta (2.555m) and Monte Motta (2.823m) from here, which is the highest point in the ViaLattea ski complex.