Deep snow in Sauze d'Oulx

charlie 26 wrote:thanks for the information on sauze snow conditions look great just wanted to know how long it takes toget over to sest as that is where we wanted to stay , but inghams double booked us .so they ofered us hotel sauze hboard for$500 over new year cant be too bad

You are very luky because Sauze is much better than Sestriere.
The slopes are better and for the aprés Ski .... the best Sestriere is booo..
Ciao and maybe we'll see in Sauze.

charlie 26 wrote:thanks for the information on sauze snow conditions look great just wanted to know how long it takes toget over to sest as that is where we wanted to stay , but inghams double booked us .so they ofered us hotel sauze hboard for$500 over new year cant be too bad

I would take Genevris response with a pinch of salt if I were you.
I have stopped in Sauze twice. Why: because its bloody cheap!

The skiing in Sauze was brilliant, we loved the long cruisy runs at the top and through the trees. But there is good skiing, in fact BETTER skiing over at Sestriere. We ended up going over there almost every day, the link from the top of Sauze to the bottom of the Banchetta will take around 45 minutes, and the same to get back, so dont get caught after the lifts shut. We tended to have an hour or 2 in Sauze, take the link at around 10.30/11, go up the main area in Sestriere for a couple of runs, have lunch at the cafe at the bottom, ski across to the other area nearer the Olympic village for an hour or so, and head back on the gondola back towards Sauze before 3 at the latest. That way, you can ski an hour back in Sauze usually.

Sestriere as a town and place to stay is definitely not as nice as Sauze, but dont be put off heading over there - the skiing is good, and is different to Sauze. Well worth a few days over.

From the top at Sauze, follow the signs over the back to Sestriere. The 1 man chair often isnt open, so ski down to the new 4 man, and take that up to the Gondola which takes you down all the way. DONT get off halfway, or try and ski the itinery route, it takes forever and isnt enjoyable! The Gondola is very old, like a load of Fiat 500's hanging from a cable!!!

Make sure you do the Banchetta from top to bottom, the Olympic run, over at Sestriere.

You'll have a great time with all that snow there, although the bus jounrey up to Sauze could be interesting!!!!!

I'm considering booking a trip to Sauze on 4th January to the Savoia Debili hotel. Does anyone have any experience of this hotel.

I assume given the recent snowfalls a lack of snow shouldn't be an issue for us or could there still be potential problems?

Thanks

Genevris wrote:My Web cam

It looks like a toy town to me !!!!!

dshiels wrote:I'm considering booking a trip to Sauze on 4th January to the Savoia Debili hotel. Does anyone have any experience of this hotel.

I assume given the recent snowfalls a lack of snow shouldn't be an issue for us or could there still be potential problems?

Thanks

Hi Dshields,
We were in Sauze in January and are going back on the 4th Jan 2009 - we loved the place and can thoroughly recommend it. :D

Not sure about the hotel - I had a look on www.sauzeonline.com and although it's on their list of accommodation, the hotel website didn't seem to be working. Maybe try asking the question on there and someone may be able to help??

I would hope that snow shouldn't be a problem as they seem to look after their pistes between snow falls as best as they can. It seems that at times the snow has been somewhat lacking (as Tony seems to have found out!) although the conditions when we were there were amazing (and look even better at the moment!) :D

Hope this is some help

Lynn

skinitaly.com wrote:

Lady H in Paddy's has had a baby in case anyone wants to know so she is not here as often but does the 1 off apres there.

Wow!
Please, when you next go in, give her congratulations from me and rest of the Peterborough posse.
She was fantastic.