Where to go in Italy

Ranchero_1979 wrote:

Not a patch on ski terrain offered by Chamonix but that is every other resort in world.

Is it just me or is Chamonix the most over-rated ski area on earth? Of the places I have skied I have Dolomites, Monterosa, Verbier, and Davos miles ahead of Chamonix.
Of my local ski areas I would rather go to the PDS, Gran Massif, Aravis or Evasion Mont-Blanc.

I think you've probably got to try Chamonix once in a lifetime to be able to really pass judgement, and the Vallee Blanche appeals to me,but sadly Mrs H flatly refuses to get involved on that front with me.

So Chamonix holds no other appeal for me personally, and from what Ive read its got to remain way down the wish list.

Tony_H wrote:I think you've probably got to try Chamonix once in a lifetime to be able to really pass judgement, and the Vallee Blanche appeals to me,but sadly Mrs H flatly refuses to get involved on that front with me.

So Chamonix holds no other appeal for me personally, and from what Ive read its got to remain way down the wish list.

I have tried it twice and don't rate it. That said, I have not done Vallee Blanche. will do it next season but can not see how it will change my opinion of Chamonix overall.
Actually, I prefer Chamonix in summer. Only ski resort I can say that about.

Tony_H wrote:I think you've probably got to try Chamonix once in a lifetime to be able to really pass judgement, and the Vallee Blanche appeals to me,but sadly Mrs H flatly refuses to get involved on that front with me.

So Chamonix holds no other appeal for me personally, and from what Ive read its got to remain way down the wish list.

It does have a beautiful setting, go in the summer you will get neck ache just walking about :thumbup:

Having had a truly wonderful trip to the Dolomites this year, I cannot recommend it high enough :wink:

Admittedly, snow conditions were about as perfect as you could get all week :shock: It was also good value and mountain food was excellent and cheap :lol: Got a good deal on accommodation but it was a bit out of the way - the prices tend to match convenience :cry:

I was in Sauze many years ago and really enjoyed it. My memory is of nice varied terrain though I know it is not as snow sure as France or Austria.

Did ski Courmayour on my second ever trip. It was a lovely village but very small ski area (on-piste at any rate) :(. Most fur I have ever seen in one place - very popular with the wealthy matrons of Milan and Turin apparently :roll:

While Chamonix is way of topic :oops:, it seems to me from what I have read that it is a place best suited off-pisters mainly :shock:. The pistes seem to be a bit disjointed compared to most of the big name ski areas.

Courmayeur is small but nice and at times very very quiet on the pistes that is. The town is lovely.
Sauze gives access to a much larger ski area and should be fine in January. The area has a huge amount of snow making these days and is not the rowdy resort it once was. Sestriere gives access to the same areas as Sauze but is a bit more purpose built!
I've been to Madonna de Campiglio in the autumn but not the ski season and it is a nice place.

I had a lot of fun in Cervinia last November. Good food, good wine, good skiers, good weather...

Cervina is on the radar :thumbup: