Mottarone, situated between Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta at 1491 m altitude, is considered one of the most beautiful natural balconies of the Piedmont region and beyond. Although not among the highest peaks of the Alps, its rounded summit dominates over a landscape that is unique to say the least; from the Maritime Alps to Monte Rosa massif, with imposing Swiss peaks, passing through the Po Valley and the region of the Seven Lakes (Orta, Maggiore, Mergozzo, Biandronno, Varese, Monate, Comabbio). The ski resort can be reached either by car or via a cable car that starts from the hamlet of Carciano Stresa, and leads to the summit of the mountain itself.
The district offers 25 kilometers of slopes, especially suitable for beginners. There is a more technical track, known as the' Alpe Courts, which starts from the top of Mottarone and winds for 2.5 km before arriving at a scenic area on the seven lakes. The resort also boasts a good snow-making system, able to cover 5 km of slopes.
After the postponement of last week due to heavy snow, we finally have the conditions for the Z'' MAKUride takes place,'' the event scheduled for the weekend to Macugnaga is part of the open-circuit and offers FREE athletes the opportunity to qualify for the finals of'' Italian Freeride Tour
If you lift pass office showing that he has reached the location in an eco-friendly, train or in at least four people in one car, the ski pass costs less. This initiative launched last year and renewed for the 2011/2012 season at Madeley, in Lombardy, Chiavenna, and Bardonecchia, Piedmont, Val di Susa, to entice skiers to get a little 'more environmentally profitably.
After the postponement of the dosing cap, Three Peaks Freeski, due to lack of snow, the fourth season of I-FREE is officially started on the slopes of Sauze d'Oulx, where we held the event Respect Free , inaugural stage of the Italian Freeride Tour 2012. The two-day event took place under a bright sun but the conditions are quite difficult, suitable for experienced riders.
'a particularly difficult start to the season in the Cuneo area, but by next Friday, December 23, you can finally start skiing at Snowy Meadow with the opening of the Chair of the Blue and Field School. From Saturday 24 December, will join the Chair of Artesina collar with the track and a carpet of Gaviota Field School.
Slide the opening of the ski season in Pila. The facilities management company announced that "given the current adverse weather conditions and forecasts, the opening scheduled for November 26th has been postponed." Partial opening, however, Saturday 26 and Sunday, November 27, plants Alagna in the Monterosa Ski. The opening of the plant instead of Courmayeur and La Thuile is scheduled for Saturday, December 3
Macugnaga prepares for the new ski season. Located at the foot of Monte Rosa, was one of the first mountain resort to develop mass tourism and to welcome the most demanding skiers with 38 km of downhill ski runs and two cross-country ski trails. No word yet on when they open plants, the only thing certain is that the season will end in early May, thanks to an altitude of 2,800 meters of the area.
We return to ski from Saturday, November 19 at Prali. Due to heavy snowfall at high altitude, which have registered more than 1 meter of snow at high altitude the town of Piedmont is the first to inaugurate the 2011/12 ski season. The advance of the opening on the penultimate weekend of November will cover only the upper part of the ski lifts and a chairlift.
Bad news from the Olympic Mountains, the only Italian facility for the skeleton and luge, the track in Cesana Pariol closes its doors. The company Parcolimpico held that the management has decided that the 50 tonnes of ammonia contained in the system and needed to create and maintain the ice sheet will be recovered for other purposes, especially after the prosecutor in Turin had decided to declare insecure system because such a quantity of ammonia should be guarded day and night by armed personnel.
Il comprensorio della Via Lattea si presenta al via della stagione sciistica 2011-12 con un parziale ridisegno della sciabilità nella località di Sauze d'Oulx. Il progetto di "Riqualificazione area sciabile Lago Nero Sportinia", i cui lavori sono iniziati lo scorso giugno 2011, consentirà a Sauze d’Oulx di contare nuovamente sulle piste storiche che collegano Clotes al monte Capanna Mollino.
An opportunity to meet writers and journalists of repute to talk, tell and discuss literature and the mountains. This gives the 'Lago Maggiore LetterAltura Festival 2011 ", now in its fifth edition, which will begin in Verbania June 22 to 26, and then on Antrona Valley (1 to 3 July), in the valleys and Antigorio Formazza (8 to 10 July) and Vigezzo (16 and July 17). Four appointments to the central themes of literature, the mountains and travel.
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