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Cervinia

Description: Valle d'Aosta, Italy.

Newest Review: ... still have good access to the pistes within 5 or so minutes of setting out. The Skiing ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Cervinia ski region is divided into three areas. Locally there are the main Breuil-Cervinia slopes and on the other side of the ridge there are the Valtournenche pistes. These are both covered by the local ski pass. Across the highest ridge on the other side is Switzerland and the ... more

... famous ski resort of Zermatt. Both Cervinia and Zermatt are dominated by the imposing presence of the Matterhorn. We bought our ski passes direct from the resort's website. Cervinia, Valtournenche and Zermatt all use the increasingly common SkiData RFID pr...more

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Cervinia: Mussolini would have made the lifts run... (2651 words)
by - written on 20/03/08 (Very useful, 253 readings)
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To be honest, it wasn't originally our intention to ski in Europe this year. Our experiences of unreliable snow and weather conditions had convinced us that our best bet was to head across the Atlantic, probably to Canada. However, when the time came to book we were getting reports of the best start to the European Ski season in 10 years and so decided to give it one more try. Primary amongst our decisions was the cost compared with North America. It was for this reason that we selected Italy rather than our more usual France, as our destination. But where in Italy? Some years ago we skied in La Thuile, right up against the French border and ... Read the complete review

A high-altitude glacier resort in Italy (1080 words)
by - written on 24/12/07 (Very useful, 471 readings)
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I'm just back from Cervinia/Zermatt, and writing this review for those who are going there soon! Cervinia/Zermatt is quite a huge international resort, it's half Italian and half Swiss. Be sure you always have your passport with you, because sometimes they check it when you go to Switzerland from Italy or vice versa. First of all, I have to say that we always go to mountains for New Year, which means snow conditions are not always great. But this year we were lucky: in the beginning we had a couple of clear sunny days to get into the business, and then the snowfall started. You should always remember that you have either great snow ... Read the complete review

Cervinia: Worth a weekend (520 words)
by - written on 10/05/01 (Very useful, 493 readings)
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Cervinia has just about all you need for the office skiing/boarding weekend. There are plenty of slopes, ranging from dead easy to reasonably hard all within close range of the town and its cable-car. For the more adventurous there are harder slopes if you cross the mountains to Switzerland and descend down towards Zermatt ? something that is perfectly achievable in a day if you watch the clock a little. There?s no point in describing the individual runs, just suffice it to say there is ample choice. Serious black-run skiers may get bored here, but for the intermediate and indeed novice, there is plenty to keep you amused. The snow record I?m told is good, even ... Read the complete review