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Monterosa, Italy |
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The Monterosa Ski area is in the Aosta Valley province
of Italy, and boast collectively some very
nice
skiing
at the foot
of Monterosa Ski,
Europe's
second highest mountain. In addition all
of the skiing covered here,
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The
Monterosa Ski collective is beginning to blossom
as a summer destination of note as well. However
this is a winter sports destination magazine and
it is on that subject we shall concentrate. And,
if you were until now unfamiliar with Monterosa
Ski then we hope that this feature in all of
its presentational forms will bring you up to
speed. The
Monterosa Ski area boasts over 180 km of
prepared slopes serviced by 38 lifts. As you
will see in our in depth skiing section, this
skiing is shared by all of the resorts listed
above, and with good lift connections between
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spite of the more
than respectable altitude, the area also caters to cross
country skiers too with about 30kmof CC trails on which to
strut your stuff. Based at the foot of Europe's second
highest mountain, the area has varied and well-connected
skiing which is totally enjoyable from almost any village
base. As the area is fairly challenging, it is probably
best suited to those skiers with decent to good skills,
with enough absolute beginner's terrain available so as
not to exclude them from the party.
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Although not 100% interconnected by the lift system the
region is convenient in that one can cover almost all of
the acreage on skis, with a free ski bus taking up the
slack where skis fear to tread. As the Monterosa Ski area
is still largely undiscovered by the masses it still
represents good value. This holds true for the lift pass
and in hotels and restaurants as well. Yours truly even
discovered a great little mountain chalet that is perfect
for groups. Each of the resorts listed above is a separate
entity and each has its own ski school with many English
speaking teachers.
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