Sestriere

Sestrière is part of the well known Milky Way Ski Area with access to 598 individual pistes. In addition to the skiing in Sestrière itself (400km of pisted ski runs), the appropriate ski Lift Pass will allow you to ski or snowboard in the other Milky Way ski resorts of Clavière, Sansicario, Sauze d'Oulx and Montgenèvre.

The ski resort is above 1500m, so skiing or boarding back to the resort is usually possible while the pistes above 2500 metres, the skiing and snowboarding is assured throughout the season.Sestrière is able to augment snow on 10km of ski runs, with 90 Snow Cannons.There are 92 Ski Lifts of Sestrière that are able to uplift 70,900 skiers / snowboarders per hour which helps keep ques down and allow you to ski more!

Beginners runs fan out above the ski school meeting point. Special lift tickets are given out for relevant lift access for beginners only. However, the intermediates will enjoy the Sestrières skiing the most, with popular areas such as Banchetta and Sises. There are runs of all kinds from short steep moguls to long wide motorway cruisers. It's easy to get over to the pleasant wooded trails above neighbouring Sauze d'Oulx. The trails over to Montgenèvre can be tackled by intermediate skiers via blues and reds.

A good run, skiers should not miss out on, is Mount Sises. This is the World Cup and World Championships giant slalom run. The run is steep but wide in the highest part then flatter around the Mount Alpette and becoming once again quite vertical under the chair lift where the old ski lift once passed.

In Sestriere its possibile to ski at night on the floodlit run where many ski champions have battled it out in World Cup competitions.