Piancavallo

Top Ski Facts:
Beginners: Intermediate: Advanced:	Km of Piste: 50 Transfer Times (Approx): 3 hours to resort from Verona, 20 hours from Calais.

Lying beneath the impressive Monte Cavallo, the attractive village of Piancavallo has evolved from its beginnings as a purpose-built village to a fully-fledged ski resort. Thanks to extensive snowmaking, good conditions are normally assured for most of the winter right back to resort level, whilst the pistes are easily accessible thanks to a good lift system. Piancavallo has hosted championships on its World Cup Slalom and giant slalom runs for over 14 years.

On the slopes

Piancavallo was one of the first European resorts to offer a snow guarantee, thanks to the installation of 40 snow cannons. The resort is particularly suited to mixed ability groups, due to the variety of skiing on offer. The ski area of approximately 50km is accessed by an interconnecting system of 11 lifts rising to pistes spreading out from the village centre in all directions - many runs having two or three alternative routes. The longest lift is a two stage chair-lift with dramatic summit views as far as the Venetian coast and over to the peaks of the Slovenian border. Apart from the excellent nursery areas where beginners start, there are many challenging blue and red runs for good intermediates who, whatever their level, will be able to ski back to the resort.

Off the slopes

Piancavallo still retains the charm of a traditional Italian village. The centre is small, friendly and virtually traffic free, with a whole range of activities on offer, including cafés, discos, bars and pizzerias, a sauna, a superb indoor ice rink and toboggan run.

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