School ski trips to Milky Way - Sauze d’Oulx

On the slopes

Sauze d’Oulx has  over 400 kilometres of ski runs, mainly intermediate runs and is a red run paradise. Beginners are well catered for too as Sauze d’Oulx has excellent English-speaking ski and snowboard schools that will get you up and skiing, or snowboarding, in no time at all.

Sauze d’Oulx has a much better than average sunshine record and way  above average skiing. The vast majority of the pistes in Sauze d’Oulx have artificial snow-making facilities .

For advanced skiers there’s an easy connection to Sestriere and the black runs at the top of Mount Motta and Mount Sises, and to the Olympic Kandahar Slalom and Kandahar Banchetta runs. Nearer to home there’s some challenging skiing off the top of Fraiteve.

Sauze d’ Oulx is a resort that clubs together with a host of other areas to form one of the biggest rideable areas in Europe, known as the Vialattea or Milky Way. A good number of the runs are in the trees. The ski area offers 212 pistes (7 green, 67 blue, 97 red and 41 black) and 69 ski lifts.

The ski area is characterized by wide open spaces, sunny and panoramic runs. The vastness and diversity of the area can satisfy both the more demanding skiers, thanks to the long and challenging runs, and those who are just  beginning to ski or snowboard.

Sauze d’Oulx Apres ski is as lively or as quiet as you wish. There is a wide range of bars, pubs and clubs with many good and inexpensive  restaurants and pizzerias. Or you can enjoy  a meal up the mountain followed by a torch light descent.

Sauze d’Oulx has over 30 restaurants to choose from ranging from traditional pasta houses in the old town to restaurants that will serve you a 10-course gastronomic extravagance.