Liguria, Piedmont & the Italian Riviera - Italy - page 476

Plateau Rosa (3480m) and the Little Matterhorn (3883m) in the Breuil-Cervinia ski area
offer some of Europe's highest skiing, while the Campetto area has introduced the Valle
d'Aosta to night skiing. A couple of dozen cable cars, four of which originate in Breuil-
Cervinia, serve 200km of downhill pistes. A one-day ski pass covering Breuil-Cervinia
and Valtournenche costs €36.
Contact Breuil-Cervinia's Scuola di Sci del Breuil Cervinia ( www.scuolascibreuil.com ) or Scuola
Sci del Cervino ( www.scuolacervino.com ) for skiing and snowboarding lessons, and its
mountain-guide association Società Guide del Cervino ( www.guidedelcervino.com ; Via J Antoine
Carrel 20) to make the most of the wild off-piste opportunities.
Between July and September several cable cars and lifts to Plateau Rosa continue to op-
erate, allowing year-round skiing on the Swiss side of the mountain. A one-day interna-
tional ski pass costs €50.
Getting There & Away
Savda ( 0165 36 12 44) operates buses from Breuil-Cervinia to Châtillon (one hour, seven
daily), from where there are connecting buses to/from Aosta.