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Sauze d’Oulx: A Ski Resort for the Genteel Traveller

Located on the edge of the Via Lattea, Sauze d’Oulx has been a popular ski resort for a few decades. Formerly known as a drinking destination for raucous British après skiers, Sauze d’Oulx is a much quieter, better-behaved resort nowadays, popular with upscale visitors and families. Its pistes are perfect for intermediates, although there are plenty of options for beginners and experts, and they are surrounded by a gorgeous landscape of larch trees and sharp mountain edges. With peaceful, crowd free slopes, beautiful woods to explore off-piste, off-the-beaten-path accommodation and great restaurants, Sauze d’Oulx is a wonderful resort for those

Aosta Valley: The Centre of Heliskiing

Heliskiing: the name alone is enough to prick the ears of adrenaline junkies everywhere and this is one extreme sport that certainly lives up to the hype. A thrilling downhill skiing experience combining both action and adventure, you’re treated to mesmerising views as you ascend the slopes in a helicopter, then you get to enact your best action movie star impression by exiting the chopper amongst the clouds and dramatically tearing down the pristine slopes on skis. Heliskiing takes place far away from the busy, groomed slopes you find at the resorts – instead taking in beautiful remote mountainsides covered

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