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La Thuile, Italy, Report: 37,500 Skiable Acres, 94-Miles of Trails, 4,728 Vertical Feet, 39 Ski Lifts, 2 Countries

Report from March 7, 2025 On Friday of last week, we skied La Thuile ski resort in La Thuile, Italy. La Thuile, Italy, is part of the Espace San Bernardo ski area, which connects to La Rosière ski area in France.  Related: Ski Resorts Where You Can Ski or Board in 2 Countries in 1 Day The first thing we […]

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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Day #2 in the “Alaskan Velvet Snow” on Tête d l’Ane

Report from March 5, 2025 On Tuesday I had a conundrum.  My wife is in town and I need to ski with her and there is powder out in them thar hills… The compromise reached was that I’d run out and ski one run in the powder zone, then go backcountry skiing with her in the afternoon. I blasted up […]

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Tragedy Strikes in Italian Alps as Promising Young Ski Racer Dies Following Shocking Training Crash

Marco Degli Uomini, an 18-year-old rising talent in Italian skiing, has died following a horrific crash during a training run at the Zoncolan ski area in the Carnic Alps in Italy. The accident occurred on March 8 in the early morning around 7:40 a.m. before the slopes opened to the public. Degli Uomini was training to serve as the forerunner […]

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Julia Schneemann | March 10, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: The Tête du Grand Mont Couloir

Report from March 4, 2025 There’s a chute the looms over the town of Courmayeur and the ski resort. We can see it from Martin’s house, from town, Dolonne, the ski resort, the Skyway, and just about everywhere else. We knew we had to ski it. Motivations and conditions appeared to line up on Monday and we set out. 4 […]

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Miles Clark | March 9, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Skiing “Alaskan Velvet” In Terrific Terrain A Week After The Storm

Report from March 3, 2025 Yesterday, Marco and his buddy Shanty took me to a new side-country area at Courmayeur Ski Resort in Italy. The zone holds nothing but couloirs. It hasn’t snowed in a week but this zone is holding delectable Alaskan Velvet (recrystallized snow). We got excited as we started up and felt the good snow. Our original […]

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Miles Clark | March 5, 2025
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Happy Ending After Frantic 3-Hour Search for Lost 5-Year Old Skier at Ski Verena 2000, Italy

The frantic search for a missing five-year-old in the Ski Verena 2000 resort in the Asiago Plateau of Italy ended with a happy reunion Saturday evening, March 1, when rescuers found the child cold but otherwise unharmed after hours alone in the snow. The little boy, identified only as “Pietro,” had been skiing with his father near on the Civello […]

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Julia Schneemann | March 2, 2025
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Courmayeur, Italy, Report: Amazing New Terrain, Powder, Wind, & Old Friends

Report from February 26 & 27, 2025 Thursday and Friday at Courmayeur Ski Resort, Italy, were powder days. Thursday we ventured into a new sidecountry zone I hadn’t been to before. Twice! Friday we returned to that zone and went back to our old side-country zones only to find them getting blasted by 50mph winds. Thursday was surprisingly deep in […]

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Skyway Monte Bianco, Italy, Report: The Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Done = My First & Last Time Ever Speed Flying

Report from February 27, 2025 On Friday, we headed up the Skyway Monte Bianco in Courmayeur, Italy in the afternoon. My old California Ski Team buddy, Big Z, was in town. He’s a professional tandem speed flying and paragliding pilot. He talked me into a speed flight with him which is completely against my rules. No human flight. I’ve just […]

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