Sauze d’Oulx

The resort is centred on a cobbled, car-free zone in keeping with the traditional buildings of the region. From this, larger hotels and chalets spread out across the hillside so check where you want to be based if walking in ski boots to the lifts in the morning isn’t your thing. At night the centre is lively, with bars filling up quickly and staying full into the small hours.

For Families

As mentioned, the beginner slopes are far from ideal but there is a small area in the resort itself. Off the slopes there is not a great deal to do for families and the busy town centre may prove to be a bit noisy if you have children – try and stay a little bit further out if this is the case.

For Après

Sauze offers some of the best après in Italy but it doesn’t quite rival the party towns in France or Austria. That being said happy hours are very popular and several places will also serve up free antipasti with your drinks. Some recommendations include Grotta, Scacco Matto and Max’s Café – home to a four hour happy hour. Later on, the late night bars get going and don’t be surprised if you end up heading to the nightclub underneath Mira’s.

Submitted by: Bob Dixson

Our Day

The weather turned much colder overnight and cloud blanketed the sun this morning. The pistes were pristine corduroy but the lower temperatures meant that skiing resulted in the fillings being rattled occasionally. To begin with we stayed low, where the snow was a little softer and skiing the tree linedbruns around Bourget gave better definition to the ground. We took time to have a coffee at Marmotta as the Triplex was running for the weekend making access easier. After coffee we had avquick run down to Jouvenceaux mid station, then we made our way to the Sansicario area to ski the black 21 which had become one of our favourites. We skied Sansicario for a while as the snow softened and then gradually made our way back across to Clot Bourget for lunch (lovely pizzas which are big enough to share). After lunch, a very short afternoon as it’s the end of Rep’s season here in Sauze so yours truly had packing & cleaning to do.

Weather

Colder temperatures left the pistes a little crunchy first thing but they softened as the morning went on. Cloud blanketed the sun first thing and there were some (half hearted) attempts at snow flurries.

News & Notes

The pistes were busier today with weekenders and some school parties arriving. There were still barely any queues.