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Where to Stay in Passo Tonale

Passo Tonale is one of Italy’s highest ski resorts, with skiing from early to very late in the season, and all-year-round skiing on glacier too. As in all Italian ski resorts, families are...

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Where to Learn in Passo Tonale

The Tonale-Presena Ski School has a good reputation and offers ski, snowboard, freestyle, snowshoeing, race-training and off-piste courses. The other choice is Ponte-Tonale which was founded in the...

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Where to Eat in Passo Tonale

Hut Capanna Presena (+39 0463 758299), at the top of the cable-car, is recommended, as are Rifugio Valbiolo (+39 0364 900016), Rifugio Negritella (+39 0364 900661) and Rifugio Bleis (+39 335 708...

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Passo Tonale, Italy

The Stats Altitude: 1883m Top Lift: 3069m Ski area: 100km of pistes Adult lift pass: 220-257€ for six days Official Site | Ski Map | Webcam In a Nutshell Good-value village with snowsure skiing from...

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Snow Report, November 26

Hold onto your hats, everyone. The weather is about to get interesting in the Alps. Heavy snow is expected in places, along with a sharp drop in temperatures. But it’s not going to be a...

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Snow Report, November 22

There’s no doubting the star of today’s snow report, snowfiends. It’s Whistler, Canada, which over the last seven days has been walloped by 120cm of snow on the upper slopes of its ski area (although...

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New Job for Franz Klammer

Franz Klammer, arguably the greatest downhiller of all time, has become a patron of Ski 4 Cancer – the UK charity that provides alpine breaks for families affected by the disease. Ski 4 Cancer...

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Snow Report, November 19

Flippin ‘eck, Snowfiends. There we were, dazzled by the epic early-season conditions in places like Lake Louise and Utah, and we almost missed the openings of Zinal in Switzerland, Montgenevre in...

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