Sauze D'oulx - First Timers!

We (a group of 4 adults) are travelling to Sauze D'oulx for the first time in January 07.

The two guys are very good skiers, however us gals have only ever been once before and are looking at private lessons in the morning of our first few days.

Does anyone know of a ski school for this? We booked with Crystal and they didn't offer private tuition.

Cannot wait now - very excited - and only 89 days to go!

Also, wanted to know, we are staying in Sauze D'oulx. Would our lift pass work for other resorts in the Milky Way?

Hi Sam,

Sauze has 3 ski schools all of which do private lessons. The one I would recommend is known as the Green Ski School. Their office can be found on via monfol in between Moncrons cocktail bar and the Assietta hotel.

Check out www.sauzeonline.com for more information.

sam.sharples wrote:

Also, wanted to know, we are staying in Sauze D'oulx. Would our lift pass work for other resorts in the Milky Way? 

The Ski Pass is valid for all the milky way area

me and my partner are also going to sauze in jan 07 and like your self are really loooking forward to it.
has anybody else been in jan to sauze and what were the snow conditions like??

Skiing in Sauze in Jan is usually excellent. Plenty of snow and great pistes. You will have ski passes that cover the whole of the Via Lattea and this will give you plenty of variety with over 400km of pistes.
I would certainly recommend Moncrons bar for apres ski. Mark runs the show and is a great host. Also the best restaurant in town is Il Falcone owned by a guy called Vince Hawkins. Tell them Kent sent you and they will look after you!

If you are looking for a good instructor and somewhere else to drink go to Il Lampone and ask for Alex.

Still looking for somewhere to stay then check out http:www.belvederebedandbreakfast.com for our ski packages.

thanks for that. it sound excelent so there's quite a bit of nightlife then?
what about some where romantic for a meal in the evening (no doubt the misses wont want to be partying every night) is there anything like that??

Hi. Four of us are going to Sauze in January too. Haven't booked yet but looking for a good hotel. The Relais Des Alpe looks favourite but has anyone any recommendations?

Secondly, are there any ski in/ski out hotels that are a reasonable distance from the old town (for the nightlife)?

hi
Ive just booked to go to Sauze on jan 7th aswell. I went there last year when the olympics where on and we had a great time. even though most of the milky way was closed there was still enough skiing to keep your average skiier happy. The resort itself is quite lively at night but me and my friend also found it very friendly. I would definately recommend this resort and i am really looking forward to exploring the whole area properly this time! just counting the days now!
beginners should have a great time as there are plenty of easy slopes and a lot of them are tree lined and really picturesque.

not long now till its time to ski again lets hope and pray for the snow gods to be nice to us all goint to sauz in jan!!!!

Was in Sauze D'oulx over xmas, came home NYeve.

Snow was not brilliant and by mid-week were lots of ice patches, stones and grass patches as it was warm and even at the top you could see how much the snow was melting on the mountains around.

Some of the lifts were closed making some areas difficult or impossible to get to.

I still had brilliant time and liked the area very much, if it has dumped some more snow should be really good skiing.

onlyjane