Ski in Antagnod

Skiing in Antagnod

Antagnod - Ski Resort in Monterosa, Italian Alps - 14km of Piste (1730m to 2310m)

Lying at the western end of the Monterosa ski area, not lift-linked to the rest of the system (but very close to it). There is limited lift-served advanced level skiing with 30km (19 miles) of trails and seven lifts locally.

Antagnod

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Antagnod Ski Facts

Antagnod Ski Facts

		Intermediate Skiers
		Beginners
		Snowboarding
		Snow
		Apres-Ski
	1	Black Piste
	1	Red Piste (5km)
	4	Blue Pistes (13km)
14km		Downhill Pistes
32km		Cross Country Pistes
7		Ski Lifts
610m		Max Vertical
2310m		Highest Lift
1730m		Lowest Piste
1700m		Resort Altitude

Antagnod

The Italian ski resort of Antagnod is part of the Monterosa ski area with access to 64 individual pistes. In addition to the skiing in Antagnod itself (14km of pisted ski runs), the appropriate ski Lift Pass will allow you to ski or snowboard in the other Monterosa ski resorts of Brusson, Champoluc, Gressoney Saint Jean and Gressoney la Trinité.

The ski resort itself is above 1500m, so skiing or boarding back to the resort is usually possible. With skiing above 2000 metres, snow cover is generally reliable.

Snowmaking :- Antagnod is able to augment natural snow, on 13km of ski runs, with 10 Snow Cannons.

Ski Lift Capacity :- The 7 Ski Lifts of Antagnod are able to uplift 5,900 skiers / snowboarders per hour.

There are three Airports within two hours drive, so ski weekends, snowboard breaks and short ski holidays to Antagnod are perfectly feasible.

Skiing in Antagnod

Skiers in Alagna can take the modern cable car from the village centre straight up to Pianalunga (a rise of nearly 850 vertical metres) and from there decide whether to take the new cable car a further 850 metres higher to Col d'Olen (2881m - a world beating 1,700m vertical ascent from two lifts!) - which opens up the links to Gressoney and Champoluc; or whether to take the chairlift to Bocchetta elle Pisse (2396) and the slopes used for competitions.

From there its possible to ascend to the Punta Indren Glacier and the full 2000m+ vertical.

The Olen and Bors Valleys offer fairly difficult skiing and spectacular off piste opportunities.

For beginners and early intermediates there's a special separate area, Wold, some 500m north of the village. Although low altitude it has full snowmaking cover.

From Gressoney, the central valley, lifts stretch up on either side to reach trails back down to Champoluc on one side and Alagna on the other. Runs of all standards descend on either side and back down to the resort.

There are many on and off piste itineraries in the area including the most popular Mount Rose Grand Tour which begins at 8.30 with a rendezvous at the Monterosa Ski offices in Champoluc. There's a coach link to Frachey from where participants can ski to the Gressoney Valley via Colle della Bettaforca (2701m) continuing on to the Passo dei Salati (2967m) and then descending along the Valsesia face of the slopes. An ascent to Punta Indren (3260m) follows with an off piste descent towards Gressoney. The tour ends back in Champoluc at 4pm.

Heliskiing is another popular activity given the wide range of high peaks in the area - and the proximity to France where heliskiing is banned. There's a wide choice of descents available to suit almost all ability levels. You can also take a helicopter to the top of the Lys mountain pass for a descent along the Grenz glacier down to Zermatt. Two or three day variants of the tour, staying overnight in Cervinia or Zermatt, are available.

Away from the main Three Valleys area, there are small separate ski areas on the Pass, including an area of mostly red and blue slopes above Antagnod, famous for their sunshine record, and at Gressoney St Jean there are famous slopes down through the old Swiss pines of Weissmatten.

Telemarking is also popular in the area and there' a special club for Telemarkers. Cross country skiers have valley and altitude routes (at 2025m high Pianalunga for example) around the area. However summer skiing ended here several seasons ago when work began on the lift upgrades.

Monterosa is included on The Aosta Valley pass which covers 800km (500 miles) of terrain served by nearly 200 lifts in over a dozen ski areas, including Cervinia, linked to Zermatt and other famous resorts in the area such as Pila, La Thuile and Courmayeur (a 30 minute bus ride away) which is linked to Chamonix (you need a special International variant of the ticket - see below - at an additional cost), but it's just about physically possible to ski over if you set off on the early bus.

There's no ski bus so your own transport is most useful to make the most of the pass.

There are many different versions of the Aosta Valley Pass. Variants include the six day 'International Pass' which is valid for two days in Chamonix or the Mont Blanc Snow Safari which is valid in the 4 Valleys region also.

The pricing structure is one of the most complex in the world. For example there are two bands of child pricing, under age 8 and under age 12 (under 14 for the International version of the pass). Under age 8 ticket is only available when an adult buys a ticket for the same duration at the same time, otherwise child pays under age 12 price (assuming they are under age 12!) even if they are under age 8. Under 8s are free low season for 5 or more day standard (not international) ticket but pay for 3 or 4 day ticket and pay a lot for the International Ticket.

Snowboarding in Antagnod

The free riding terrain in the Monte Rosa region is a dream for boarders. The opportunity to open up 2000 metres of vertical above Alagna with a couple of cable car rides up is a truly wonderful thing, and the wide open powder fields all the way down likewise.

There are plenty of off piste boarding and heli-boarding opportunities, but no terrain parks at the last report.

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Antagnod in brief

Antagnod Ski Resort is:
Ok for Expert Skiers.
Good for Intermediate Skiers.
Ok for Beginners.
Good for Snowboarding.
Opened : December 1, 2012
Closed : April 28, 2013
Opening Subject To Snow Conditions.

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