General Info requested for Passo Tonale

Hi, We are off to Passo Tonale at the end of January. I would appreciate any resort info or recommendations regarding where to eat on the mountain etc.

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Great place for beginners and good intermediates. Because of the lift system it's just as quick to get back to Passo to eat unless your over at Ponti. Try La Terreta Hotel for the best Pizza's for lunch at reasonable prices. Stay clear of the mountain resteraunt up on the glasier. The Magic Bar is ok for a quick hotdog or snack but it is always busy during the day.

Toddle up to El Batte around 1730 for free snaks and a great selection of beers also lots of games for any kids on tow.

Once you get over the transfer I think you will enjoy Passo.

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Snow check.

Long blue run down to the half way station

I Think you need to this in perspective Passo Tonale is a beginners resort anyone with three weeks
Skiing ability will be bored stiff, the runs are short which causes some congestion lower down, if you must go then the better skiing is down the road at Ponte Legno better reds and a couple steeppish blacks for Italy.
Good points its Italy so the food is fantastic , people are friendly and prices are reasonable.
At this height you are guaranteed snow but later in the season be warned that it is a south facing resort so gets plenty of sun so the pistes get worn and icy very quickly.

Thanks for the advice, we have to find a resort that suites all levels as our wives are not the most confident skiers.

I went last year, with three weeks experiance and was not bored in the slightest (I'm a boarder so not into full pelt straight line speed runs, in which case you may do the whole lot in two days)
Great but quite quiet resort. As previously mentioned el bait bar up near hotel cielo blu is a nic e chilled place. We stayed in the hotel cielo blu which for the money was absolutly fine - quiet, clean, warm and perfectly adequate food.
For lunch there is a pizza place just down one of the side roads opposite the main ski ticket office which does awsome huge take away pizzas for about 5 euros. Prices on the mountain are pretty cheap where ever you go. The skiing down in ponti is deffinitly more challenging and in Jan you should be able to ski all the way down to it. All in all, I'd say a cheap and cheerfull resort, not a huge amount of charm but loads of empty pistes, no ques and good snow.

(As a foot note, I am comparing tonale against prato nevoso and borovets !!! so not that much competition!)