Como - Italy

Hi all. I'm flying to Malpensa for New Year and would love to take the kids skiing whilst there. I see Como is only 1 hour away, but I don't have much information on the resort.

Would anyone know if it's a 'ski to door' type resort? I'll have a 5 year old which I don't want to drag for miles to the nursery slopes.

Thanks for any info, or any other recommendations?

Have a look as this link it will give you the skiing available around the Lake Como area

http://www.discovercomo.com/lake-como-skiing

Ah nice one thanks. It looks like the Como ski area is much further away than 1 hour from Malpensa then as it's 1 hour outside Como.

Does anyone have a recommendation for the closest ski resort to Malpensa that's going to be decent enough to teach a 5 year old for 4 days?

Thanks again

I think the nearest ski area to Malpensa is Mottarone http://www.mottaroneski.it/it/index.php above Stresa, which is about an hour's to drive from the airport. From there a small two section cable car http://www.stresa-mottarone.it/home_eng.htm takes you up to Mottarone at 1500m. It has 7 lifts, including a couple of baby lifts http://www.dovesciare.it/sites/default/files/skimap-mottarone.jpg and 21km of pistes. If you would prefer to drive up from Stresa it will take an extra 40 mins. To see what it looks like search in Google images for sci mottarone. I've only been there in summer so I can't tell you anything about the skiing, but the views are spectacular.

Find a resort that suits your family then post on J2ski if anyone has been there -)