Winter Sports
Winter Sports - Val Vigezzo
Category: Winter Sports
Preferential access route to the Val Grande, Italy’s biggest wilderness, the Vigezzo Valley is known as the “Artists’ Valley” both for the historical presence of portrait and landscape artists and for the beauty of the local nature and towns, but is also appreciated for its many tourist and sporting opportunities. During the winter season, the Piana di Vigezzo ski resort (1.712 m) offers 20 km of ski runs with differing levels of difficulty – also suitable for snowboarding – which join the other downhill ski systems of the Cui Dariolo in Malesco and the Baitina in Druogno, better suited to beginners. For Nordic skiing, the reference point is the Polyfunctional Centre of Santa Maria Maggiore, where a 20 km ski run departs, touching the municipalities of Druogno and Malesco. The track winds though woods and plains and is partly equipped with an artificial lighting system for nocturnal competitions. A 5 km ski run at high altitude is located in the Loana Valley, at the gate to the Val Grande National Park, while another small high plateau circuit can be found in Vigezzo. Hockey and curling can be practiced in the Malesco ice park, where there is an outdoor ice rink.
Information
SPORTS AVAILABLE
alpine 3 skiing: 3 easy ski runs - 4 medium difficulty ski runs - 2 difficult ski runs (Piana di Vigezzo); 5 easy ski runs (La Baitina di Druogno)
cross-country skiing: main track stretching for 20 km between the municipalities of Santa Maria Maggiore and Druogno.
play park: Baitina di Druogno with snow tubing, playground, bob, snowshoes and snowboard hire
off-piste skiing
ski mountaineering
ice rink
snowboard
hockey
curling
FACILITIES FOR SKIERS
ski hire, ski school, snowpark, mountain rescue, alpine guides,heliskiing
HOLIDAYS ON THE MOUNTAINS
www.torinopiemonte.it
HOW TO GET THERE
By train: Milano-Domodossola or Novara Domodossola railway lines, Vigezzina Centovalli railway line (Domodossola-Locarno)
By car: A26 Genova Voltri - Gravellona Toce motorway. Continue along SS33 towards the National Border to Masera-Valle Vigezzo exit. Follow the signs for Valle Vigezzo.
REFERENCES
IAT Malesco
Via Ospedale, 1 - 28854 Malesco (Vb)
Tel. +39.0324.929901 - Fax: +39.0324.929828
E-mail: malesco@distrettolaghi.it
IAT Santa Maria Maggiore
Piazza Risorgimento, 28 - 28038 Santa Maria Maggiore (Vb)
Tel/Fax: +39.0324.95091
E-mail: santamariamaggiore@distrettolaghi.it
www.neveazzurra.it - www.vallevigezzo.vb.it
Ufficio Turistico del Comune di Druogno
Piazza Municipio, 3 - 28853 Druogno (Vb)
Tel. +39.0324.93565 – Fax: +39.0324.93272
E-mail: druognoservizi@libero.it
Centro del Fondo Santa Maria Maggiore
Via Pittore Belcastro - 28857 Santa Maria Maggiore (Vb)
Tel/Fax: +39.0324.94289
www.valvigezzo.com/centrodelfondo
Funivia Piana di Vigezzo
Partenza: +39.0324.98646 - Arrivo: +39.0324.909973
www.baitina.it
