San Domenico is a hamlet of the Municipality of Varzo at an altitude of 1,420 m, in the northern extreme of Piedmont. More precisely, San Domenico belongs to a valley of the Lepontine Alps that weaves with a succession of ridges, woods and ponds on the border with Switzerland. In a nutshell: it is one of the last resorts of the entire Alpine arc where you can experience the mountain in all its natural beauty.
Whether winter or summer, San Domenico di Varzo is an unspoilt place to discover on skis, with snowshoes, by bike or walking through woods, ridges and ponds. A small village in northern Piedmont where nature is the protagonist all year round.
Whether your passion is alpine skiing or snowboarding, San Domenico Ski is really the ideal place for you. The Val Divedro area offers the perfect mix of slopes of different difficulty, large slopes in open spaces and adrenaline descents through the trees.
The ski area is spread over a difference in height of more than 1,100 meters, from the 1,420 meters of San Domenico up to the 2,500 meters of the Dosso, crossing the axilate conca of the Alpe Ciamporino.Solioughly the opening of the San Domenico Ski lifts is guaranteed from the beginning of December to the beginning of May, thanks also to a natural snow of the highest quality, among the best of the entire Alpine arc.
The easy and wide slopes of the Alpe Ciamporino await beginners to get closer to the winter sports and the treadmills of the school field ensure everyone can enjoy the first slips on the skis or on the table in peace. The most demanding and technical slopes of the Sella and Dosso Pass are dedicated to the most demanding skiers. Tracks such as “La Sella”, “Diei”, “Valletta” and the variants “Bondolero 1, 2 and 3” offer technical walls with slopes up to 55%, rapid changes of direction, compressions and decompressions able to test even the most advanced skier.
Emotions at night can be experienced along the 3 km of track illuminated by day, the only downhill track by night in the entire Ski Area of the Val d’Ossola together with Domobianca Ski.
Snowboarding in San Domenico has a long and established tradition: the snowy slopes, especially those softly whitewashed and unspoiled outside the beaten tracks, have been a destination for a large fleet of enthusiasts for decades. Also available is the Sando Snowpark, constantly updated with new equipment.
Equipment rental, ski school, level hotels, residences, mountain huts and ski bars at high altitude, events, gastronomic evenings and après-ski complete the offer of great quality of San Domenico Ski.
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