Sauze d'Oulx, Italy

Ski Facts

resort altitude: 1509m
ski area: Milky Way
height at summit: 2825m
marked runs: 400km
snow park: yes
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Travel Facts:

nearest airports: chambery 1¾hrs
grenoble 2½hrs
milan 2¼hrs
turin 1¼hrs
rail: oulx (5km)

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Sauze d'Oulx

Sauze d'Oulx

Sauze d'Oulx Ski, Snowboard & Summer Holidays

Famous for its apres-ski, Sauze d'Oulx manages to surprise many visitors.

The ski area is extensive and varied, linked to Sansicario, Sestriere, and also Montgenevre just across the border in France. There are pretty, quaint little cobbled streets in the old part of the village, and it is a popular weekend retreat for Italians from Turin or Milan.

Ski holidays in Sauze d'Oulx:

It was the site of the Freestyle Skiing events of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Together with the villages of Pragelato, Sestriere, Claviere, Cesana Torinese, San Sicario and Montgenèvre, in France, it makes up the Via Lattea (Milky Way) skiing area.

Sauze is located on a sunny plateau at the north end of this extensive ski area. The skiing is excellent for intermediate skiers and boarders with long blue runs and challenging reds.

Much of Sauze's reputation is built on the apres-ski activities. Sauze comes to life when the lifts close with an excellent choice of bars, restaurants and clubs offering live music and DJ sets long into the night.

Winter activities include:

torchlight descents, skidoos, cinema, good range of lively bars and restaurants, weekly market.