Bardonecchia
Slope Breakdown
Bardonecchia at a glance
Bardonecchia is a ski resort in Italy, part of the Via Lattea ski area. It offers 100 km of slopes served by 23 lifts, with skiing between 1,312 m and 2,750 m (1,438 m vertical). That makes it the 19th largest of the 30 ski resorts in Italy listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Bardonecchia is particularly beginner-friendly: about 54% of its slopes are easy blue runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 11 cm of new snow at the top (2,750 m) in the next 3 days, 1 cm at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Turin (TRN) — about 75 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 52 EUR (2026/27 season). Bardonecchia day pass (Colomion+Melezet+Jafferau), high season rate.
2025/26: 49 EUR (+6.1%)
About €0.52 per km of piste the pass covers (100 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Bardonecchia
Rules for a car in Italy, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
Motorway tolls by distance
Winter tyres
Winter tyres or chains on board, 15 Nov to 15 Apr, on signed roads (Valle d'Aosta from 15 Oct)
Studded tyres
Unclear: allowed up to 3.5 t; the period is not confirmed on an official page
Fréjus Road Tunnel (Italy to France): EUR 56.40 one way / 70.40 return
Bardonecchia, Via Lattea, Maurienne (Val Cenis, Valloire) Tariff from 1 Jan 2026, Italian side. Class 2 (not class 1 and up to 3 m high): 74.70 / 93.80. Class 3 (2-axle vehicles over 3 m high, per the SFTRF class definition): HGV Euro 5-6 and buses Euro 4-6 204.80 / 318.80; buses Euro 3 215.10 / 334.70; buses Euro 0-2 216.70 / 337.30. Return valid until 23:59 on the 7th day (classes 1, 2, 5) or 15th day (classes 3, 4). 2027 price not yet published as of 2026-09-30.
Bardonecchia resort facts
Difficulty shares from skiresort.info, applied to the area total.
About Bardonecchia
Bardonecchia is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the western Susa Valley of Piedmont. It owes its growth to engineering: a small village became a town with the works for the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, the first to cross the Alps.
Resort Highlights
An Olympic town in the Susa Valley
Bardonecchia is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the western Susa Valley of Piedmont. It owes its growth to engineering: a small village became a town with the works for the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, the first to cross the Alps. The tunnel also explains the town’s position at the western end of the Susa Valley, where the railway enters the mountain, and the French form of the name is a clue to which side of the Alps lies beyond. More recently the town hosted the snowboarding events of the 2006 Winter Olympics. The name has as many forms as the valley has languages: Bardonecia in Piedmontese, Bardonescha in Occitan, Bardonnèche in French.
The skiing
Bardonecchia offers 100 km of pistes on 23 lifts, rising from 1,312 m to 2,750 m. That top station is well above the 2,200 m threshold that helps snow reliability, and the vertical of more than 1,400 m is generous for a resort of this size. Twenty-three lifts for 100 km, about one for every four kilometres, suggests longer runs between rides rather than a tightly packed network. A base at 1,312 m is moderate, so the runs back to town will be more weather-dependent than the upper mountain, but the 2,750 m top gives the area a high reserve to fall back on.
No difficulty split is published, but a 100 km area with 1,400 m of vertical has enough variety for intermediates to fill a week, and the Olympic snowboarding heritage is a clue that the mountain has terrain to suit freestylers and boarders as well as skiers. Beginners will find the size manageable; strong skiers will appreciate the vertical more than the piste count.
Via Lattea
Bardonecchia is listed under the Via Lattea, the “Milky Way”, ski area. For visitors, the practical point is that Bardonecchia’s own 100 km are a complete resort in themselves, with the wider network as an option for those who want to travel further afield during the week.
Character and practicalities
The resort is tagged for traditional charm and scenic views. As a town with railway-era history rather than a purpose-built station, it has a life beyond the lifts, and the Susa Valley setting gives it the views. The Olympic legacy and the tunnel that created the town are reminders that Bardonecchia has been a place people pass through and stop at for a long time. Turin is the nearest airport, roughly 75 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April. The comune’s official website carries local information.
Frequently asked questions about Bardonecchia
The town hosted the snowboarding events of the 2006 Games.
Through the construction works for the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, the first rail tunnel to cross the Alps.
The Via Lattea, or "Milky Way", ski area in Piedmont. Bardonecchia's own slopes amount to 100 km on 23 lifts.
The lifts rise from 1,312 m to a top station at 2,750 m, a vertical of more than 1,400 m.
Bardonecchia has 100 km of marked slopes: 54 km easy (blue), 38 km intermediate (red), 8 km expert (black), served by 23 ski lifts.
The skiing in Bardonecchia ranges from 1,312 m at the base to 2,750 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,438 m.
The ski season in Bardonecchia typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Yes — Bardonecchia is well suited to beginners. About 54% of the slopes (54 km) are easy blue runs.
Bardonecchia has 8 km of expert (black) slopes — about 8% of the total.
An adult day pass in Bardonecchia costs around 52 EUR (2026/27 season). Bardonecchia day pass (Colomion+Melezet+Jafferau), high season rate.
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