Slope Breakdown
Sestriere at a glance
Sestriere is a ski resort in Italy, part of the Via Lattea ski area. It offers 400 km of slopes served by 71 lifts, with skiing between 2,035 m and 2,823 m (788 m vertical). That makes it the 2nd largest of the 30 ski resorts in Italy listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Sestriere is an intermediate's mountain: roughly 55% of the slopes are red runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 6 cm of new snow at the top (2,823 m) in the next 3 days, 2 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
Email me when it snows
An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Sestriere, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Turin (TRN) — about 66 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 58.50 EUR (2026/27 season). Vialattea Italia day pass, high season rate.
2025/26: 58.50 EUR (±0%)
About €0.15 per km of piste the pass covers (400 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Sestriere
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.
Sestriere resort facts
These figures cover the lift network Sestriere shares with Montgenèvre and Sauze d’Oulx on Intski: one sector of the Via Lattea pass, not the whole pass. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About Sestriere
Sestriere is a ski resort and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in Italy's Piedmont region, set in the Val Susa 17 km from the French border.
Resort Highlights
High and purpose-built above the Val Susa
Sestriere is a ski resort and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in Italy’s Piedmont region, set in the Val Susa 17 km from the French border. Its name comes from the Latin ad petram sistrariam, marking the point sixty Roman miles from Turin, which is a reminder that the pass here was a waypoint long before it was a ski destination. The resort is known by several names in the languages of the area, Sestrieras in Occitan and Sestrières in French among them, reflecting its position on a cultural as well as a national frontier.
The skiing
Sestriere is the high point of the Via Lattea, the Milky Way, the cross-border ski area it shares with Sauze d’Oulx, Sansicario, Cesana, Claviere, Pragelato and Montgenevre in France. The whole network offers 400 km of pistes and 71 lifts. What sets Sestriere apart from its partners is altitude: the lifts start at about 2,035 m, and the area tops out at 2,823 m. That high base is the resort’s defining asset. Skiing back to the door is dependable through the December to April season in a way it simply is not at the lower villages of the Via Lattea, which is why Sestriere is the snow-sure choice within the network.
The trade-off is vertical. With such a high base, the local drop is under 800 m, so the longest descents are found by heading into the wider area rather than lapping the home slopes. The lift system is modern, and 71 lifts for 400 km keeps queues manageable. The area suits intermediates and mixed groups best: the Milky Way’s scale offers days of exploration, and the altitude gives confidence that the snow will be there when you arrive.
Resort and character
Sestriere is a resort built at altitude for skiing, and it feels like one. Visitors who want a historic valley town should look to Sauze d’Oulx or elsewhere; those who want to be on the snow at 2,000 m with the whole Via Lattea within reach will find Sestriere the more practical base. The proximity to France makes cross-border days a realistic option rather than an ambition. The resort’s name and its Roman milestone origins are about the only historic notes; everything else about Sestriere is geared to the practical business of skiing at altitude.
Practical notes
Turin airport is roughly 66 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April. The comune maintains the resort’s official website.
Frequently asked questions about Sestriere
The lifts at Sestriere start at about 2,035 m and the ski area reaches 2,823 m, making it the high, snow-sure base of the Via Lattea network.
It derives from the Latin ad petram sistrariam, meaning the stone sixty Roman miles from Turin, a reference to the resort's position on an ancient route.
Sestriere is part of the Via Lattea (Milky Way), a cross-border area of 400 km of pistes and 71 lifts shared with Sauze d'Oulx and other Italian villages and with Montgenevre in France.
The resort lies in the Val Susa 17 km from the French border, and the Via Lattea ski area itself crosses into France at Montgenevre.
Sestriere has 400 km of marked slopes: 96 km easy (blue), 220 km intermediate (red), 84 km expert (black), served by 71 ski lifts.
The skiing in Sestriere ranges from 2,035 m at the base to 2,823 m at the top — a vertical drop of 788 m.
The ski season in Sestriere typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Sestriere is better suited to confident skiers — only around 24% of the slopes are rated easy.
Sestriere has 84 km of expert (black) slopes — about 21% of the total.
An adult day pass in Sestriere costs around 58.50 EUR (2026/27 season). Vialattea Italia day pass, high season rate.
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