Despite it being nearly a month now since the last major snowfall, early season snow conditions remain reasonable at La Thuile with lots of good piste skiing, most lifts open, some fun side country and touring options. We enjoyed some long winding piste journeys around this geographically interesting resort linking Italy and France via the 2 ski areas of La Thuile and La Rosiere. Throw in the Col du Petit St Bernard and magnificent views of the Mont Blanc Massif and even the Matterhorn and you have a stunning area to ski.
Good Off Piste Ski Journey In The Ponteilles Valley From Where Mont Valaisan Can also be accessed as a ski tour.
There is lots of interesting off piste terrain around La Thuile although the steeper lines are obviously still pretty rocky at this time of year and with only one major snow event so far.
Despite this, numerous interesting looking steeper lines were tracked and snow cover was reasonable above about 1800m although very sparse lower down, especially on sunny aspects.
All the pistes leading back to La Thuile were all shut. We did a good mini ski tour in the Ponteilles area below Mont Valaisan and between Rutor and the pistes of La Thuile with good views of these and other touring areas like across on Punta Croce and Mont Colmet.
Early Season Off Piste Prospecting Above The Col du Petit St Bernard. Reasonable snow cover in Mid December 2016
