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Skiing in Cervinia
Skiing in Cervinia offers a high-altitude resort with plenty of snow-sure slopes, and especially good conditions for beginners and intermediates. Located in the Aosta Valley on the Italian side of the Matterhorn, the resort is one of the highest in the Italian Alps, with skiing in Cervinia boasting a high sunshine record and majestic scenery, and enjoying a long ski season from November to April. The ski area of the Matterhorn Ski Paradise also includes the Swiss resort of Zermatt.
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Skiing in Cervinia - Highest resort in Italian Alps, snow-sure slopes
The village sits at 2,000m, and the high-altitude skiing at Cervinia reaches a top elevation of 3,883m, offering spectacular views and reliable snow conditions. Cervinia skiing takes place in a wide sunny bowl under the Matterhorn, with long but gentle slopes. The area is home to 110km of piste, with most of its 50 runs best suited to beginners and intermediate skiers, and the slopes are well groomed and extremely well-maintained on a skiing holiday in Cervinia. Cervinia skiing offers a wealth of long but fairly gentle runs, with the endless blue and red runs ideal for intermediate cruising. Experts on a skiing holiday in Cervinia would fare better by crossing over the Klein Matterhorn to the linked resort of Zermatt in Switzerland, where there are much more challenging slopes to be found, including plenty of mogul fields, chutes, steep gullies and extensive off-piste. The resort is also linked to Valtournenche, the village below, which offers another 40km of piste for those skiing in Cervinia. Snowboarders in Cervinia can make use of the terrain park with its half-pipe and snow cross course.
Skiing in Cervinia - Relaxed après-ski in purpose-built modern resort
The purpose-built village comprises a compact ski centre, with skiing in Cervinia offering a selection of both hotels and self-catering apartments. With a wide range of restaurants serving traditional Italian cuisine as well as a selection of varied international fare, and a number of lively music bars, the après-ski in Cervinia is fairly lively but relaxed. Other activities to enjoy on a Cervinia skiing holiday include skating, swimming, tobogganing, paragliding, swimming and horse riding, as well as heli-skiing. Nearby Zermatt, the charming and traditional Swiss town is an interesting day trip, home to a curling centre and an Alpine Museum.
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