Skiing in Courmayeur
The small Courmayeur ski area is very beautiful and well maintained, with lovely wooden huts scattered over the slopes, some of which operate as restaurants in winter and others of which are only used in summer as alpages for guarding the cows. The views of the mountains are amazing and skiing on the pistes (and off) is often wide open because many people who come here seem like to sunbathe at the side of the piste rather than ski on it... Great food like minestrone soup and local cheeses in the restaurants on piste as well. Lifts are now managed in conjunction with the Compagnie du Mont Blanc and lift openings/piste status can be found on that website. http://www.courmayeur-montblanc.com/cmb/courmayeur.asp?langue=FRThis is an easy day trip from Chamonix via the Mt Blanc tunnel and makes a nice change of pace and language to skiing in Chamonix. Starting in 2006/07 the Chamonix Unlimited...
