Snowsure: 4.8
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Breuil-Cervinia Valtournenche is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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April 09, 2026
bradley from
United Kingdom
bradley from
United Kingdom
Went Easter 2026
Yes, it's ugly and the lift system is prone to close in high winds. We went late March/early April and the first 3 days were all impacted - late openings, links to Zermatt shut. But you suck it up because the altitude means decent skiing in late March/April. Best thing to do is check weather forecast, and if you can, come here April if there's fresh snow.
Some piste tips:
Cieloalto - small, quiet area just to right of base. A couple of decent blacks.
Valtournenche - red 1 is a long, interesting run right to the base. 3 lifts to the top, 2nd is achingly slow, but the reds from Cime Blanche are excellent
Palteau Rosa - assuming it's open, its a 3 stage haul to get here. Project Cervino (due 2029/30) will provide a fast single telecabin. Until then, it's a bind, but at the top, you have red 7 all the way back to the base
Take the 2 chairs (2nd is kid friendly at Plan Torette) and some decent runs, but go off-piste under the chair. Black 59 is on the map, nut doesn't appear to be there anymore, but the off-piste version is worth exploring.
November 12, 2022
Joel Nick from
United Kingdom
Joel Nick from
United Kingdom
Just found this great site so thought I would add my review too.
Cervinia is a two tone resort-high altitude so good snow, lovely easy runs and super views. But it is really not a pretty town, the lift system is somewhat outdated and it is nearly as expensive as Zermatt where I was 4 years ago. Zermatt is in a different class. It's pristine, varied and frankly not much more expensive.
April 11, 2022
Anthony Ellard from
United Kingdom
Anthony Ellard from
United Kingdom
January 28, 2022
walt from
France
walt from
France
Cervinia has high altitude and great views of the mountains. Mountain restaurants are really good but far from cheap, especially for Italy. The skiing is easy, fun and the slopes are well groomed.
However, the lift company really tries to up-sell ski passes, attempting to get you to buy the Zermatt connection, which is often closed due to wind. The ski pass is also not really great value as the lifts are confused. The main road of the village is nice but that is it, the town is truly ugly.
In a good snow year you have much easier connections to Austrian or French resorts (or pretty Courmayeur in Italy). Personally, I will not return here. I enjoyed Lech 3 years ago so much more and the price difference was not that much.
January 31, 2019
Sam RB from
United Kingdom
Sam RB from
United Kingdom
The justification for my review is explained in depth below. The short version is that if you are anything beyond a novice skier, this is not the resort for you. If you are in the process of picking a resort for an upcoming ski trip, you will find far better places for the same cost.
Hugely disappointed with Cervinia. Having skied a significant number of resorts across France, Switzerland, Austria etc. never have I been quite so frustrated.
Given the location and access to Zermatt, this should be a gem. However, even when conditions at the highest lifts in Cervinia were fantastic (blue sky and absent wind), the Zermatt links were still not opened. On the one day when the Zermatt link was opened, there was clearly no rush and it took until 10:30am to open it all. This reflects the general attitude of the resort staff. Lifts advertised as opening at 8:20 or 8:30 were often not open until well after 9am. Some days upper lifts were closed until gone 10am. Lifts were even closed earlier than advertised with staff clearly just wanting to leave as soon as possible. Even the piste bashing seemed half-hearted; for whatever reason they just were not of a quality found in other resorts. Staff in the ticket office all seemed unable to give the same figures for what the unnecessarily confusing pricing system was and misled us to our financial detriment. When confronted they were extremely rude.
Advertising the resort as a truly linked ski area with Zermatt is almost misleading. The odds of getting across the border are low.
The lift pass for just the Cervinia side is massively overpriced. Having spent the previous week in Ischgl, the lift passes are basically the same cost for 6 days. However, at Ischgl you get a hugely extensive well kept resort, extremely modern and efficient lift system, polite and hardworking staff, beautiful surroundings and town. Indeed the pass was comparatively expensive compared with many resorts I have visited recently including St Anton, Val d'Isere, L2A.
The pistes themselves are fabulous for total beginners but even intermediate skiers will become bored quickly. Black slopes are very straight forward, the reds that proliferate the resort would, in many cases, be blue elsewhere. The terrain is such that runs are mainly long flat sections interspersed with the odd downhill. This combined with the slow, exposed lifts makes for sheer tedium.
The lift system is by far the worst I have experienced anywhere in a major European resort. As other reviews have noted, the lift buildings in some cases look like something from war torn Aleppo. The lifts are excruciatingly slow, often without covers despite being exposed. Gondolas are slow and outdated, sometimes without proper seats. To get to the top of the resort/to Zermatt requires either 3 separate gondolas or a gondola and three separate chairs. In any modern resort the top would be reached by one or, at the most, two lifts.
January 25, 2012
Jo P from
United Kingdom
Jo P from
United Kingdom
Just returned from a week's skiing in Cervinia. We did, unfortunately, experience the high winds of this area. Friday wind and visibility made conditions poor so this was a short days skiing. Saturday no lifts were open in the area at all until lunchtime then one chairlift was opened that gave access to one blue and one red run. Even this lift kept stopping because of high winds. We did also have the most terrifying experience of being stuck on the old 3 man chair in the Valtournenche area in extremely high winds. Lift was shut by the time we got off but it is an experience I, and the rest of my party would never wish to repeat or for others to experience. I would advise, especially on older lifts, not to trust that because the resort are still running it, it will be ok to get on. Once we were off we went straight back to the hotel and had a large brandy which I don't even like!! Great to ski over to Zermatt, have lunch and come back to Italy! We did have 4 lovely days of great snow conditions and sun. Changing weather conditions are to be expected if skiing.
March 13, 2016
James from
United Kingdom
James from
United Kingdom
Visited for a long weekend just before Christmas when there was almost no snow anywhere.
Worth a shout out because of the snow cannon and high altitude. The resort was open and we were able to ski every day. It doesn't have 100% snow cannon coverage but enough to keep the resort open.
It was freaky skiing down a strip of snow with grass/mud off to the side, but the quality of the snow on the ground really was good. It wasn't icy as you can sometimes get from over skied cannon snow.
Really enjoy staying in Italy. Good food and wine at a decent price, especially when compared to Switzerland or France.
January 06, 2011
Guy Pocock from
United Kingdom
Guy Pocock from
United Kingdom
We visited Breuil-Cervinia Valtournenche from 27th December to 2nd January 2011 and had a fantastic time. We benefited from superb weather with bright blue skies and hardly a breath of wind all week (we were reminded however that for the time of year "we were very lucky!")
We booked the self-catering accommodation through Franchesca at [email protected]. They were very helpful and did all they could to make the week superb. Their office is based right in the middle of the resort, open from 9am until 7.30pm, so if you have any problems they are on hand to resolve them! I really cannot recommend them highly enough.
The ski resort benefits from skiing in Switzerland (Zermatt) and Breuil-Cervinia Valtournenche (Italy) all accessed from the same lift system. The lift pass is pricy (194 euros) for 6 days on the Italian slopes or 252 euros for the opportunity to ski in both Switzerland and Italy for 6 days. We bought the Italian 6 day pass then bought a one day "ski-pass extension" for 30 euros to use in Switzerland for a day. Surprisingly, we managed to ski in three separate mountain areas on the same day in Switzerland, so it was well worth the effort. The resort suits beginners & intermediate skiers - there are a few Black runs, but advanced "dare-devils" may struggle to find too many challenges?
The food and drink in the resort and on the slopes is expensive, but the fantastic skiing makes up for it! Also if you go self-catering there is a well stocked supermarket right in the centre of the town.
Overall, I would whole-heartedly recommend Breil-Cervinia Valtournenche, I just hope you get good weather, which makes the resort a beautiful, magical place.
December 12, 2014
Pedro from
United Kingdom
Pedro from
United Kingdom
We have been going to Cervinia, in December, for the past 5-6 years. The village is not the most charming, but it is nice, the food is great and the accommodation good. We like the fact that they are extremely 'kids friendly' and that there are many large and long runs. The weather, however, changes very quickly and when it is windy and/or there is a snow storm it is usually so bad they close the resort. But that is the compromise between being high and always having snow - you get the worse of the storm. Overall, we love it and will keep coming back. When the weather is nice it is one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
February 14, 2012
Collette from
United Kingdom
Collette from
United Kingdom
Went to Cervina 27th Jan 2012 for a week and can honestly say the conditions were awesome. No wind, light snow in the day which didn't stop us from going up which continued through the night, which meant fresh powder the next morning. That day was quiet on the slopes we had a full 4 runs all to ourselves, some off piste areas too, so much fun. I'm a boarder and so are the people who went with me. The terrain is great for all levels and will encourage the less confident of boarders/skiiers to travel a little faster as there are some flats in some areas. There is a great link over to Zermat but make sure you set off early to have a good day over there. We stayed in an all-inclusive hotel 50m from the gondola so we could practically board right back to the hotel at the end of the day. We went out a few times for drinks. The Dragon is a great pub set right in the town and at the base of the slopes and the Grivola Restaurant does a lovely steak and beautiful desserts we only paid about 50 euros for 3 courses and some wine, water etc, but you do need to book a table. Overall we all had a great time, and would come back again, the off piste sections are way too good and you can practically stay close to the slope so being new to off piste was welcome, I could go in and out as I pleased.
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