Your holiday in Courmayeur
Winter activities
Hotel Crampon
Winter activities
in high valley
The Aosta Valley, wrapped in a splendid cloak of snow, becomes a magical destination for lovers of winter activities.
With its snow-capped peaks, breathtaking views and a variety of activities for all tastes, this mountainous region offers an unforgettable winter experience.
Downhill skiing
The ski resort counts 24 modern and functional lifts: cablecars, chairlifts and ski-lifts. Courmayeur offers 100 kilometers of fun on the snow and the snowmaking machines always ensure excellent snow conditions.
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Cross country ski
Courmayeur offers to the cross-country lovers an interesting range of slopes in a typically alpine environment with wonderful forests covered with snow from November to May.The slopes are in Val Ferret, placed at the foot of the Mont Blanc chain, and they are always tracked and beaten. They start from the suggestive village of Planpincieux and go on along the valley to Lavachey or, for braves, to Arp Nouvaz. It’s possible to choose among many detours of the runs to make your way longer or shorter from 3 to 20 km.
Freeride: off-piste skiing
Courmayeur is a paradise for off-piste skiing. On the chain of Mont-Blanc and on the nearest mountains it’s possible to find technical and panoramic off-piste. Different level from the classic Vallée Blanche, the Toula glacier and a lot of others amazing tracks all over the area.
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Ski mountaineering
Exploring the mountain while ski mountaineering is a unique experience. Lots of ski tours and backcountry routes on Mont Blanc can be accessed from Courmayeur Mont Blanc. Just put the climbing skins on your skis and set off! Check out the most breathtaking ski mountaineering routes in the Alps!
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Heliski
Courmayeur is the only ski resort on Mont Blanc where heli-skiing is allowed. Take off for freeride skiing and snowboarding in real powder on immaculate glaciers and mountains.Heli-skiing is real high-altitude freeriding. Fly by helicopter to places unreachable on foot and enjoy a fantastic experience in powder snow on Mont Blanc. The combination of helicopter flight plus freeride means you won’t lose a single second of your day off-piste!
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Ice climbing
Courmayeur home of mountaineering, also offers you the chance to try the winter sport of ice climbing: Feel the thrill of ice waterfall climbing and discover the exhilaration of scaling vertical ice walls.
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Snowshoes
In Courmayeur you can do spectacular walkings in charming and panoramic places. You can discover fantastic and suggestive panoramic views with snowshoes.
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Snow bike and fat bike
The Snow Bike activity is a quite recent sport that provides the utilization of a mountain bike fitted with studded tyres for cycling on the snow, while the fat bike is a bike with XXL wheels. Particularly appreciated by people who love extreme but not dangerous situations. Snow bike is mostly engaged in by groups or alone always with expert guides.
Sleddog
In Courmayeur you can try the unforgettable experience to ride a pack of huskies on the ways of high valley, admiring suggestive views. Trips by day and by night, weekend, slides, films, publicity stunts, journey for children and baptism of sleddog can be organized.
Walking on the snow
In Courmayeur, in the beautiful Val Ferret you can find marked paths have nice walks in a enchanting landscape. On the pedestrian path there are a lot of mountain huts, restaurants and bars where you can try typical dishes from Aosta Valley.
Dolonne Fun park
The fun park represents a modern solution for the amusement on the snow: three conveyor belt lifts, snow tubes slopes, inflatable and soft games for kids, ski instructors for first step on the snow, crazy descents with “ski fox” and “snow bike” as well as renting the whole snow park for night parties.
