Sansicario - Cesana

Sansicario and Cesana occupy a quiet corner of the Via Lattea (Milky Way), sitting between the better-known resorts of Sestriere and Claviere in the upper Susa Valley of Italy's Piedmont region. The two are connected on skis but have very different characters. Cesana Torinese is a traditional valley town at 1,354m - a proper Italian community with a medieval centre, stone houses, and a history that predates skiing by many centuries. Sansicario, perched at 1,700m above it, is a purpose-built satellite village from the 1970s designed for direct slope access. Together they hosted the biathlon events at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, and the Olympic biathlon stadium remains as a landmark and activity venue.

The Sansicario - Cesana ski resort is part of the Via Lattea domain - approximately 400km of linked pistes across six resorts in Italy and France. The local sector covers 41 runs reaching 2,840m with a 1,483m vertical drop, served by 7 lifts including three high-speed quads and a gondola. The terrain is strongly advanced, with 59% of runs graded red and 10% black. The longest run stretches 9km, and the season runs from mid-December through mid-April. The lift connections run east to Sestriere and Sauze d'Oulx, and west to Claviere and on into France at Montgenevre.