Snowsure: 4.5
- 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
- Passo Tonale is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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December 01, 2004
Gary from
United Kingdom
Gary from
United Kingdom
My wife and I had our first skiing holiday in Passo Tonalle in February 2001.
Hotel -
We stayed at The Hotel Eden which was basic but the friendly staff and good home cooked food made up for the lack of hotel facilities.
Ski School -
We joined ski school for the week and the tuition was poor. There were about 10 beginners in our group and the ski instuctor ignored the skiiers who were finding it difficult in favour of the competent learners. I would recommend private tuition as beginners will progress much more quickly.
Resort -
The resort is not pretty but it is friendly. The lower on piste restaurants were very busy and the food was poor. I got food poisoning from an 'only just warm' chicken burger and missed a full day of skiing. Avoid the European half term as lift queues and ignorant kids are a problem.
Piste -
The piste was icy, very cold and windy until we had a dump of snow towards the end of the week and then the skiing improved and it became easier. As we were in ski school with mixed ability skiers it was difficult for us to fully explore the piste.
Apres Ski -
Restaurants are not great but the Apres Ski drinking atmosphere is spot on.
We will definately return to Passo Tonale at some point - probably the place to go for an inexpensive ski holiday.
March 14, 2004
Helena Dillon from
United Kingdom
Helena Dillon from
United Kingdom
We just returned home (13.3.04) from a week's holiday at Passo Tonale, thoroughly and totally knackered! It was our first holiday accompanied by our son, who turned 4 in Feb 04.
We stayed at the Hotel Paradiso which although a great place to stay is too far from the centre of the village if you have small children. There is only one main road running through the resort, which can get treacherous in snowy conditions as the Italians dont seem to have grasped the concept of snow chains on their cars and they continue to drive like morons up and down at break neck speed.
We had terrific conditions all week, in fact too much snow Thursday and we were unable to ski!
The Paradiso has a swimming pool, but it didnt cost us anything, other than 2.5 euros each for the stupid swim hats......We were not impressed that the lockers for the ski boots were not heated, although the room was but our boots did get damp and did not dry out every night.
As for the slopes, we stayed on the main village pistes, blues and easy reds cos our lad was in ski school and we didnt want to venture too far from him, just in case. We should have been more adventurous cos he loved the ski school (thanks to the wonderful Mario) and was happily motoring down the easy drag blue without poles and in a good snow plough within 6 hrs of Mario's excellent guidance. We enjoyed a long run back from the top of the mountain on an extremely easy blue and I (5th year this year) was confidently discarding my poles to attempt the reds within 3 days myself! This is a first for me, I have always been too scared to attempt reds before, but the runs at Tonale just begged me to go faster and steeper.........
would go back but would probably stay at the Miramonti, situated in the centre of the resort.
February 27, 2004
Steve Brannon from
United Kingdom
Steve Brannon from
United Kingdom
Just spent the first week in February in Passo Tonale, and what a fantastic week it was! The weather was fantastic. apparently the week before we were there the temperature hit a maximum of -15, as soon as we left the temperature plumeted as well, but while we were there it was almost tropical - +7C during the day but still plenty of beutiful white stuff, just right for a lunch time pint outside a mountain restaurant in yer t-shirt!
It was the first time in 10 years for me that I had been skiing, and the first time my wife had ever been so we hoped Passo Tonale had something to offer both of us, and it did. Plenty of nursery slopes by the village for her to start of on, and the challenge of the long blue run at the end of the week. Rhona did manage the this by Friday and absolutely loved it.
a word of warning though for fairly unexperienced skiers - some of the blue runs are only basic nursery slopes whilst others are borderline reds, some of the reds (especially the top glacier one!)could easily be blacks.
However both me and my wife thoroughly enjoyed the skiing - even though the glacier is v.small and limited there were two highlights for us.
1Rhona managed the easy red (her first ever)from the glacier to the top of the cable car no problem, she thought she was a proper skier (even though it was really an easy BLUE!)
2. I skied the black under the cable car a couple of time (although I should have done that run all week), for a fairly decent skier it isn't a hard black, more like a hard red, but it is an absolute pleasure!
One final word, if you go to Passo Tonale GO ON THE SKIDOOS, WICKED!!!!
February 08, 2004
Martin R Troubridge from
United Kingdom
Martin R Troubridge from
United Kingdom
Just got back from Passo Tonale, yesterday 07/02/04.
Supurb Holiday, stayed at the Paridisso, new Hotel, service good, rooms excellent, heated ski room, food excellent, just be aware the cost of the pool is 20 Euros each then you have to purchase a swimming cap for a further 6 Euros (ive got a shaven head what do I need a cap for, sorry its an Italian thing). conditions fab, although lack of snow towards end of week resulted in some slushy areas, not to much of a problem though.
Remember you can always pop up to the glassier. A wicked wide red run at the top, bordering on a Black, theres an mad black runs also, if you dare. The gentle red back from the Top Station to the Gondola is very mild and gentle a compitent blue skier could handle this.
Yet guys, check every Red run out, they are just wide, wicked, amazzzzzzing with all sorts of challenges.
The long blue, all Im gonna say is you aint gonna be disapointed, not even if you think your above blues, just give it the repect it deservers and ski it.
One Happy Skiier.
Martin.
January 05, 2004
Howard from
United Kingdom
Howard from
United Kingdom
Went with my family in the week leading up to Christmas, piste condition & instruction was superb. Locals friendly and accommodation brilliant.
Adjacent resorts had no snow but Tonale itself was great, many people were bussed in but the slopes never felt crowded.
The family's first time skiing and definately not the last, will definately go back, can I wait for a year though?
Thanks Sonia for introducing me to this wonderful sport
November 13, 2003
Oliver from
United Kingdom
Oliver from
United Kingdom
I skied in Tonale in February 2002. The scenery was amazing but the snow couldn't live up to it. The pistes were worn icy and in some places grass! The consolation was beautiful sunshine and a nice tan. The people are friendly and given good snow conditions the resort would be a killer! Worth a visit
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