Visiting Pila
Helpful resort information to assist planning your trip.
- Opens5 Dec 2026
- Closes2 May 2027
- Accommodation—
- Restaurants | Bars20 | 17
- Nearest Airport Turin
- Nearest Train Station Aosta
- Tourist Office Website
- Tourist Office Phone+39165521045
Pila Features
The terrain at Pila includes:
- Halfpipes1
- Terrain Parks1
- X-Country—
- Ski Hire
What's it like at Pila resort?
Pila is a small to medium sized resort that sits high above the Aosta valley. The area is little known outside of Italy. Pila is quite a hidden gem. It has relatively few queues and some great terrain which makes for good skiing. The bulk of the runs at Pila appear to be intermediate but there are adequate beginner slopes and they tend to be quiet. This allows you to improve without being constantly worried about collisions. For the intermediates and experts the upper slopes at Pila are wide with nice open bowls. A small hike usually opens up untracked powder after a dump. Lower down there are some nice tree runs and the forest is not too thick as to prevent you exploring. Off the slopes there are purpose built apartments and a handful of restaurants. Pila resort itself is linked to a town down in the valley but there is also a road connecting the two. This is not for the faint hearted as it is very tight and steep. Your ski pass at Pila will also give you one day at the nearby resort of Courmayeur.
Latest photos from Pila. View all photos at the Pila gallery page.
Photo credit: Tiziano
Photo credit: Tiziano
Photo credit: Tiziano
Photo credit: Ross Clabburn
Photo credit: Ross Clabburn
Photo credit: Snow Forecast Admin
Photo credit: Charalampos Penlidis
Photo credit: Tiziano
Explore Pila Location Map
Interactive Pila trail map and piste map. View the piste and trails as well as the surrounding terrain and mountain contours for backcountry action. Find and compare nearby resorts by clicking on the resort markers.
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Visitor Reviews of Pila
bradley from United Kingdom writes:
Last had a week in Pila, which is too long, to be honest. Pila is quite small and when the snow isn't great, you're confined to the pistes, there's not really enough for more than 3 days. The lift pass covers you for 2 days at other resorts in the Aosta valley, but this is something of an illusion as there is no ski bus or easy public transport option and you need to be back at Aosta before 5pm to get the gondola back up to Pila. It only works if you stay in Aosta as a base and have your own transport.
The mountain is quite north facing, so not a huge amount of sun, but it helps to keep the snow in good condition in warm weather. Piste maintenance is good.
None of the runs are particularly long and the new black (27) was shut the whole week we were there. Red 1 is good first thing in the morning and when conditions allow, there's good off-piste below Couis 1 and 2.
Queues are not an issue, except on sunny weekends, when the locals flood the resort. There are some slow lifts, (Germondet for example) but plans for a new gondola from Aosta-Pila to Couis 1 would be transformational, if they come to pass.
What Pila needs are a couple of new, long, signature pistes, to give the resort some more oomph.
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