Neveazzurra

One hundred and fifty kilometres of trails always accessible thanks to artificial snow, ski resorts offering more than 50 lifts from 1,000 to 3,000 metres, and many other opportunities for the most popular winter sports: alpine skiing, cross country skiing, off-piste skiing, floodlit slopes, snow park, ice skating and icefalls: Neveazzurra, the ski area between Ossola and Verbano, offers moments of pure fun in a very suggestive environment. Installations and facilities are widespread and guarantee technical supports of proven competence and high professionalism, including from a safety point of view. Incomparable scenery with views of the lakes can be enjoyed on skis at the foot of the Mottarone and Pian di Sole slopes, while in the Antrona Valley there is a direct relationship with nature. There are also ample possibilities for cross-country skiers with long itineraries harmoniously set in environments of extraordinary beauty: Formazza, Santa Maria Maggiore, Trasquera, Macugnaga, Antronapiana, and Alpe Devero offer well-maintained trails suitable for every level of technical expertise. New snow disciplines such as snowboarding, free-ride and heli-skiing are also finding a happy home and a growing number of practitioners in Ossola. Ice skating is also widespread, with rinks in Macugnaga, Antronapiana, Premia, Formazza, Santa Maria Maggiore, Ornavasso and Malesco, all equipped for nighttime use. Excellent opportunities for routes of great beauty and varying degrees and levels for ski mountaineers. Downhill skiing reigns supreme with dozens of miles of slopes framed by stunning alpine vistas, such as that of Monte Rosa or those created by the alpine peaks of the Lepontine Alps. Special Events Special Dinners at High Altitude: In the evenings, Rifugio 2000, directly on the downhill ski slopes of the San Domenico Ski area, turns into a quiet and pleasant restaurant, a lounge and family environment in which to enjoy an intimate candlelight dinner or spend a nice evening with family or friends and enjoy typical dishes of Ossola cuisine with the possibility of customizing your own menu. Those who wish to enjoy the innovative culinary experience can comfortably reach an altitude of 1,975m by using the exclusive Snow bus: a special means of transportation (snowcat) specially designed to transport people to high altitudes. A unique and exclusive thrill tagged San Domenico Ski. In addition, the cabin offers the opportunity to purchase a special "Dinner and Overnight Stay" package, which is a formula designed for all those who wish to stop at altitude and spend the night at Alpe Ciamporino. Domobianca by night... Every Friday night, from 7 to 11 p.m., Domobianca is also night skiing, on a nearly 4-km-long, fully daylit slope served by two chairlifts to the 1,700-metre Alpe Casalavera. One of the longest illuminated slopes in Europe. Tired of the usual winter! Neveazzurra is waiting for you! www.neveazzurra.it: the most frequented "snow-community" in the Alps The Lakes, Mountains and Valleys Tourist District, the first Italian Tourist Company to have created its own virtual community dedicated to the mountains and winter sports, with nearly 4,000 active registered users, 25 thousand photographs and one million seasonal contacts, represents the second most important web channel of the Lakes Tourist District. An alternative channel, with a strongly web 2.0-oriented approach, in which registered users, in constant and exponential increase, are the real protagonists of a community dedicated to the snow product and, in its summer version, to all the other sports that can be practiced in the territory of this corner of Piedmont