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Traveler Artesina Skiing
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- Jan 3, 2024, 11:57 AM
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 1,591 m
- Italy Piedmont Frabosa Sottana Artesina 44.243448, 7.76921644°14’36” N 7°46’9” E
Day 2
Artesina Afternoons
January 3 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
After our instructors left us at 10am, we spent some time reminding ourselves how to ski on the nursery slopes before heading up to the other blue that we'd not done - purported easier than the tricky one we'd come down this morning. Can't say we found that we agreed! Similarly steep and icy, making traversing it at a leisurely and controlled pace a real challenge. So, once done, we headed up the chair lift again for a restorative pint at the top of the slopes. Coming back down afterwards, my legs were killing me and I decided to call it a day, only to find they hurt as I'd had a horrible reaction to the synthetic ski socks! So we changed, grabbed a beer and the cards, and played crib in the shadow of the mountains for the final couple of hours of sunlight.

Tomorrow, all being well and presuming I can get into ski boots, we're off to a neighbouring resort. We were also supposed to be going on a cave trip there but it was cancelled due to lack of guides...apparently, it's been replaced with night skiing later in the week which will be a new experience. Fingers crossed for some snowfall!Read more
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Traveler Artesina Skiing
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- Jan 6, 2024, 9:21 AM
- ☁️ 0 °C
- Altitude: 1,492 m
- Italy Piedmont Frabosa Sottana Artesina 44.243892, 7.76414744°14’38” N 7°45’51” E
Day 5
Last morning at Artesina
January 6 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
A final day of skiing at Artesina today. There had been some debate over what resort we'd be in today, but the snowfall here and the faff of ferrying minibuses to a resort an hour away meant we stayed at Artesina. We managed to get almost the first chairlift up of the day and had the newly groomed slopes absolutely so ourselves for the first run of the day. We ran four runs, had a beer break, and ran four more before the weather closed in again so we went for lunch whilst it cleared.Read more
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Traveler Artesina Skiing
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- Jan 5, 2024, 9:40 AM
- ❄️ 0 °C
- Altitude: 1,471 m
- Italy Piedmont Frabosa Sottana Artesina 44.244213, 7.76347644°14’39” N 7°45’49” E
Day 4
Back to Artesina
January 5 in Italy ⋅ ❄️ 0 °C
The plan for today was to stay in the resort on our doorstep. We set the alarm early as the weather was supposed to come in today and it was snowing even when we got up. We managed to get almost the first chairlift up and had a good couple of runs on the blue before the weather set in, reducing visibility massively. Having done four runs down we stopped for a coffee, before deciding we'd take a longer break and go for a walk instead.Read more
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Traveler Artesina Skiing
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- Jan 6, 2024, 2:10 PM
- ☁️ 1 °C
- Altitude: 1,748 m
- Italy Piedmont Frabosa Sottana Artesina 44.246107, 7.73990544°14’46” N 7°44’24” E
Day 5
Trucca Turra
January 6 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
The weather cleared through lunch, so after a some discussion we decided to hand in our ski gear and walk to the Trucca Turra chairlift. This took us higher up into the mountains with absolutely stunning views over the Alps; we think we could see as far as Turin in the distance. Some of the group had been up here before the snowfall and had a lovely walk. However, the snow was now a foot deep and soft, so walking any distance was a mission. Fabulously, and unplanned, we found there was an open bar up here - despite the piste being closed, plenty of cross country skiers were about. So we grabbed a couple of beers and enjoyed the stunning views, before grabbing the chairlift back down. A beer and a game of crib in La Tana before trekking back up to the hotel.

Before dinner, we were treated to Ben and JP using the newly acquired tray to 'run' the nursery slopes, and it was many, many beers after dinner before we finally went to bed!Read more
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Traveler Artesina Skiing
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- Jan 3, 2024, 10:06 AM
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 1,391 m
- Italy Piedmont Frabosa Sottana Artesina 44.246953, 7.76007944°14’49” N 7°45’36” E
Day 2
Skiing in Artesina
January 3 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
After a fabulous breakfast, we got kitted for ski gear and met up with the instructors at 8.30am. Artesina is apparently experiencing unheard of weather conditions...so there's basically no snow! They had managed to get two blue slopes open with the judicious use of snow cannons, so after the nursery run, we hopped on the two-man chairlift and headed up to the start point for both. The instructor took us down the first blue slope, which was significantly steeper in some sections than might have been expected, and incredibly icy making staying upright a particular challenge (with both Ben and I taking a fall!). The views from the top were superb though.Read more
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Traveler Artesina Skiing
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- Jan 5, 2024, 2:05 PM
- ❄️ -1 °C
- Altitude: 1,314 m
- Italy Piedmont Frabosa Sottana Artesina 44.247028, 7.75563744°14’49” N 7°45’20” E
Day 4
Le Tana Del Lupo
January 5 in Italy ⋅ ❄️ -1 °C
In the heavy snow, we walked out to find a bar slightly down the road from the hotel. We'd planned to follow the road down but Ben found a beautiful footpath that traversed down the hillside in amongst the snow-covered trees. The bar had a fabulous selection of beers, so we sampled them all and enjoyed some free Italian tapas (aka fries) while the snow continued to pour. The trek back up, after a brief go on the swings outside the bar, was rather more arduous than the journey out, being in deeper snow and uphill!Read more
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Traveler Artesina Skiing
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- Jan 5, 2024, 9:11 PM
- ❄️ -1 °C
- Altitude: 1,473 m
- Italy Piedmont Frabosa Sottana Prato Nevoso 44.253486, 7.78262844°15’13” N 7°46’57” E
Day 4
Night skiing at Prato Nevoso
January 5 in Italy ⋅ ❄️ -1 °C
After dinner, we got a coach back to Prato Nevoso. Doing hairpin bends down and back up the mountain in foot deep snow was rather alarming, but the driver was a pro. We donned ski boots and headed up the chairlift into the night and the gloom. The visibility cleared up quickly and the heavy snow stopped, which made for a beautiful night of skiing. We had a rather rocky start as the sticky snow have welded to the bottom of my ski in an ice block that meant I had no control at all. After clearing the skis, we were away, running the blue twice and the read three times on virtually empty slopes. The chair lifts were absolutely freezing, which did make the rides up rather uncomfortable!Read more
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Traveler Europa2024
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- Nov 7, 2024
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 584 m
- Italy Piedmont Roccaforte Mondovì 44.31794, 7.74474244°19’5” N 7°44’41” E
Day 39
Roccaforte
November 7 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Viel zu erleben gibt's hier nicht.. dafür viel Ruhe und Natur. Ich gönne mir 2 Tage (heute und morgen) "Auszeit", schlafe lange, lese und gehe spazieren. Da ich den Campingplatz Bellavita nur bar bezahlen kann (ich sagte ja schon, daß hier alles etwas rustikal ist), mache ich mich auf dem Weg zum Geldautomaten. Der soll 2 km weiter im Dorf sein - sagt der Platzbetreiber. Da gibt's auch einen, der kann aber alles Mögliche, nur kein Bargeld herausgegeben. Also weiter ins nächste Dorf (3,5km) laufen und es dort versuchen. Macht ja nichts, habe ja Zeit...das Wetter ist gut, Bewegung auch nicht schlecht. Der Weg an der Bundesstraße entlang ist zwar nicht schön, lässt sich aber gut laufen. Hier klappt's auch mit dem Bargeld - dazu noch ein kleiner "Stadtbummel" inkl. Besuch der örtlichen Kirche. Mir fällt auf, daß die Kirchen hier in Piemont Recht groß sind für die Dörfer in denen sie stehen und alle in eigenartig "staubigen" Farben, oft Ton-in-Ton gehalten sind. Da die Vergoldungen (und die gibt's reichlich) nicht blank poliert sind, sondern eher angelaufen wirken, haben die Kirchen einen fast "morbiden" Charme, wirken dadurch aber auch nicht so übervoll und kitschig.Read more
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Traveler Ski Artesina
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- Feb 1, 2009
- 🌫 0 °C
- Altitude: 1,351 m
- Italy Piedmont Frabosa Sottana Artesina 44.248959, 7.75982344°14’56” N 7°45’35” E
Day 1
Why Artesina? :-)
February 1, 2009 in Italy ⋅ 🌫 0 °C
A tavalyi ev utan ismet tobben es csoportos sielesre mentunk ezuttal Artesinaba. Mint utobb kiderult, nem ez volt a tokeletes valasztas. Az, hogy hobiztos a siterep azt jelentette, hogy folyamatosan szakadt a ho es a palyak sem voltak epp a legjobb allapotban. De legalabb az olaszok jok voltak az apres ski reszben es legalabb palyaszallasunk volt, uh ezt ki is tudtuk hasznalni. Az egyhetes ott let alatt kb 80 cm ho esett uh az utolso estenk azzal telt, hogy kiastuk az autokat a hoagy alol. Raadasul egyetlen nap volt ragyogo napsutes, de akkor meg csak fel napot sieltunk, mert elore befizettunk egy monacoi varoslatogatasra, ahova kora delutan indultunk, ahol viszont szakadt az eso mire odaertunk. Vicces volt igy utolag, de soha tobbet nem megyunk Artesinaba.
Akik ott voltak: Kingu, Konczi, Aki, Eva, Dindi, Balazs, Laci, Kati, Sanyi es en.Read more
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European 5000&Mountain Summit
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- Sep 9, 2019, 8:30 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 672 m
- Italy Piedmont Roccaforte Mondovì Botti-Magnaldi 44.3026, 7.70844°18’9” N 7°42’29” E
Day 3
Pizza in Lurisia
September 9, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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Roccaforte Mondovì, Roccaforte Mondovi, Ракафортэ-Мандові, Ròcafòrt, Ռոքաֆորտե Մոնդովի, ロッカフォルテ・モンドヴィ, Роккафорте-Мондови, Roccafortis, Rocafòrt, Роккафорте-Мондові, 罗卡福尔泰蒙多夫伊

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