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Ski Accommodation Sestriere
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Sestriere was built for snow - high, with north-west-facing slopes - and it now has very extensive snowmaking facilities. It attracts lots of smart Italians. Sestriere's international profile will doubtless be raised next season, when it hosts the 1997 World Championships.
Sestriere was the Alps' first purpose-built resort, it sits at 2000m.
Sestriere is at one extreme of the big Franco-Italian Milky Way ski area. The local skiing has two main sectors: Sises, directly in front of the village (which has a brightly floodlit piste), and Motta, above Borgata - a satellite village 2km away to the north-east and 150m lower. Drag- and chair-lifts predominate on the local north-west-facing slopes. The chair-lift link to Monte Fraiteve, on the other side of the resort, has been removed, because the south-facing run it served was often bare of snow. As a result, access to Sansicario and the rest of the Milky Way is via the gondola from Borgata to Col Basset, at the top of the Sauze d'Oulx skiing, and a drag-lift back up to Monte Fraiteve. With most of the local slopes facing north-west and ranging from 1840m to 2820m, it is fair to expect them to have snow-cover for most of the season, even without the snowmaking that covers practically all of the Sises sector and about half of Motta.
There is a fair amount to amuse advanced skiers - steep pistes served by the drags at the top of both sectors, and off-piste opportunities in several directions from here and from the lifts on Monte Fraiteve. Both sectors also offer plenty for intermediate skiers, who can also expect to explore practically all of the Milky Way areas, time permitting.
The terrain is excellent for beginners, with several nursery areas and the gentlest of easy runs down to Borgata. There are two cross-country loops covering a total of 15km.
