Browsing entries tagged with Champoluc

20 Aug 2021

Covid and Brexit force Ski2 closure

Covid and Brexit force Ski2 closure

The Covid pandemic has claimed another casualty in the ski world, with the closure of Ski2, the ski tour operator that has specialised in holidays to Champoluc for the past 22 years. Ski2 founders Simon…

9 Dec 2020

Italian ski resorts remain closed

Italian ski resorts remain closed

Skiing remains off the cards in Italy to anyone except professional athletes, with new regulations introduced last week to prevent travel between different regions and communes to help reduce the spread…

3 Jun 2020

Skiers plan to hit pistes next winter

Skiers plan to hit pistes next winter

Ski tour operators are reporting that skiers are feeling positive about the 2020/21 winter season and planning to take ski holidays. A customer survey by French specialist Peak Retreats reports that…

8 Nov 2019

Tour operator Ski 2 branches out

Tour operator Ski 2 branches out

Ski 2 started up over 20 years ago as a specialist in Champoluc in Italy’s Monterosa ski area. It now takes around 2,500 people a year there and features over 30 hotels and apartments. Its USP has always…

23 Oct 2018

Free Fast Track EMS personal training with Ski 2

Free Fast Track EMS personal training with Ski 2

Champoluc specialist Ski 2 has teamed up with Hampshire-based Fast Track EMS Personal Training to help clients get fit for their ski holiday. Fast Track EMS is the latest in fitness technology;  offering…

18 Jul 2018

First 5* hotel to open in Champoluc

First 5* hotel to open in Champoluc

The Italian resort of Champoluc will this season get its first 5* hotel, along with a new gondola and “Adventure Ski Course”. Camp Zero Hotel, which is located within a five-minute drive from…

22 Oct 2017

New two-centre ski holiday launched

New two-centre ski holiday launched

Tour operator Ski 2 has specialised in holidays to the small village of Champoluc in Italy’s Monterosa region since it started almost 20 years ago. Last year it branched out to offer ski holidays to…

3 Nov 2016

Tour operator Ski 2 launches in Les Gets

Tour operator Ski 2 launches in Les Gets

Tour operator Ski 2, which specialises in the Italian resort of Champoluc, is branching out with a new operation in Les Gets, France this winter. Ski 2 has been operating in Champoluc for 18 years, but…

1 Jan 2016

Virtual piste maps launched for Aosta

Virtual piste maps launched for Aosta

Skiers can now ‘try before they buy’ a holiday in Italy’s Aosta Valley, with the launch of virtual piste maps by tour operator Interski. You can take a virtual ski down the blue, red and black pistes…

28 May 2015

Inghams opens Chalet Hotel in Champoluc

Inghams opens Chalet Hotel in Champoluc

Inghams is to open a Chalet Hotel in Italian ski resort of Champoluc this winter. The four-diamond Chalet Hotel Champoluc is set at the skiers’ end of the village centre, in a virtually ski-in/ski-out…

30 Sep 2014

Zermatt, Cervinia and Monterosa Ski to link

Zermatt, Cervinia and Monterosa Ski to link

Zermatt, Cervinia and Monterosa Ski (encompassing Champoluc, Gressoney and Alagna) are planning to link up and create one of the largest ski areas in the world. A lift link has long been discussed between…

22 Feb 2010

Any excuse for a party ...

Any excuse for a party ...

There are plans for a bit of a knees-up in the Monterosa region next month to inaugurate the area’s new funicular lift. Champoluc is set to host an afternoon of games, music and traditional entertainment…

2 Dec 2009

Monterosa to open Saturday

Monterosa to open Saturday

Just a few days ago green fields were beckoning hiking, not skiing … and Monterosa put opening day on hold. But the Italian slopes were revived for winter by this week’s snowfall. It now appears…

28 Aug 2009

High-spec lifts on their way for Monterosa

High-spec lifts on their way for Monterosa

If all goes to plan, Italy’s Monterosa Ski area could be welcoming a new cable car this winter and possibly a new funicular. The lifts are being built at either end of the ski area: a cable car above…

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