La Thuile
About the area
La Thuile in the Aosta Valley has about 78 km of pistes, and the balance leans towards cruising: 23 km blue and 42 km red, with 11 km of black. Green and blue runs make up 31% of the area (24 km), and 18 short easy runs sit right next to a lift base, so beginners can repeat the same slope without long traverses. Families are well served by 4 magic carpets and a gondola that avoids chairlift loading with small children. Only 15% of the terrain is black, expert or freeride, and there is no marked freeride, so strong skiers will exhaust it quickly.
The ski area runs from 1,468 m to 2,608 m, with a maximum vertical of 717 m on a single run and a longest descent of 5,173 m. Twenty lifts serve it: 1 gondola, 12 chairlifts, 3 platters and 4 magic carpets. Snowmaking covers about 1 km.
At a glance
- Pistes
- 79 km
- Lifts
- 20
- Altitude
- 1468–2608 m
- Vertical
- 1140 m
- Runs
- 140
- Longest run
- 5.2 km
- Biggest vertical on one run
- 717 m
- Snowmaking
- 1 km
- Magic carpets
- 4
- Gondolas & cable cars
- 1
- Bubble/heated lifts
- 3
- Nursery runs at lift bases
- 18
Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.
Official sitePistes by difficulty
- Green0.5 km
- Blue23.9 km
- Red42.5 km
- Black11.1 km
- Black (expert)0.4 km
- Freeride0.1 km
- Unclassified0.3 km
Lifts by type
- 12Chairlift
- 4Magic carpet
- 3Button lift
- 1Gondola
Official facts
Read on the resort's official pages; each value links to its source.
- Official piste map · 2026/27
- PDF / map
- 6-day pass (adult) · 2025/26
- 306 EUR
- Day pass (adult) · 2025/26
- 58 EUR
- Season closes · 2025/26
- 2026-04-12
Who should come here
Who should come here
Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.
Beginners
yes
- · 31% of pistes are green/blue (24 km)
- · 15% are black/expert/freeride
- · 4 magic carpets for first steps
- · 18 short easy runs next to a lift base
Families
yes
- · 4 magic carpets
- · 1 gondola/cable-car lift (no chairlift loading for small kids)
- · 1 km with snowmaking
- · a base within walking distance of the lifts
Experts
not really
- · 12 km black/expert/freeride (15%)
- · longest vertical on one run 717 m
- · 0 km marked freeride
Best forbeginnersfamiliesintermediates
Where to stay
Villages and towns with lifts to this area, and cheaper towns down the valley.
Cheaper, down the valley
Real towns with beds, food and shops, close enough to ski from.
Included in passes
- Ikon Base
- Ikon