La Thuile or Monterosa Ski?
These two are close on 5 of 9 measures. That is the honest answer: the numbers will not choose for you, so the difference below that matters to you is the one to decide on.
Italy
La Thuile
North-facing, tree-lined and empty on a Wednesday, linked over the col to La Rosière in France. The best-value way into a 160 km area anywhere in the western Alps.
Worth knowing. Quiet to the point of empty. Very little happens at night.
Choose it if
Families with young kids
About £1,039 a week from London
Italy
Monterosa Ski
Three valleys under Monte Rosa, the best lift-accessed freeride in Italy, and heliskiing on top of it. Quiet, unglamorous, and the reason people who can actually ski keep going back.
Worth knowing. Old lifts, and the pistes are an afterthought.
Choose it if
Off-piste
About £1,177 a week from London
Side by side
| La Thuile | Monterosa Ski | |
|---|---|---|
| Snow reliability | 55/100 | 54/100 |
| Size of the ski area | 160 km linked | 180 km linked |
| Top lift | 2642 m | 2971 m |
| Cost before travel | €965 | €1085 |
| Families with young kids | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Snowboarders | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| A non-skiing partner | 4/10 | 4/10 |
| Budget and après | 5/10 | 4/10 |
| Off-piste | 8/10 | 10/10 |
Bold marks the winner. Rows where neither is bold are close enough that the difference would not change a decision. Cost excludes travel, which depends on where you leave from.
Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.