Sport: Pila

A breathtaking view of the valley and quickly at high altitude without using the car.

Summer and winter opening.

Departure: Aosta (579 m)

Arrival: Pila (1,801 m)

Numerous cable cars for 8 people leave from the city center of Aosta and reach in 18 minutes the tourist locality of Pila, surrounded by fir and larch woods at 1800 meters above sea level.

At the top, the view ranges over the highest mountains of the Aosta Valley, from Mont Blanc to the Grand Combin, from Monte Cervino to Monte Rosa.

In Winter you arrive at the ski area, with:

• 70 km of ski slopes and freeride slopes
• fun park for children
• snowpark
• snowshoe trails

In Summer there are several leisure activities for the whole family:

• numerous hiking trails
• adventure park
• mountain bike tracks
• downhill and freeride tracks

Winter 2024/2025

• open from 30th November 2024 to 13th April 2025

Altitude: 2,897 m
Location: Col Carrel
Sleeping places: 7
Open: always open
Difficulty: E
Trail sign: yes, path n. 19C, 19, 16, 16A
Ascent: 4h from Pila
Coordinates UTM-WGS84: EAST 372984
Coordinates UTM-WGS84: NORTH 5060278

Access:
From Pila head to the upper chairlift station at Chamolé and head in the direction of the lake of the same name (n.19C), from where the path (n.19) heads up the grassy slope on the left and leads to the Col Replan (2373 m) after several changes in gradient. From here, heading downwards, you will come to the Comboé houses. Carry on to the right (n.16) and, after crossing the river, head up the slope on the left until you come to Plan Valé, after which the path continues, again upwards, until it comes to the crossroads near a large rock. Follow the fork to the right (n.16A) that, after an initially gentle upward stretch, crosses the stony ground with steep hairpin bends until you come to the bivouac.

Equipment: blankets, water in the lake nearby.

The Chamolé chairlift is open both in Summer and Winter. During the Summer brings in altitude lovers of trekking and mountain biking that will find paths and excursions for every level and need.

Departure: Pila (1.765 m)
Arrival: Chamolé (2.309 m)

Chairlift open both in Winter and Summer.

Winter 2024/2025

• open from 30th November 2024 to 13th April 2025

Pila is well - known for people who love gravity thanks to the Bike Stadium for downhill and free ride:

• 1 track for competition of World Cup downhill
• 3 blue tracks for free ride
• 8 red tracks for free ride
• 6 black tracks for free ride
• 2 tracks for E-bike

The downhill World Cup track has been projected for professionist who want to test themselves with jumps and stunts. They have beeb tracked on natural ground and they show different difficulties: some of them are easy and some difficult.

Mountain bike rental shops at Pila: https://pila.it/noleggio-mtb/

• MTB map

The trail
The Les Fleurs - Aosta trail can be classified as an average difficulty enduro trail and is suitable both for downhill mountain biking, for those who love challenging themselves against the clock, and for freeride or enduro, for those who prefer enjoying the beautiful surrounding scenery. Bikers who enjoy tricks can also delight in the more technical passages including artificial stretches.

Technical details
Length: 6 km
Departure height: 1350 m
Arrival height: 580 m
Height difference: 770 m.

Here the rental shops of MTB

Tibetan bridges, log walkways, cableways, network bridges. Before starting the activity, a short course is held in which participants learn some basic rope maneuvers and safety rules. 6 ROUTES AND 47 PLATFORMS Leprotti – fuchsia route: new route for the little ones (height between 1.3 m and 1.4 m*). Travel time: 20 min. approx. Squirrels – yellow route: simple accessible to children (height between 1.4 m and 1.6 m*). Travel time: 20 min. approx. Marmots – green route: for children + adults (height over 1.6 m*). Travel time: 20 min. approx. Chamois – blue route: challenging and suitable for experts (height above 1.6 m*). Travel time: 20 min. approx. Aquile and Super Aquile – red and Super red route: with arduous exposed passages (height greater than 1.6 m*). Travel time for each route: 30 min. approx. * the height measurement should be taken from the ground up to the wrist with the arm stretched upwards. Travel time for all routes: approx. 2 hours. Opening: every day from 22 June to 08 September 2024 Opening hours: 10.00-18.00 (last briefing for access to the park at 16.15). Info: tel. (+39) 0165.521148 - https://pila.it/parco-avventura/

The Chacard FunPark has been completely redesigned: the treadmill for the lift is positioned in the center of the park so as to separate 2 tracks: one dedicated to bobsleds and sledges and the other to snow tubing. To welcome young and old there are dinghies and straddles with bright colors and imaginative shapes, but rigorously soft, aboard which you can launch yourself on the snow tubing, bob and sledding slopes.

A further area, lateral to the slopes, is reserved for the little ones and equipped with games suitable for them such as the fun inflatable structures.

The park is located in the Chacard area, in the area adjacent to the Church and behind the arrival station of the Aosta-Pila cable car.

The cost of the ticket includes only rubber dinghies, sledges must be rented.

The playground for the little ones combined with our mini club is located in front of the headquarters of the Pila ski school.
Inside, children will be able to slide on the snow and, thanks to a conveyor belt, they will learn while having fun!
Free admission and use is reserved only for those who participate in ski lessons.

Piscine en plein air chauffée. Ouvert en juillet/aout de 10h00 à 19h00, si les conditions météorologiques le permettent.

Pila overlooks the city of Aosta, with which it is linked by an 18-km-long scenic road that is always open and by a brand-new eight-person gondola lift that will take you to the runs in just 18 minutes. A fully “skis-on” resort, Pila offers direct access to the lifts from all the hotels and tourist apartments.
70 km of slopes which run from the 1540 m altitude of Plan Praz to the 2750 m of the Couis 1, offering visitors breathtaking 360° views that range from Mont Blanc to the Grand-Combin, from the Matterhorn to Monte Rosa. Lift facilities with a total hourly capacity of 23,225 people provide access to an extremely varied ski area, renowned for the superb condition of the runs, which has plenty to keep everyone happy, from beginners right up to experts. The Areaeffe Snowpark at the Grimod cableway, served by a four-person chairlift offers plenty of fun for snowboarders and freestylers. The Snowpark is divided up into two sectors, one easier and another more challenging, where riders will find rails, box rails and fun boxes, linked up with various snow structures and kickers of up to 17 metres, and an authentic jibbing route over 500 m long. There is also a great sound system with just the right kind of music and an area where beginners can give freestyle a try in complete safety. Especially – but not exclusively – for children, Pila also boasts a lively, colourful ski school with play facilities and a magic carpet (for children aged 4 and up), and at the resort younger visitors will also find two mini-clubs, a bob and sledging area with magic carpet and an Adventure Park with routes of varying difficulty. Families are especially well catered for here, with special discounts and offers available.

70 Km of slopes: 6 easy - 20 medium - 4 difficult
Lifts: 1 cableway - 2 gondola lifts - 7 chairlifts - 4 moving walkways.

Winter 2024/2025

• open from 30th November 2024 to 13th April 2025

The Pila snowpark, situed at 2.200 m. with permanent structures such as a half-pipe and a large jump as well as traditional structures such as spine, slides, fun box, quarter and medium jump.
Lenghth 700 m.
Lift: chairlift at 4 places (Grimod)