Sestriere
The Agnellis' mountain dream at 2,035 m, heart of the Milky Way.
Difficulty mix
On the mountain
- Night skiing — 2 floodlit runs
- 1 snowpark / fun zones
Bonvo Score breakdown
Computed from mapped terrain data — no editorial opinion, no pay-to-rank. How the score works
Skiing Sestriere, told properly
Sestriere was conjured out of a bare mountain pass in the early 1930s by Giovanni Agnelli, founder of Fiat — one of the world's first purpose-built ski resorts, announced by its two unmistakable cylindrical tower hotels. At 2,035 m the village is among the highest in Italy, and its position at the top of everything means you start the day skiing down, not riding up.
Today Sestriere anchors the Via Lattea — the Milky Way — a sprawling cross-border area of around 400 km of runs linking Sauze d'Oulx, Sansicario, Claviere and Montgenèvre in France. The skiing suits big-mileage intermediates: long, honest reds on the Motta and Sises, night skiing under floodlights, and a racing pedigree that peaked when the 2006 Turin Olympics ran its alpine events here, on slopes that still host World Cup racing.
It's less chocolate-box than the Dolomites and less glossy than the French giants — which is exactly why Torinese families keep it to themselves.
Signature runs
Kandahar Banchetta
The 2006 Olympic downhill on Monte Motta — long, fast and genuinely demanding when groomed hard.
Monte Sises standards
The floodlit racing slopes above town where Italy's teams train — immaculate corduroy at dawn.
Rio Nero to Sansicario
A long, quiet red linking deeper into the Milky Way — the start of a full cross-border day to France.
Local tips
- Do the full Via Lattea traverse to Montgenèvre for lunch in France — check the return lifts' closing times carefully.
- Sauze d'Oulx's tree runs rescue flat-light days; Sestriere itself is high and open.
- Night skiing on Sises is a Sestriere institution — few big resorts let you ski proper race slopes after dark.
- The town's 1930s tower hotels are worth a look inside: Rationalist architecture time capsules.
Good to know
- Sestriere was built by Fiat founder Giovanni Agnelli from 1930, making it one of the first purpose-built ski resorts anywhere.
- The 2006 Turin Olympics held its alpine skiing events on Sestriere's slopes.
- The Via Lattea ski area crosses an international border — you can ski from Italy into Montgenèvre, France, on one pass.
Slope-by-slope analysis
Every run measured from elevation-aware map geometry: true length, vertical drop, average gradient and a 0–10 slope score that rewards long, sustained descents.
| Run | Difficulty | Length | Vertical | Avg grade | Slope score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 alta | Easy | 4.9 km | 402 m | 8.3% | 6.0 |
| Pattemouche | Intermediate | 3.1 km | 510 m | 16.2% | 5.5 |
| La Ciclabile alta | Easy | 2.2 km | 232 m | 10.4% | 3.4 |
| ex piste 7 (Grangesises) | Freeride | 1.9 km | 530 m | 28.5% | 5.4 |
| 32 bassa | Intermediate | 1.9 km | 508 m | 27.3% | 5.2 |
| 3 | Easy | 1.8 km | 264 m | 14.5% | 3.4 |
| Kandahar Nasi alta | Advanced | 1.8 km | 433 m | 24.3% | 4.7 |
| Run 10 | Intermediate | 1.7 km | 447 m | 25.8% | 4.8 |
| 32 | Easy | 1.7 km | 192 m | 11.3% | 2.8 |
| 1 | Intermediate | 1.6 km | 322 m | 19.7% | 3.8 |
| La Ciclabile bassa | Easy | 1.5 km | 219 m | 14.5% | 3.0 |
| La Blu | Easy | 1.5 km | 268 m | 18% | 3.4 |
| Run 9 bassa | Intermediate | 1.5 km | 385 m | 26% | 4.4 |
| 68 bassa | Easy | 1.1 km | 121 m | 10.6% | 2.1 |
| 68 alta | Easy | 1.1 km | 147 m | 13% | 2.3 |
| 87 | Easy | 1.1 km | 140 m | 12.6% | 2.3 |
| Run 3 | Intermediate | 1.0 km | 209 m | 20.2% | 3.0 |
| Run 9 alta | Intermediate | 1.0 km | 298 m | 29.6% | 3.9 |
| 68 alta | Easy | 995 m | 166 m | 16.7% | 2.5 |
| 64 | Advanced | 959 m | 303 m | 31.6% | 4.0 |
| Kandahar Nasi bassa | Advanced | 950 m | 288 m | 30.3% | 3.9 |
| Run 2 | Advanced | 934 m | 264 m | 28.3% | 3.6 |
| Run 8 | Intermediate | 872 m | 254 m | 29.1% | 3.6 |
| 62 | Intermediate | 859 m | 264 m | 30.7% | 3.7 |
| Kandahar Agnelli | Advanced | 829 m | 219 m | 26.4% | 3.2 |
| 68 bis | Easy | 729 m | 82 m | 11.3% | 1.6 |
| Run 61 | Intermediate | 728 m | 248 m | 34% | 3.8 |
| Boulevard Golf | Easy | 683 m | 44 m | 6.4% | 1.1 |
| Baby sx | Easy | 557 m | 50 m | 9% | 1.2 |
| Principi DX | Beginner | 539 m | 81 m | 15% | 1.7 |
| 63 | Intermediate | 512 m | 137 m | 26.8% | 2.7 |
| 31 alta | Advanced | 506 m | 197 m | 38.9% | 3.7 |
| 32 alta | Intermediate | 477 m | 148 m | 31% | 3.0 |
| Baby sx | Easy | 474 m | 72 m | 15.2% | 1.7 |
| Baby dx | Intermediate | 464 m | 90 m | 19.4% | 2.0 |
| Run 1 tris | Intermediate | 464 m | 97 m | 20.9% | 2.1 |
| Bimbo alta | Easy | 460 m | 49 m | 10.6% | 1.3 |
| Run 8 | Advanced | 441 m | 152 m | 34.4% | 3.2 |
| Boulevard Garnel | Easy | 437 m | 42 m | 9.6% | 1.1 |
| 46 bassa | Easy | 420 m | 34 m | 8.1% | 1.0 |
+ 204 more mapped runs and connectors — all of them in the free 3D map in the Bonvo Ski app.
Lift network
22 mapped lifts, moving up to 3,440 skiers per hour.
| Lift | Type | Capacity/h | Ride time | Length | Vertical |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cit Roc | Chairlift | 2,600 | — | 1.2 km | 317 m |
| Orsiera | Platter lift | 840 | — | 1.1 km | 346 m |
| Chisonetto-Banchetta | Chairlift | — | 8 min | 2.2 km | 655 m |
| Garnel 2 | Chairlift | — | 12 min | 699 m | 219 m |
| Sestriere - Fraiteve 1 | Gondola | — | 11 min | 1.6 km | 311 m |
| Trebials | Chairlift | — | 7 min | 1.5 km | 261 m |
| Baby 1 | Platter lift | — | — | 419 m | 88 m |
| Baby 2 | Platter lift | — | — | 419 m | 87 m |
| La Motta 1 | Platter lift | — | — | 395 m | 143 m |
| Sises | Platter lift | — | — | 453 m | 204 m |
| Pattemouche-Anfiteatro | Cable car | — | 8 min | 2.5 km | 501 m |
| Nube d'Argento | Chairlift | — | 10 min | 1.1 km | 382 m |
| Capret | Chairlift | — | — | 1.2 km | 191 m |
| Jolly | Platter lift | — | — | 177 m | 22 m |
| Nuova Nube | Chairlift | — | 8 min | 2.2 km | 684 m |
| Jolly DX | Magic carpet | — | — | 62 m | 4 m |
| Combetta | Platter lift | — | — | 559 m | 82 m |
| Anfiteatro | Magic carpet | — | — | 51 m | 8 m |
| Principi | Magic carpet | — | — | 108 m | 16 m |
| La Motta 2 | Platter lift | — | — | 364 m | 185 m |
| Garnel 1 | Chairlift | — | 12 min | 402 m | 79 m |
Sestriere — quick answers
How many ski runs does Sestriere have?
Sestriere has 244 mapped downhill runs totalling about 86.7 km of pistes, with the longest single run measuring 4.9 km.
What is the vertical drop at Sestriere?
The mapped skiable terrain spans 1179 m of vertical, from 1602 m at the base to 2781 m at the top.
How many lifts does Sestriere have?
Sestriere operates 22 mapped lifts moving up to 3,440 skiers per hour.
Ski Sestriere with the map in your pocket
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