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RLC Ski Club Trip to Sestriere

Saturday 26th February to Saturday 5th March 2022

After the great difficulties encountered late last varied pistes and the resorts featured here straddle
year with the Omnicom variant, planning for the French–Italian border. They all offer superb
2022 was going to be very difficult. However, high-altitude skiing at the highest level of 2823m.
members of the RLC Ski Club (who are all from The skiing throughout is excellent for intermedi-
the Food Services side) are made of stern stuff ate abilities with good opportunities for beginner
and we were determined to take advantage of a and advanced skiers as well. Whilst the COVID
unique window in which to get onto the slopes travel restrictions initially felt somewhat daunting,
after a long absence. We selected Italy as it was
more stable with its promulgation of COVID
regulations than was Austria or France. By select-
ing the resort of Sestriere we could operate from
Italy, whilst being close enough to ski into France.
Sestriere gives you unique access to Clavière
which has 50kms of runs, onto Montgenèvre with
1
100kms and then onto the Milky Way with its
350kms of runs. With a resort height of 2000m
Sestriere has an excellent snow record and this,
combined with the wonderful hospitality of the
Italians, reasonable prices on the slopes (coffee is
far cheaper there than on the UK High Street)
and excellent facilities in Sestriere itself, was
enough to make this a very welcome return to the
joys of a ski holiday.
The Milky Way ski area in Italy is well known
for its fabulous range of skiing and long hours of
sunshine. The ski area extends to some 400kms of

1 The 6 resorts that make up the Milky Way are Sauze d’Oulx (Italy), Sestriere (Italy), Sansicario (Italy), Clavière (Italy), Cesana (Italy) and Montgenèvre (France).

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