Skiing in Sauze d'Oulx

Sauze d'Oulx: Sportinia, wooded reds and a train-and-bus gateway to Vialattea

Sauze d'Oulx ski guide: the official 76-piste Vialattea list, Sportinia, 2026–27 pass prices, Turin and Oulx train access, and the best snow months.

Kilometres of slopes in the whole Vialattea (operator total)

400

Slopes in the Sauze d'Oulx sector (operator figure and live bulletin)

80

Lifts in the Sauze d'Oulx sector

13

Village altitude, metres

1509

Sportinia plateau altitude, metres

2000

Vialattea adult day pass 2026–27, online, low season, €

52

Skiing & terrain in Sauze d'Oulx

Every entry in the Slopes tab of the official Vialattea live bulletin for the SAUZE D'OULX sector, checked 18 October 2026 (off-season, so all are shown closed): 80 entries, of which 76 are pistes and 4 are link runs (Racc.). Pistes appear under their official number or name, with upper, middle and lower sections (alta, media, bassa) listed separately, exactly as the bulletin lists them. Added at the end and not counted: the two ski-area links from the bulletin's Links tab that touch Sauze d'Oulx and five area rows for the rest of Vialattea. Sestriere has its own SkiPair guide.

Entries in the bulletin's Sauze d'Oulx slope list

80

Pistes in this table (list entries minus link runs)

76

Link runs (Racc.) in the Sauze d'Oulx list

4

Interconnected slopes in the whole Vialattea (9 green, 99 blue, 173 red, 40 black per the operator)

300

Kilometres of slopes in the whole Vialattea

400

• Blue (easy) pistes in this table: 19
• Red (intermediate) pistes in this table: 49
• Black (difficult) pistes in this table: 8

Area labels: the bulletin groups runs by sector only, so every row from the list carries the sector name Sauze d'Oulx; no finer area (Sportinia, Genevris, Jouvenceaux) is assigned because the official data does not assign one. Colours are the bulletin's own difficulty icons (blue, red, black) — the Sauze list has no green runs, although Vialattea as a whole has 9. Vialattea does not publish a length for individual runs, so every length is empty; the operator says only that Sauze d'Oulx has over 100 km of trails and Vialattea 400 km. Off-piste itineraries, the snowpark and lift rows are not in the table. Opening status changes daily from 5 December 2026: check the live bulletin.

Sauze d'Oulx pistes: Sportinia, the Vialattea links and the 80-run list

Sauze d'Oulx is one of the biggest sectors of Vialattea, the Piedmont ski area run by Sestrieres S.p.A. that links Sestriere, Sauze d'Oulx, Sansicario, Cesana, Claviere, Pragelato and the French resort of Montgenèvre: 400 km of slopes across about 300 interconnected runs and 73 lifts. The village sits at 1,509 m, and Sportinia, at about 2,000 m, is the hub above it, with the more challenging runs winding down through the woods. Vialattea counts 80 slopes and 13 lifts in the Sauze d'Oulx sector and says the terrain there adds up to over 100 km of trails.

The official live bulletin lists the Sauze d'Oulx sector run by run: 76 pistes — 19 blue, 49 red and 8 black — plus four short link runs. Runs are numbered rather than named, and long runs are split into upper, middle and lower sections (alta, media, bassa); named runs include Boulevard, Broussailles, Gran Pista, Canale Colo (black) and the 2000, 2001, 2002 and 3000 runs. The list has no green runs and Vialattea does not publish run lengths, so this guide does not name a 'longest run'.

Monte Fraiteve is the link between Sauze d'Oulx, Sestriere and Sansicario, and the bulletin's Links tab reports the Sestriere – Sauze d'Oulx and Sauze d'Oulx – Sansicario connections separately — check them before setting off across the area, because high connections are the first to close in wind. Sauze d'Oulx also has the only snowpark in Vialattea.

Sauze d'Oulx for beginners: Clotes, Minisportinia and the Invito allo sci ticket

Vialattea names Sauze d'Oulx, with Sansicario, as one of its beginner areas. The official lift list has two magic carpets here — Campetto Clotes at the Clotes chairlift and Minisportinia up at Sportinia — and the bulletin's easy blues include Principianti, Principianti Clotes (upper and lower), Minisportinia dx and sx, and the Boulevard and Broussailles runs.

Beginners do not need the full Vialattea pass: the 2026–27 'Invito allo sci' ticket for Sauze d'Oulx covers the Sportinia, Jouvenceaux-Sportinia and Clotes chairlifts for €36 in low season, €41.50 in high season and €42.50 in peak season (online prices, checked 18 October 2026). Book a lesson for the first days with one of the Sauze ski schools, and confirm the meeting point when you book.

Getting to Sauze d'Oulx: Turin airport, the train to Oulx and the bus up

Sauze d'Oulx has no airport. The nearest is Turin-Caselle (TRN); the official tourism site puts Sauze about an hour away by road, and Vialattea gives Turin to the Oulx area as about 95 km on the A32 Turin–Bardonecchia motorway (exit Oulx Circonvallazione). By public transport from the airport, take the shuttle to Torino Porta Nuova, the train on the Turin–Bardonecchia line to Oulx (about 1.5 hours from Turin) and the bus up to Sauze. From 15 November to 15 April winter tyres or chains on board are compulsory.

Oulx is also reachable by direct train from Paris Gare de Lyon in under five hours, according to Vialattea, and the tourism site gives about 2 h 30 by train from the Milan airports, about 1 h 40 from Chambéry and about 3 hours from Lyon. Trenitalia's Vialattea Link sells the train and the Oulx–Sauze d'Oulx bus on one ticket, with the bus adding €2.30 one way; the bus stop is in the square in front of Oulx station.

In the village, the ski bus runs three lines to the Sportinia lift — Blue from Gran Villard, Orange from Richardette and Red from Jouvenceaux — and Sauze has taxis for the last leg. The centre has a limited-traffic zone (ZTL), and some central and lift car parks charge a fee.

Sauze d'Oulx with kids: ski schools, the crèche and beginner zones

Sauze d'Oulx has several ski and snowboard schools — Sauze Sportinia (founded in 1937), Vialattea Sauze, Sauze Project and Snowmaxx — plus independent instructors; the Sauze Sportinia school runs private, group and children's courses. Teaching languages vary by instructor, so ask for English (or another language) when you book; the tourist office on Viale Genevris also speaks English.

For the youngest, the La Libellula crèche takes children from 13 months to 6 years, 08:30–17:00, offers babysitting and speaks English. Children learn on the Clotes and Minisportinia carpets and the easy blues, and the Vialattea BABY ski pass costs €15.50–16 a day online (check the birth-year rule and the ID requirement on the pass page).

A parent who does not ski can buy a pedestrian return ticket for €19 on the Clotes, Sportinia or Jouvenceaux-Sportinia chairlift to meet the family for lunch, and the tourism site lists spas in Sauze and Jouvenceaux, snowshoe walks in the Gran Bosco park and helicopter sightseeing.

Where to stay in Sauze d'Oulx: village centre, Jouvenceaux or up at Sportinia

The village centre is the easiest base without a car: hotels and apartments are close to the restaurants, bars and shops of the old town, and the village ski-bus lines run to the Sportinia lift. The trade-off is evening noise in the busiest streets and a ZTL that complicates driving in. Check the walk to the nearest lift or ski-bus stop before you book.

Jouvenceaux, the second historic centre of Sauze d'Oulx, is quieter and has its own chairlift, Jouvenceaux-Sportinia, plus the Red ski-bus line. Its downside is that the Jouvenceaux-Sportinia chairlift runs a shorter season (24 December to 4 April in the 2026–27 schedule), so outside those dates you rely on the bus to the main lifts.

The official ski map lists hotel-restaurants at Località Sportinia, about 2,000 m up — the most ski-in, ski-out option and the closest to the beginner zone, but quiet in the evening and dependent on the lifts, so check access and luggage arrangements with the property. The tourism office suggests serviced residences and apartments for families who want more space.

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Vialattea ski pass 2026–27 for Sauze d'Oulx: prices, seasons and extensions

There is no Sauze-only adult day pass; the standard Vialattea pass covers Sestriere, Sauze d'Oulx, Sansicario, Cesana, Claviere and Pragelato. For 2026–27 an adult day pass costs €52 in low season, €58.50 in high season and €60 in peak season online (low: 5–23 December, 7–22 January and 15 March – 11 April; high: 23 January – 14 March; peak: 24 December – 6 January). A 6-day pass costs €261, €305 or €312; Under16 passes (born on or after 1 December 2010) are cheaper. Online prices are €2 a day cheaper than at the ticket office (checked 18 October 2026).

Vialattea passes for 6 to 15 consecutive days include one day in Montgenèvre and one in Bardonecchia on the chip; to ski Montgenèvre every day, look at the Vialattea International pass. The Vialattea International and Vialattea//Bardo season passes cost €990 until 8 November 2026 and €1,300 after that.

Sauze-specific tickets are in the Beginners & More tab: the Invito allo sci ticket (€36–42.50), a Sauze snowpark ticket for the Sportinia, Rocce Nere and Jouvenceaux lifts (€38.50–45.50) and €19 pedestrian returns. The optional Vialattea Sci Noproblem insurance costs €3.50 a day.

Best time to ski in Sauze d'Oulx: snow history, 2026–27 season dates and forecasts

The best snow window is February and March, with late January close behind; December and early April are the shoulder months. In a SkiPair calculation from ARPA Piemonte's official daily records for the Lago Pilone station in Sauze d'Oulx (2,280 m, winters 1991–2020), average snow depth builds from about 63 cm in December to 85 cm in January, 100 cm in February and 110 cm in March, and is still about 99 cm in April. New snow is fairly even, at about 62–78 cm a month from December to March, so December can bring powder before the base is deep. Those figures are from high on the mountain — the village is at 1,509 m, and the runs down to it are the first to thin out in spring. Historical averages do not guarantee any season.

For 2026–27, Vialattea opens on 5 December 2026. In the Sauze d'Oulx sector the Clotes, Sportinia, Rocce Nere, Chamonier and Colò chairlifts and the Minisportinia and Campetto Clotes carpets are scheduled from 5 December to 11 April 2027, while Lago Nero, Cote Faure, Tuassieres and Jouvenceaux-Sportinia run from 24 December to 4 April; Triplex and Rio Nero open as needed. All dates depend on snow and conditions.

Before you go, check the live bulletin (updated from 8 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.; after 4.30 p.m. it is a forecast for the next day), especially the Links tab if you plan to ski to Sestriere or Sansicario, and watch the wind at altitude. In March and early April, ski the high runs in the morning and come down to the village before the snow gets heavy.

Find ski partners in Sauze d'Oulx for Sportinia, Fraiteve or a Vialattea tour

Sauze d'Oulx works for a solo trip: you can arrive by train and bus from Turin or Paris, and the village has a lively après-ski scene where it is easy to meet people. On SkiPair, add your dates, base (centre or Jouvenceaux) and level to find someone skiing the same days — for a cruise on the Sportinia reds, a black run like Canale Colo, or a day across Monte Fraiteve to Sestriere and Sansicario.

Agree the plan first: where to meet (the top of the Sportinia or Clotes chairlift is easier than a crowded village square), whether everyone's pass covers the plan (a beginner ticket covers only three Sauze chairlifts, and Montgenèvre needs an extension day or an International pass), and when to head back so nobody is stranded if a link closes. Off-piste, go only with a partner, avalanche gear and a local guide or instructor.

Ski pass prices for Sauze d'Oulx

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Weather and snow

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