Pila Reviews, Ratings and Stats

Fun easy to navigate resort with just enough going on to be lively, but not so much that it isnt about the skiing.Weekend days get super busy as the gondola straight up from Aosta masked it very easy access, otherwise pretty quiet on the slopes mid week.Good amount of slopes for all abilities,, havent been to any ski schools but there seems to be tonnes of options.

Pila is not the biggest ski area, so it's relaxed and there's no dashing around to get to the next valley & back. What makes Pila even more relaxing is the beautiful wide red & blue runs ~ virtually EMPTY red & blue runs, and black.Be sure to check out run No. 6 for a bit of fun with a ?natural half pipe. Also, whilst on run No 6, just to the side z(though you can't see it because of the terrain) is cafe Societe which is rsther nice & a bit posh !Plenty of other cafes but haven't tried them all.Minimal lift queues during the week, some queueing on Saturdays, which doesn't seem to impact the runs much at all. Eases off later in the afternoon, of voyrse.Pila is in a north facing bowl which seems to be fairly protected from the wind.If you stay in Pila I don't think you can be too far from the slope. Or you can stay down in the valley in Aosta which has a 18 minute gondola ride up which opens , I think, at 8am.

Lovely and quiet resort, but does mean that the lifts open quite late compared to some other places (round 9am).Weekends are busier due to the local Aostans coming to the slopes, but even so, whilst the lifts etc get super busy, the slopes don't so much - waits could be easily fixed with better lift management.Pistes were well kept and maintained throughout the week In terms of restaurants and bars, it's quite limited, but where we did go the food was great and service friendly.Hotel we stayed was not good in terms of food - one of the worst I've experienced! But the rooms were big and comfortable - just need to ignore some of the slightly dodgy maintenance!My favourite thing here was the quiet slopes and sleepier resort and friendly people. Oh and ski school instructor was the best!! They even did a prize giving at the end with badges with your level for adults and kinder eggs for the kids!