The Skiers' Guide to Pila

Great resort with flowing wide red runs and a couple nice black runs. Some great spots for lunch and apres.

Visited with my son who has not been skiing long but thanks to enough gentle and quiet slopes he improved rapidly so that we were able to do some of the more advanced slopes on offer.
Good value and a nice quiet little resort. Would happily return

One of the smaller Italian resorts or though you can use Pila as a base and travel/ski much further afield. Pila itself is great for beginners and progressing intermediates as the slopes aren’t too taxing and in general they are nice and wide allowing for a less stressful experience. Generally good value for money and it is possible to drive to the resort if there are a few of you and you want to avoid flights, although getting up the mountain will require snow chains depending on snow conditions.

Incredibly well groomed slopes. Our first few days were without any fresh snow and you wouldn’t have noticed! Also great for any age, our 8 year old son said it was his favorite resort so far.

I first learned to snowboard at Pila and found the availability of green blue and red slopes fantastic for progression, the size of slopes and ease of lifts help progression along with attentative coaches from ski schools. The food options on resort were not the greatest, maybe i didnt venture to the more expensive restaurants but bugers etc were lacklustre. Staying in the aosta valley meant that you had access to big chain supermarkets for day to day things with a quick gondola up to the resort.

Excellent affordable family resort with great restaurants and an efficient lift system. A good range of piste too.

A great resort to just ski, lovely groomed slopes, wide and relatively empty. Busier at weekends with City Italians, but all very pleasant. The new lift meant we could enjoy early morning skiing on a black run with great views. Not a lot of night life unless you stay down in Aosta, which has fast cable car access to Pila slopes. The whole Aosta valley is available if you want to stay longer and vary what you do.

Start of season so not all runs available, but what was open was well groomed. Mostly blue and some red runs but for intermediates it was great.

Pila is a small resort in the Aosta Valley. Great for beginners and Intermediate Skiers. A good Gondola from Aosta Town to the Slopes, with cheap accommodation

Great off piste and a cracking set of on piste restaurants for reasonable cost. Run 1 & 2 were dabs to dabble off the edges in the trees

A great smaller resort, I have been taken school ski trips there for 6 years and go back each season for the first week of March. Quiet slopes and amazing tuition. I can’t wait to use the brand new gondola from bottom to top.

Went very late in the season and during school holidays so not everyone's preferred time of year. It was very cold at night, meaning all slopes were in good condition / icy first thing in the morning; but unseasonably warm, nay hot, weather during the day, saw the snow, lower down, melting before our eyes. The resort did v well at prolonging the snow, and at mid - to high level, the snow was pretty good all day. These higher slopes were v quiet earlier in the week, but as the kids improved and moved higher, they didn't resemble ones own private play area by the end of the week. Lots of punters came up from Aosta, using the amazing bubble link- there are plans to improve access to the higher slopes, v soon and a new restaurant, right at the top, is bring built to accommodate those that venture up there to take in the fabulous views. Pila itself is quiet small; a range of accommodation meets most preferences, but eating it and apres ski is limited. There are some long established venues, but at this time of year, they were closing quite early as many folk had headed back down the mountain. The new lifts will improve access to the mid and upper slopes, and I believe Pila had the potential to be a really good, medium sized resort for small groups and families who don't necessarily want to party late into the night. Good luck Pila, and thanks for having me.

Pila is a great ski area for beginners and families. If you yourself are not a beginner but have younger people with you, then this is a great place where you can all have something to enjoy and not be far away if you need to meet up quickly at any point.
The newly added gondola to the top of the mountain has really opened up the ski area and gives the option for beginners to see the views from the top, which are stunning.
Looking forward to the restaurant opening at the top next year.

Fantastic quiet resort for a 3-4day trip
Accommodation extremely dated. Would recommend staying lower in the valley at Aosta

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!

Pila is a hidden gem! 1 3/4 hours from Turin airport. NE facing resort so the snow it gets it holds on to well. The pistes are managed and prepared well. Piste routing make the most of the natural undulating terrain, lots of changes of gradient makes for fun skiing. Apres ski is not a strength, so may not suit all but perfect for those who want to focus on the skiing. Also some good value deals to be had.

Resort can be accessed easily from Aosta town which provides a large town base with great restaurants and bars. There is also lots of accommodation choice as well as the accommodation close to the piste. Great resort for learners as there is progression up the mountain. Lifts are quick but can be busy at weekends with large queues at the bottom lifts. Get to the top early and stay up high. This resort holds snow well into late season due to height and mostly North facing slopes. Some cracking red runs. Small resort but lots of fun.

Pila is great for first time skiers/snowboarders, particularly those with kids. Most of the accommodation is ski in/ski out and close to the ski school, no buses to the lifts here! Ski school instructors were fantastic and both my kids were up on the main slopes after their first ever ski lesson. Resort was pretty quiet and we hardly had to queue. The resort is very quiet after the lifts close so not much apres ski but the hotel we stayed in had a pool and evening entertainment. We went back to Pila the next year!