Via Lattea is one of the largest ski areas in Italy, and it will host the Winter Olympic Games in 2006. It features 140 downhill ski trails for a total of 400 km, with altitudes ranging from 1500 to 2800 m, as well as facilities for other winter sport activities.
It is located about 100 km west of Turin, in north-western Italy.

Here are some websites you can visit to get more information:

• Via Lattea: http://www.vialattea.it 
• Montagne Doc: http://www.montagnedoc.it

Hotel Rio Envers, Sansicario
Phone: +39 0122 811333

A hotel in a sunny location, about 1700 m high, facing the Susa valley and the mountains, with woods on its back. In the Hotel yard, ski-lift, part of the Via Lattea.
The Hotel has several facilities such as: Gym-club, Sauna, Pub, Solarium. Tennis courts in the premises. In the vicinity, walking trails - or ungroomed cross-country ski trails, depending on snow conditions. Cross country tracks in Claviere (10km) and val Troncea (20km, Olympic track).

Some DX attendees will lodge at:

Club Hotel Solaris - Via IV Novembre, 27 - Cesana Torinese
Phone: +39 0122 897393

Cesana Torinese is on the way to Sansicario. The will be a shuttle service between the two hotels.

Workshop and lodging fee

Hotel fee for the whole week (March 4th-11th), including full board and social dinner:

• 920,000 ITL (475 Euro) per person, in double room

 
• 1,350,000 ITL (697 Euro) per person,  in  single room

Travel Information

To Sansicario

By train/bus

Sansicario is a few km from the railway station named "Oulx-Cesana-Claviere-Sestriere" and located at Oulx.
This station is on the international line connecting Modane (France) to Turin and can be reached:

from Turin Porta Nuova Railway Station (airport Bus terminal)

Intercity trains (5 daily): about 45 min

local trains (several daily); about 1h 15 min

by TGV (high speed train) from Paris (2 daily direct trains): about 4h 30 min

by TGV from Lyon (2 daily): about 3h

The best solution is to reach Oulx by train. If you plan to fly in Turin, then you should reach Turin Porta Nuova railway station with the bus from the airport, and then take a train to Oulx. We are organizing a shuttle from Oulx station to the hotels; information about the shuttle will be soon available.

By car

Motorway A32 connecting Turin to Frejus Tunnel (and then Chambery, Lyon, Geneve, Paris), exit at Oulx Ovest (Oulx West)

• From Frejus Tunnel: 10Km, follow direction to Turin
• From Turin: 75 Km, follow directions to A32 (Bardonecchia) and T4 (Frejus Tunnel)
• From Turin Airport: follow directions to Turin, then to Tangenziale (orbital road) and to A32 (Bardonecchia) and T4 (Frejus Tunnel)

From Oulx Ovest Exit:

• follow directions to Cesana, Sestriere
• at Cesana (10Km), follow directions to Sansicario, Sestriere
• after 2 Km turn left to Sansicario and follow to Sansicario ski resort (Sansicario 1700, white indications with red and blue stars)
• Rio Envers Hotel is on the right at the entrance of the village

PLEASE NOTICE that the last few km are steep and there could be snow or ice on roads (esp. at night or early morning). Snow chains on board or winter tyres are essential - ask for them if you rent a car.

• Airplane to Turin International Airport (TRN)

Connections to main European hubs: Paris (7 daily), Frankfurt (6 daily), Zurich (4 daily), Bruxelles (3 daily), Amsterdam (3 daily), London STN (2 daily, with some very cheap fares), London LGW (daily), Madrid (2 daily), Barcelona (4 daily), Munich (3 daily), Rome (15 daily)

For up-to-date timetables see e.g. http://www.turin-airport.com
From airport to Turin: Bus to Railway Stations every 30min. Travel time 40 min.

 
• Airplane to Milan Malpensa Airport (MPX)

This airport is the Alitalia Hub for northern Italy, with intercontinental connections. We do not recommend this solution since bus connections to Turin (1h 45 min travel time) are not frequent, then going to Turin through Milan (1h 10 by bus + 1h 45 by train or bus) could be necessary.