An exclusive landmark for summer skiing and snowboard enthusiasts, Pirovano is the only ski school to earn the prestigious title of "Ski University". It was founded in 1949 by Giuseppe Pirovano and Giuliana Boerchio, and since 1985 it has belonged to the Banca Popolare di Sondrio Banking Group, whose branch on the Stelvio Pass is the highest in Europe.
Summer skiing is a thrilling adventure, a dynamic experience, an ideal opportunity to refine your art on the skis in preparation for an outstanding performance on the winter slopes. Pirovano Ski School runs courses from May to November against the magical backdrop of Stelvio National Park, where you can ski in harmony with nature, in an enchanting setting enveloped in the silence of an altitude of 3000 metres.
Pirovano's highly qualified ski teachers are noted for their undisputed professionalism at both beginner and competitive levels. In the paradise of summer skiing, you can watch world champions train or throw yourself into full-time sport. Before a breathtaking panorama, one of the most glorious of the Alps, you can learn the secrets of other sports on the great glaciers of Stelvio: expert trainers teach archery, mountain biking and spinning, or accompany trekkers on thrilling excursions at high altitude along routes full of relics from the First World War.
The fitness area, wellness centre, swimming pool and panoramic restaurant "terrazza" are just a few of the exclusive facilities offered by Hotel Quarto, where its comfortable, cosy interiors and refined local cuisine will make your stay truly memorable. Sport, relaxation and the great outdoors are winning ingredients for a healthy holiday surrounded by nature.
Summer skiing - Stelvio
Skiing at Livigno
Immersed in an enchanting valley between the Stelvio National Park and the Engadine, Livigno is capable of satisfying the needs of the most demanding tourist: snow, sport, important events, shopping, nature, walks in the open air and folklore too, all in one unique and magical reality.
Its success is determined by an inseparable binomial between nature and sport that makes the Small Tibet of Lombardy the perfect synthesis between relaxation and dynamism, thanks to a perfect microclimate that assure heavy snowfall during the entire winter season and perfectly snow-covered slopes from November to May. During the summer the climate is pleasently mild with air that remains fresh and crisp for the whole season.
It is an ideal climate then for practising any type of sporting discipline whether its summer or winter. Despite the development of accomodation and the skiing facilities, Livigno has still managed, over the years, to conserve the typical environmental, natural, cultural and architectural characteristics of the Alpine culture wich make Livigno and its valley the best in the World.
During the winter Livigno, with its 74 slopes covering a total of 115 kilometres divided between the resorts of Mottolino and Carosello 3000, is ready to host an average of 9 thousand people a day. Recently the resort has renewed the majority of its draglifts with six-seate covered chair lifts that have automatic hitching. They allow for a combined hourly capacity of all the installation of more than 47.000 people per hour consequently making queues for the reascent inexistent.
Livigno, as well as for skiing, is the undisputed homeland of the most modern disciplines associated with the snow i.e. telemark and snowboarding, in this last case thanks above all to Snowpark, one of the biggest in Italy, that offers to all lovers of the "board" fixed structures for halfpipe, jump and one of the best slopes available for boardercross.
But there's more; for the more daring, Livigno accompanies us into the new "alternative" trends. The protagonist is Freeride, the art of off-piste downhill skiing, to wich Livigno, as well as guaranteeing highly-trained Alpine guides, adds teaching sessions relevant to the use of ARVA, to basic nivology and the study of the stability of snow-covered mountainsides.
Also for the 2009/2010 winter season there will be all the big events: from the traditional Skieda and Sgambeda, by now of international fame, to the Special Events, like the Ice Party, an end of season event with a high-altitude concert. Livigno offer more than 250 shops that benefit from the advantages of belonging to a duty-free area so there is the possibility of buying any type of merchandise at reasonable prices.
Bormio to Stelvio Pass Distance
 | Bormio SO, Italy |
 | 1. | Head northwest on Via Alberti toward Via Castello | go 456 ft total 456 ft |
 | 2. | Turn right at Via Buon Consiglio | go 0.1 mi total 0.2 mi |
 | 3. | Slight left at Via San Francesco | go 495 ft total 0.3 mi |
| 4. | Turn right at Via Monte Braulio About 1 min | go 0.3 mi total 0.6 mi |
 | 5. | Turn left to stay on Via Monte Braulio | go 26 ft total 0.6 mi |
| 6. | Turn right at SS38/ About 1 min | go 0.4 mi total 1.0 mi |
 | 7. | Turn right to stay on SS38/ Continue to follow SS38 About 4 mins | go 2.5 mi total 3.5 mi |
| 8. | Turn right to stay on SS38 About 10 mins | go 7.7 mi total 11.3 mi |
| 9. | Turn right to stay on SS38 This road may be seasonally closed About 2 mins | go 1.3 mi total 12.6 mi |
 | 10. | Turn left to stay on SS38 This road may be seasonally closed About 1 min | go 0.6 mi total 13.2 mi |
| 11. | Turn right This road may be seasonally closed | go 0.1 mi total 13.3 mi |
| 12. | Turn right This road may be seasonally closed | go 112 ft total 13.3 mi |
 | Stelvio Pass, Italy |
The wonders of the Alta Valtellina - The magic of snow
A third new ski-lift, the Bormio-Bormio 2000 cablecar, was built last year and replaces the Bormio-Bormio 2000 cablecar, which was constructed in 1969. The Oga-Valdidentro district is the ideal place for those who want to ski without stress, down gentle slopes that are always well covered with snow. The maximum altitude is 2.625 metres with 10 ski-lifts and no less than 30 kilometres of ski slopes.
Santa Caterina Valfurva is the domain of competitive skiers, who are spoilt by the maniacal care lavished on the slopes, which are always in perfect condition with plenty of snow and are often enlivened by the presence of numerous Ski Clubs. The maximum difference in height is around 1.000 metres, from 2.725 to 1.740 metres; From 2004/2005 season, two new cabin-cars for eight will be serving the 40 kilometres of ski slopes connecting Santa Caterina Valfurva to the valle dell'Alpe at an altitude of 2.725 metres.
Livigno, which is reached via the S.S. 301 road, welcomes enthusiastic skiers with its slopes that face different directions, so that it is always possible to ski in the sun, even on the shortest days, from early morning until sundown. The ski-lifts are right up to date: 3 cablecars, 14 chair lifts, 16 ski-lifts, making a total of 33 lifts with an hourly capacity for 46.460 people; the overall difference in height is 1.200 metres (1.800-3000 metres). The 115 kilometres of ski slopes are suitable for skiers with very varied technical abilities and an extensive snow making system is available.
