Macugnaga reviews

one of the seven valleys from Monte Rosa. also called "the Himalayas of the Alps"

i love this type of resort:
really old, rickety lifts. no one skis powder. cheap and friendly!
a villager told me that they have been talking for 30 years about linking the system with Saas-Fee. we'll see...

Belvedere area:
2 tough double chairlifts and a tow.
the lower lift is very flat and is really just a transport up to the next lift. But there is fantastic skiing in the larch forest. about 350 meters in altitude. the chairlifts have metal seats; bring a seat pad!!

curio: at the valley station we discovered that there was an old cabin station that had not been used for many years. High up like hell we glimpsed the mountain station. not a chance that you could ski there. what was it?

Monte Moro:
on paper the drop is 1700m. Is this Italy's LaGrave?
well, the first small cabin takes 15 people (!) and takes you up to Alpe Bill at 1700m. don't forget to go to the toilet in the cabin hall ;)). It is not possible to go down to the village from here. The skiing takes place between 2900-1700m.
From Alpe Bill the next cabin goes up to 2900m. fantastic mountain with many nice scratches. (When we were there it had unfortunately rained up to 2700m but we skied deep powder next to the small tow lift at the top).

up on Monte Moro there is a chairlift with a 500m drop. It had not opened for the season (Jan-18), as well as a small tow lift that takes you up to the Monte Moro pass itself. from here you can ski the "back" a long off-piste ski down to Alpe Bill.

Monte Moro is south-facing so visiting early in the season is recommended.
probably the cheapest lift pass in the Alps for high alpine skiing. 22 euros/day pass!

In summary: quirky ski resort with nice forest skiing if it snows. good mountains for fat skiing in nice weather. charming village surrounded by 4500m peaks. several alpine legends are buried in the cemetery.

Was there when there was some snow v 6 2016. Monte Moro was closed unfortunately and Belvedere was nothing to brag about. Great food and cheap accommodation. If it dumps, Monte Moro can be an alternative otherwise it is probably the summer that applies.

Hi, because nobody wrote anything, I thought I'd fill up with some info about Macugnaga, pronounced Macunjaga.
The village is not different nearby villages, type Alagna, quiet places where skiing is in the center, here it is DEATH after 6 o'clock.
Macugnaga has two different mountains, Mont Moro with cable car up on a plateau which gives 1200 meters of high altitude, well-prepared slopes, not much opportunity for off-piste dock, even for V3 2106 when there was some snow. The cable car is open only on the weekend certain periods of the year.
The second mountain Belverde has a chairlift that takes a first 300 meters and then another 300 meters. the upper part has only black runs. The lifts over the track are no further, the gondola swings a lot, and the seat lifts are completely steel, even the sitting area, cold !!
As you walk off the seat rails at Belverdetoppen, Monte Rosa massages 2500 meters as a wall of ice and granite, powerful, up to the highest Dufour peak at 4634.
The ride is good but not more, the food cheap both in the village and in the hill. The village's specialty is Pasta Macugnaga which is a variant of carbonara, very good.
So, OK ride, cash lift, good and cheap food and cheap accommodation.
Imagine it's better in summer for those who like to hike.