Funivie Piccolo San Bernardo

152 kilometres of slopes, 3,000 hectares of terrain, 1,600 metres of elevation gain, all managed every day by the historical Funivie Piccolo San Bernard ski lifts, now covering La Thuile’s entire Espace San Bernardo ski area with state-of-the-art technological equipment.
What does this mean? That you’ll have 38 lifts – 21 chairlifts, 11 ski lifts, 5 magic carpets, 1 DMC gondola, able to carry more than 3,000 passengers for non-stop skiing all day long, between Italy and France. In a nutshell, Funivie Piccolo San Bernardo means zero queues for those who choose La Thuile for their holiday. 

All dedicated to serving a vast ski resort that meets the needs of every winter sports enthusiast – and we mean every single one – and more. The Espace San Bernardo boasts no less than 82 slopes – 33 easy, 35 medium, 14 difficult – and a remarkable variety of facilities – 2 slalom runs, 1 snow park, 1 boardercross course, 2 fun cross areas, 1 secured freeride area, 4 ski mountaineering routes, 1 snowkiting area, 2 children's playgrounds.

Funivie Piccolo San Bernardo: a bit of history

The first chairlift was built back in 1948 by a group of pioneers from La Thuile, at a time when skis were still made of wood and the equipment we know today was yet to be invented.

Then came the 1960s, and in the 1967/68 season, Piedmont Funivie di Torino’s first aerial tramway opened (with its famous blue and yellow cars), followed by the Les Suches and Chaz Dura ski tows and the Cerellaz and Belvedere chairlifts, basically run-throughs for cross-border relations with its cousins in the nearby La Rosière ski resort.

Today, all the hard work by Funivie Piccolo San Bernardo has paid off, allowing more than 450,000 visitors from all over the world to enjoy a ski area unique to its kind every year.