Skiing in Italy also has the benefits of being quieter as Italians are not as into their skiing as other European ski state, so there is always plenty of room on the Italian slopes. Weekends get busy with the locals however, weekdays are usually very quiet.
The highlight of Italian skiing is the food and wine, cheap and very good.
Italian skiing can be broken into four main sectors. West of Turin has a few resorts and shares the French Milky Way region. Aosta Valley further north has some of the better know Italian resorts and is the easiest to access from Britain and Switzerland. The east of Italy have the ski areas that border with Switzerland and have higher altitudes; and further east are the ski resorts of the Dolomites which is easy access to Austria.
