Airolo is both a summer and winter getaway set in the upper valley of Ticino along the Leopontine Alps. This Swiss ski resort is connected to nine individual pistes accessible with seven ski lifts. The resort encompasses two ski areas namely Airolo Luina and Pescium making it the biggest in the Ticino canton of Switzerland. Being 2000 metres above the ground, the snow blanketing its slopes is entirely reliable. It’s seven lift services can take up almost 6000 skiers every hour. The resort is excellent for different sports like snow boarding, cross country skiing, walking in snowshoes and Alpine skiing. Airolo-Pescium-Sasso della Boggia, Cioss Prato, and Luina offer most of the ski-lift facilities.
There are a lot of airports regularly serving Airolo which include destinations from (distance in miles):
Lugano (39.4)
Chiasso (51.9)
Engadin (61.1)
Belp (58.4)
Malpensa International (62.8)
Zurich (63.6)
Sion (64.3)
Hohenems/Dornbim (78.5)
Orio Al Serio International (79.6)
Altenrhein (80)
Aosta (80.5)
Linate (81)
Mulhouse EuroAirport (88.8)
Basel EuroAirport (89.2)
Friedrichshafen (90)
Kau (Indonesia) (90.6)
Transportation from the airport include rail trips, buses, car hires, and private vehicles. Please make sure that you have appropriately booked any ski transfer company to assure smooth travel to Airolo.
If you are travelling to Airolo, you can easily find the place yourself if you have a map and a clear direction guide. If you want to get there through public transport, you can use the train and ask for ticket prices in the official site of the Swiss Federal Railways. Postbuses are also available for transport especially if you also wanted to drop by the nearby villages in Airolo. You can use a bus ride if you also want to avoid walking to the cable car that will bring you towards the Ritcom lake area.If you start your trip from Zurich, you can choose to ride the Interregio train via Gotthard tunnel going to Airolo and it proceeds up to Bellinzona and Locarno. The rail transport will take approximately two hours before reaching the resort.
In going to Airolo for a ski vacation, you may have to secure any kind of ski insurance. This is usually helpful in cases of any untoward accident that may happen during your trip like losing skis or for medical expenses after an accident in the slopes. You may opt to check any ski insurance available that has good coverage before making your trip to Airolo.