Visit Livigno in Italy

Situated in the northern Italian Alps, Livigno is a great place for snowboarders of all levels and disciplines. The town is essentially one long road (10km) running through a valley, with pistes on either side. The pisted terrain is very open, with wide motorway runs making it perfect for beginners and intermediates. For more advanced freeriders, there are easily-accessible off-piste areas, and if you are willing to break sweat and hike for half and hour or so, you can reach some beautiful open powder fields on both sides of the valley. There are signs everywhere saying going anywhere off the pisted trails is not allowed, but they are largely ignored unless you try dropping into some of the more hard-core areas, where you may well find a lifty screaming and waving like he's on fire.