Montecampione is a

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in Valcamonica,

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. Part of the communes of Artogne and

Pian Camuno Pian Camuno ( Camunian: ; locally ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated in the lower part of Val Camonica Val Camonica or Valcamonica (), also Valle Camonica and anglicized as Camonica Valley, is o ...

, it is located from

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and from

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, near

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and operated from mid December to end March. Montecampione is the closest ski resort to Milan's

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. After the failure of Alpiaz Srl, the corporation which developed the resort from the ground up, the resort has been managed by several other organizations with varying degrees of success. The operation of ski lifts and slopes is now in the hands of Plan 1800 Srl, which has managed to get 4 of the 11 ski lifts running, with the others needing renovations.

Statistics

*Lifts: 11 *Lift capacity: 18,000 per hour *Runs: 23 (around *Bars: 12 including lodges *Height: *Vertical: *Stations: ** - Alpiaz ** - Secondino ** - Plan The ski hire shops are at 1,200 m and 1,800 m

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