The Italians take their freestyle (and shred fashion!) seriously, and Livigno has a long and well-deserved reputation for building good parks; it was host to the first three years of the Burton European Open. There are two main terrain parks competing on opposite sides of the valley.
On one side of the valley is the Mottolino Snowpark, served by the Trepalle chairlift. It usually features four long kicker lines for differing abilities, including a crazy pro line with its 25m booters, and each line has four hits. They don’t build the superpipe anymore but the the top section features an airbag. A bit lower down is a separate jib area with various features ranging from easy to tech. On the other side of the valley is the Carosello 3000 terrain park. This 1km long park usually features three long lines of ten or so features. It is geared towards to the intermediate rider and mixes some interesting jib features with the kickers and they have an airbag as well. Running alongside this park is a fun little boardercross banked corner course, called the Boarderzoo. Apparently it’s really designed for kids, but that shouldn’t stop you getting stuck in!
Don’t forget that all parks require you to wear a helmet in Italy – no helmet and you won’t get far. If you don’t have one, then pop into the chillout huts in the park and they’ll lend you one usually in exchange for your passport.
