The other nearby airport is in Chambery, France, just a two-hour drive away. You can also hop on the train from Turin, Milan, or even Paris, making Bardonecchia an especially accessible ski area.

"We had been picked up in Val Thorens ski resort in France at 2.30pm, for a flight from Chambery to Manchester, departing at about 8pm. "They stopped the coach mid way and we received messages ...