Not from Pila, unfortunately. If it were, I might not be skiing anywhere else this winter.

EDIT: However, there is still some pretty good terrain accessible from some chairs in Pila.

Not tomorrow, unfortunately. But I will be spending most of my weekends and free time in and around Aosta this winter. So, if you are around that area again, let me know.

Also, any Courmayeur/Val...

Well, this year (and most often from what I have heard) the one thing you can definitely rely on in the high Alpine of Alagna/Gressoney is strong winds during/right after every snow storm. :(

Nice. Looks a little better than the weekend before, but still pretty thin.

Did you also ski higher up in the Alpine, how were the conditions there?

Went to Champoluc/Gressoney on Saturday. It was extremely shitty. I did not do any of the high-alpine backcountry descents, but I do not think they would have been in better conditions.
Everything...

Well, as with all statistics, it depends. Did not read all of it carefully, but the authors do use accepted/proven statistical methods to quantify the 'confidence' in the conclusion that airbags do...

While I agree with you on the misleading/wrong statistics of the marketing departments, there ARE scientific data out there. E.g., the newest independent(?) study that I know of: Instead of using...

Anybody in the Varese / Italian Monte Rosa area this weekend, the upcoming weeks or any time during winter, and motivated for some freeriding and ski-touring?

I will move from Davos to Ispra on...