Dolomiti Superski
Ski Resorts in Dolomiti Superski
The town San Martino ( 1467 m ) got its name from medieval camaldolese convent dedicated to Saints Martino and Giuliano ( Julian ). Nowadays only the small church is left from the buildings of the convent that once served as a hospice for the travelers who traversed Passo Rolle connecting Val di Fiemme with [...]
The ski region Civetta includes three resorts: Alleghe, Selva di Cadore and Valle di Zoldo. There are about 80 km of slopes on the mountains between massifs of Pelmo ( 3 168 m) and Civetta ( 3 220 m). The main location – Selva do Cadore is situated in the valley Ferentina, which got it’s [...]
The ski region Tre Valli incorporated slopes of Col Margherita ( 2 550 m ) and Alpe Lusia ( 2 327 m). The main town of Valle del Bios, Falcade is connected with Moena ( 1 184 m ) in Vall di Fassa by Passo San Pellegrino ( 1 918 m) and with Predazzo in [...]
The Valley of river Isarco is split into two communities : Alta Valle Isarco (Wippital) with Bennero and Vipiteno is the part closer to Austrian border, while Bressanone and Bolzano are in Valle Isarco ( Eisacktal). The ski region Valle Isarco covers the resorts: Plose-Bressanone/Brixen, Gitschberg-Maranza/Meransen, Jochtal-Valles/Vals, and smaller in Luson/Lüsen, Val di Funes/Villnösser Tal [...]
The development of a small alpine village into the most popular and worldwide known Italian ski resort Cortina (1224 m) started some 160 years ago with tourists, who chose Cortina as a starting point for alpine walks into the magnificent peaks of Dolomites. The resort modeled after St.Moritz in Switzerland open the slopes for quite [...]
The tourist area of Land of Three Peaks includes municipalities of: Braies, Villabassa, Dobbiaco(1240m),San Candido(1 173 m) and Sesto(1 316 m). The most popular symbol of Dolomites – Three Peaks are ‘Tre Cime di Lavaredo’ (of height 2999 m ,2973 m and 2857 m) until 1919 consisted the border between Austria and Italy. At present [...]
According to the old Ladin legend Plan de Corones (Kronplatz) was the place where warrior queen of Fanes, Dolasilla got crowned with the magic gemstone “Rajëta”. It was hard to get the better location, as from the top of Plan the Corones (2775m) one can admire one of the most wonderful panorama of whole range [...]
besides the demanding slopes of Porta Vescovo, Arabba offers the possibility to ski on Marmolada glacier. The skiarea makes part of Sella Ronda runs with direct access to the other areas ( Val di Fassa, Val Gardena and Alta Badia).
The Fiemme valley bears the name ‘porta delle Dolomiti’ ( the Door to the Dolomites ) given long time ago by merchants, who were entering the Dolomites at the beginning of valley of river Avisio, arriving from the nothern part of Trentino. Here at Val di Fiemme the mountains looked like the giant door inviting [...]
It is hard to imagine better location in Dolomites. The Fassa Valley ( Val de Fasciain in Ladin, Fassatal in German) is surrounded by the most picturesque Dolomite mountains – Marmolada and Sella saddle show their peaks on the east, while ‘Sassolungo’ and ‘Catinaccio’ range on the opposite side. One end of the valley is [...]
Alta Badia is located in a large valley surrounded by the gorgeous peaks of the Dolomites. At the beginning the sport life focused in Corvara in Badia (1568 m) and Colfosco (1645 m) at the feet of famous Sella group. Later the ski area incorporated old ladin villages La Villa (1433 m), San Cassiano (1537 [...]
Val Gardena is a 25 km long valley made by the river Rio Gardena, which has it’s beginning at Passo Sella, flows near small towns Selva Gardena ( Wolkenstein )1563 m , S. Cristina ( St. Christina ) 1428 m and Ortisei ( St. Ulrich ) 1236 m and finally goes into the river Isarco [...]