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Plan de Corones
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 [...]
Arabba
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).
Gardenissima
This year edition of Gardenissima will take place on April 5th in Santa Cristina, Val Gardena. The world’s longest giant slalom features 88 gates on the distance of 6 km.There will be more than 500 skiers, both amateurs and professionals.
Val di Fiemme
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 [...]
Val di Fassa
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 [...]
Scufoneda – Telemark Freeride Championship
The first week of March in Val di Fassa is going to be the Telemark and Freeride week. This is now the 12th time when the people who love the old way of skiing compete in ‘Scufoneda’ meeting organized by the local club ‘Scufons del Cogo’ from Moena with the main sponsor Polartec. Telemark technique [...]
Alta Badia
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
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 [...]
