@Kiters, There is far more chance of howling gales and torrential rain in Cornwall than there is of not being any snow to ski on in the Dolomites! Your decision seems somewhat bizarre.
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@RobinS, yea fab- it's called freedom of choice, sometimes it's right other times you miss out, but there you go!
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@Kiters, And having completely edited your post, removing the statement that after a few mild days you had decided to go to Cornwall instead - have you looked at the forecast and changed your mind?
It has been quite cold here today - about 0 degrees warmest and -7 at the coldest. Pistes in excellent condition. Managed to ski 46km which is good for us.
@erica2004, if you log in with your ski pass number to the 'check performance' on the Superdolomiti website you will see what you have done today and will be described as a Champ. You may well know this procedure already!
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I didn't - thanks for posting that. I've just dug my last Kronplatz pass out of my jacket. Good to see what we did.
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Yes @pjd, I did check and am a champ at '5' and advised to have a rest 😬 Thought we'd go to Civetta today. It is snowing very lightly at the moment.
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Snowing lightly in Alleghe.
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Models are consistently forecasting a large fall on Sunday Monday. A Genoa low. Could drop half a metre or more ast altitude and perhaps a foot or more at village level. Will probably be somewhat disruptive for a day or two but that will be their first disruptive event of their season.
If they get this amount I would imagine it should set up the last 6 weeks perfectly. They are certainly overdue a big fall. Temps look average to slightly above.
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@Peter S, I see the Province of Bozen website - generally very accurate in my experience - is predicting 30-70cm in the south of the area - so presumably Gardena and Alta Badia, and 10-30cm in the north - Kronplatz, Sextner Dolimiten etc. As you say, should set up the rest of the season nicely
http://www.provinz.bz.it/wetter/mobile/suedtirol.asp
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Anyone in, near or recently been to San Martino Di Castrozza please?
Big snow rolling through.
Is there a base to cope with the 2m forecast between now and Tuesday?
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Any off-piste yet?
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No. It has snowed lightly most of the day in Alta Badia with a couple of inches refreshing pistes higher up. Quite foggy too. Our last day and it was quiet on the slopes.
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Oh. Sounds like the snow-forecast site has proved to be wildly over-optimistic again. A week ago, it said there'd be over a metre falling by now.
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They think maybe a foot over night in Corvara.
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Oh. Sounds like the snow-forecast site has proved to be wildly over-optimistic again. A week ago, it said there'd be over a metre falling by now.
It was always forecast to start snowing overnight tonight and continue through tomorrow. The main fall should now come overnight Sunday into Monday
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Its snowing heavily right now in corvara, heavier than it was yesterday, visibility is worse than yesterday at this time, looks like it may be quite a large snowfall.
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I was wondering how could be the drive Venice-Cortina d'Ampezzo (A27+SS51) during a snowfall? is this SS51 road actively cleared, even at night, or should I be ready to mount the chains for the last miles to Cortina? 1st time going to this part of the Alps (this weekend), and while I was looking forward to great sunshine/amazing food in terrace/great scenery, no way I start moaning about powder snow
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You'll need to be ready with the chains, @Cedrick, especially if you don't have winter tyres. In very heavy snow it can build up a lot on the roads, in between passes of the snowplough. Sometimes you have to drive in a convoy behind a plough.
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Not essential, but if you have one a head torch will make job easier
and ask the car hire staff to demo putting on the chains, or practice in the car park before you set off
Its not easy learning how to put on chains on a cold and snowy hard shoulder
re Winter tyres, it is unlikely these will be on a hire car, unfortunately
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Ooh looking good for Selva next week 😊
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Where did you see the forecast @MCL, I'm round the corner in Val di Fassa next week, but every forecast seems to be different. They all have some snow, but varying amounts and on different days.
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re Winter tyres, it is unlikely these will be on a hire car, unfortunately
anyone know any operators in Italy that are good for these? Certainly got them once in bergamo was pure luck though, think it was the only one in their fleet
^ I think one is available in English too if you play around with the search engines
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thanks pjd
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@EdYarker, was looking on snow forecast.com however they often predict lots of snow that seems to disappear the closer it gets to that day. Last time I looked they were predicting over 70cm between Fri and Sun, am not believing that although it would be good
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Snow-forecast.com other one is American. still saying a fair bit of snow due
Snow-forecast.com other one is American. still saying a fair bit of snow due
Still uncertainty on the latest GSF ensemble runs as to how much snow is due at the weekend. Best bet is to check the local Dolomites forecast site, which updates every day at 12:00pm. They are usually pretty accurate, but they completely overestimated the recent weekend snowfall.
@Cedrick all hire cars in Italy that are going to the mountains are required by law to have winter tyres fitted so that will help but do take and try the chains before you leave.
@kevinraine, if only that were true. They are required by law to either supply chains or tyres and most supply chains. These will nomally be in a box brand new from the factory and more often than not zip tied shut. Getting into them at 7-8pm in the dark with no cutters or a knife is nigh on impossible. We have had LOTS of guests who have turned up with summer tyres and some without chains. It's a flippin disaster and really needs to be sorted out. Some of our latest guests were climbers well used to dealing with chains, who followed their GPS over a high pass. The chains given to them were crap quality and broke 3 times before they gave up and stayed somewhere for the night. The ONLY sure way to get snow tyres IMO is to fly to Austria rather than Italy as they always have snow tyres. But the flights are much more expensive on that side and it's a longer drive.
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@Casa Alfredino, absurd isn't it. I've even looked at hiring a car in Bozen and Brixen, assuming that they must surely come with winter tyres. But at least from the agencies' websites, this is not so and it is also not possible to even book them online . I have also heard of people renting from Venice airport who have made arrangements with car hire companies in Slovenia, where winter tyres are easier to get, to bring the car over to Venice. Having said that, I have heard that the Europcar link I posted earlier does work.
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It is absolutely bonkers. We have just booked a car with snow tyres for easter picking up from Bergamo (! - cautious, we are...) with europcar, after a couple of hideous previous experience of snow carnage on the road up to Cortina. I'll let you know how it turns out ....
Mind you, Europcar's snow tyres option is amazingly expensive, it's costing us over £300 for a week in a tiny car.
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@EdYarker, was looking on snow forecast.com however they often predict lots of snow that seems to disappear the closer it gets to that day. Last time I looked they were predicting over 70cm between Fri and Sun, am not believing that although it would be good
I must have looked at 10 different sites this morning and they all come up with something different about next week. I would be happy with half the amount of snow most predict but secretly hope for minimal snow fall whilst we are out there. At least they all seem to agree on cold temperatures, which should keep whatever snow there is in decent nick, and low wind speeds, so lifts all stay open. Hopefully their predictions will unify once we get closer.
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Yep I tried this once in NZ with a campervan, they started the demonstration and said the rest is easy.
I got most of the way up Arthurs pass then everyone was putting on chains, and then discovered mine didn't work because they were missing a bit.
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