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Heading to Corvara on the 22nd but there appears to be a distinct lack of snow. Should we change plans and try somewhere else? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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As others have said on this site, whilst the Dolomites haven't had anything like the quantities of snow in the Arlberg, piste skiing there is by all accounts still very good - almost all slopes are open, refreshed by a few cms last night.
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We were in Selva over Christmas and the pistes were in great condition. We had 4 glorious sunny days and 2 days of snow. Some friends have just got back and it snowed quite a lot while they were there, so you I don't think you have anything to worry about.
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I really would not worry - I have been to the Dolomites many times and often there has been little or no recent snow fall. The snow making facilities are brilliant (providing the temps are low ) anf they really work hard to maintain the pistes.
Please post a report here on what it was like when you get back as we are going at half term to the Dolomites.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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OK thanks! 
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I am on sella ronda today and it's superb! Only a fool would rebook. Relax and look forward to your holiday as you will love it.
By the way we had a bit of snow overnight, and a few centimers extra today.
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daveqpr, There next week, thanks for that.
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Sella Ronda is desperate for some snow. The pistes are (almost) all open and have plenty of snow on them - or at least under them. But it hasn't snowed for ages and the pistes range between hard and fast and really very hard and icy. Haven't seen any sheets of ice, and if you like cruising motorway pistes under blazing sun (at 15 degrees below...) then you'll be very happy.
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We last skied on Friday, and the only prolonged bit of hard-pack that we found on the Sella Ronda was the descent from Campitello towards Canazei (and that was right at the end of the day).
I was amazed what the pisteurs managed to do with snow cannon and a lot of hard work.
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I'm off to canazei on Saturday, hoping for some new snow but doesn't look likely over the next few days! Feel much happier reading through this though, as still sounds like the piste conditions are holding up.
Any reccomendations on which areas have the best snow? Assuming marmolade/higher the better?
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Portavescovo slopes in Arraba & Marmolada slopes were all absolutley fine on Friday - infact those reds / blacks down the front of the PV still had corduroy on them at 3ish in the afternoon...
Corvara needs snow - some nasty boiler plate up on the Pralonga slopes.
If u can make it - Cortina was in v good knick..... prob cause no one ski's / boards there due to the crappy cable cars up from town, that and having long lunches 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Garethb82, the pistes down from the top of the Marmolada were the best that we came across all week - but generally all pistes were pretty decent on the Sella Ronda itself, and behind Corvara and the Plan de Gralba (between Selva and Campitello) areas had truly excellent snow. Where are you staying in Canazei?
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Thanks chaps
Staying in a chalet about 10 min walk from the gondola apparently so assuming fairly central. First time to the dolomites, typical that we decide to have a break from the alps and it snows biblical proportions!
As long as we can ski its all good 
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You know it makes sense.
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Keep the updates coming in please, off to Canazei on 28th, so quite hopeful of the predicted 'storm' next week. Garethb82, if you are staying at Violetta, let me know what the walk to the Gondela is like, as i'm thinking of booking all ski's and boots into boot store by cable car, as i usually end up carrying mine and the OH's whilst she checks out the shops.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Yeah that's where we are staying No worries ill let you know how far it is if I get onto WiFi somewhere to access SH's.
On another note, anyone know roughly how much a local hire shop will charge to wax my skis?
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Poster: A snowHead
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stew72, Sport Walther is right next door to the bottom station of the gondola and charges 2E per person per night. Also nearby is Fosco - not sure of the price - and you can leave them at the top of the first gondola - not sure of the price.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yeah that's where we are staying No worries ill let you know how far it is if I get onto WiFi somewhere to access SH's.
On another note, anyone know roughly how much a local hire shop will charge to wax my skis?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Back from Arabba on Sunday, great skiing all week under mostly sunny skies, no fresh but the 40cm in the first week in Jan kept it mostly fresh, plenty of snowmaking going on and this is used to repair the pistes overnight. Some exposed areas are windblown and hard, notably around Pralongia above San Cassiano. The lower south facing off-piste areas are looking patchy and brown in places , but all the pistes are complete and perfectly skiable, but could do with some fresh.
Garethb82, I paid €15 for edges & wax in the sports shop under the Garni Laura in Arabba last week.
stew72, the Crystal chalets Violetta/Traviata are a long walk (700m) from the Canazei gondola, a bit further to the Alba cablecar (1200m), but there's a really good skibus service that links all these right through to the Campitello cablecar and runs every 10 mins at peak times. I once stayed at chalet Rigoletto which was just about walkable in ski boots (250m) to the Belvedere gondola in Canazei.
http://www.fassa.com/EN/Skibus-service/
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Piste conditions are still good, on the exposed pistes there is some wind effected hard pack but generally the pistes are in good shape. Meant to have a bit of snow over the next couple of days that should freshen it all up.
The Hidden Valley horse sleighs weren't working yesterday and won't be until it snows again so if you are heading that way check it out before you set off!
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victoriac, Was the Hidden Valley run itself ok? don't mind a bit of poleing
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Bergfex and snow forecast now predicting 20cm + over the weekend.
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Had a nice bit of snow yesterday and today and there's more firecast this week. Got some fresh tracks this morning
Hidden Valley was fine, had a couple of hardpacked spots but apart from notihing to complain about and the horses should be back at work now!
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stew72, Northland ski hire shop also has a locker room in the basement. About 10 euro for the week and 50mts from gondola, you pay in the shop upstairs. steps are to the left of the shop door. I don't think you need to hire from them to use it.
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My worries about the ski conditions in the Dolomites have been totally unfounded. Here in Corvara and Arabba the pistes are in top notch condition. There was a miniscule amount of snow last night - just enough to fill the grooves in the corduroy. There isn't any off piste but the sunshine makes up for that as far as I'm concerned. The only queue we've encountered was the one for Jimmy's Hutte.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Our last day skiing here in the Dolomites. It tried to snow in Arabba today but the sun eventually broke through. Pistes are fast so sharpen up your edges.
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Also in the Dolomites. No snow today in Cortina but the pistes are generally in very good shape - bit icy late afternoon but nothing too bad. The horses at the end of the Hidden Valley are now running. Snow in the Edelweiss valley above Colfosco is particularly good.
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You know it makes sense.
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Just got back from canazei, as above, great weeks skiing. Could do with a bit more snow again now but pistes still perfectly useable when we left. Some of the sella Ronda route gets a bit busy and some runs get chopped up and over skied, but aside from that v good!
Hidden valley horses def running fine last week!
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I'm back from a week in Selva - as people have said, not a lot of fresh snow, but the runs were well maintained. Lagazuoi, Santa Croce, and La Longia were all great. We did get some heavy queueing for Borest in Corvara on the way back to Selva after 3pm.
We stayed in SkiTotal's Chalet Igloo - it was good for a group of 7 but the small bedroom would be very 'cosy' for two in a group of 8. (They claimed a 3min walk to the lifts, which might be ok in trainers on a clear path, but is optimistic for walking in ski books on ice.)
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just got back from Canazei, so thought i'd let you know about the conditions. Not suprisingly, in need of some more snow, the 'off-piste' areas are grass. However, the pistes are absolutely fine. We had 3 bad light days and 3 clear days. On the clear days the skiing was superb (Sasslong in about 6 mins), but as always the Sella Ronda runs got chopped up badly by mid day. On the three bad light days, when it was light snow all day, the pistes held up better, but there seemed to be more accidents. If you want good skiing, get off the SR (we particularly liked the Sasslong and Orteisi areas). Due to the cold weather, the afternoon ice was a problem on some of the SR steep slopes (Kamakazie corner). The biggest problem by far was the Russians. Far too many of them, and most of them seemed to be half cut by 10am. Will do a Resort Report today hopefully.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Returned yesterday from Selva. Corvara area definitely had more snow cover than Val Gardena or Canazei. But we skiied the Sella Ronda, Col Raiser, Marmolada and Santa Croce, and nowhere were there any problems with snow cover on piste. So if you're heading out there relax and be assured of a great holiday.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Apologies if this a bit off topic.
We are drving to Corvara from Bergamo on Saturday. I was intending to take the obvious route up to Selva and over the Passo Gardena (I have driven to Selva before, which was easy, but never over the pass to Corvara). However, the hotel website is suggesting that the best route in winter is to keep heading North and turn off the A22 after Bressanone on the E66 and then come in via San Lorenzo, San Martino in Badia and La Villa. That looks an awfully long way round.
Does anyone have any experience of driving the Passo Gardena in winter and know how bad it is likely to be. Don't want to get stuck, but would prefer to avoid what looks like an extra hour on the journey.
Thanks in advance
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rg1, unless there has been heavy snowfall then the Passo Gardena should definately be driveable. Keep an eye on the forecasts right up to before you go and then make a decision from there. If the forecasts are showing heavy snow then I would maybe go the long way round. Otherwise I would personally go via Selva and over the pass. Either way just make sure you have snow chains handy. I think even the road from Corvara to St Lorenzo can get bad if its snowing heavily.
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Chris Bish, these were my thoughts too. Groednertal seems to have also got a fair amount too judging from the webcams. Loads better than the measerly 2cm predicted by Snowforecast
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Looks as if that Adriatic low delivered. Nice.
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This is really dreadful news - NOT!!
Off to the Dolomites on Sunday - only 5 sleeps to go 
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Webcams look brilliant! I can't wait to get out there!!
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We were in Selva over Xmas,