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Going for a week in Val Gardena tomorrow, first time in Dolomites in 40+ years skiing. seems well-timed!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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About 50/60 cm in Colfosco today.
Should be good tomorrow if Bergfex has the forecast correct.
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Hi all dolomites experts! Great to see the fresh snow arriving. I will be there in 3 weeks time and was wondering if anyone can recommend a reputable boot fitter to do some modifications to my boots, (which have been giving me a little pain since I upgraded to a titanium ankle a couple of season back)?
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Ladies Super G cancelled in Val di Fassa today - too much snow !!
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Off to Corvara today, our first trip to the Dolomites. So lucky with the fresh snow.
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50cm new snow reported across many Dolomite areas. 60 cm in Civetta and 70cm in Cortina.
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Thanks @Snow&skifan, enjoy! I might pull the trigger on Corvara today actually. Am I right in thinking that the Dolomites are generally drier and thus if conditions are good presently, we should be OK come w/c March 16th?
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With all the usual caveats obviously 
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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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We also left San Cassiano this morning and it was so beautiful! We drove via Corvara and Arraba to Venice through the most spectacular scenery, even though we had to put the snowsocks on in a layby. Probs took about 30 mins longer than a normal day. Those arriving today have more than enough snow to have some fun!!
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Indeed they do. Already booked for next year! 
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You know it makes sense.
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I think we may do the same @Maloney~888! Great snow, food and v friendly people. Only the occasional bit of slush on sunny slopes.
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@snowfraise. Yes all perfect. Great week. Even had a play yesterday in the snow. Stunning! Booked via Inghams. Small deposit. No brainer!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Orwell wrote: |
| Thanks @Snow&skifan, enjoy! I might pull the trigger on Corvara today actually. Am I right in thinking that the Dolomites are generally drier and thus if conditions are good presently, we should be OK come w/c March 16th? |
That is what we hope and expect. We are out there for another week 16 - 24 March.
Check whether you might be entitled to a free day if you are out that week. It depends (I think) on whether your accommodation provider takes part in the scheme which used to be called "super sun" but might have a different name. basically 7 nights accomodation pay for 6. 6 day lift pass pay for 5. Same with ski rental and instruction I think
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just arrived in Verona today, planning to start my first day on Monday, the forecast shows it’ll be “raining” for all the three days, and I’m wondering if it’ll be a good idea to still buy the superski in this weather condition? My original plan was to stay only in Arabba but the Marmolada lifts to the highest mountain are closed today, and Stellaronda was closed yesterday due to heavy snow. And if I want the online discount I need to decide today… any suggestions welcome! Btw the hotel is in passo fedaia if this info helps. Thanks!!
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@agile, Seems more useful to get the full pass, gives you more options and doesn’t cost much more. The only precipitation on altabadia website is sleet on Monday so I’d take 3 days rain with a pinch of salt, may well be referring to the lowest point in the valley
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Just arriving in Corvara, -2c and snowing, everywhere a winter wonderland.
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Corvara experts …. please would you advise me on confidence building pistes for my wife when she joins me skiing tomorrow. She’s gradually lost confidence over the years, not due to any accident, more a case of refusing tuition, a lack of fitness and mental demons, and she doesn’t like cat-tracks!
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| Snow&skifan wrote: |
| Corvara experts …. please would you advise me on confidence building pistes for my wife when she joins me skiing tomorrow. She’s gradually lost confidence over the years, not due to any accident, more a case of refusing tuition, a lack of fitness and mental demons, and she doesn’t like cat-tracks! |
@Snow&skifan, Corvara is the perfect destination for your wife. You can head to Colfosco and ski the very gentle blues there for a bit, get some confidence back. Then head to Alta Badia which is essentially all wide blues other than the Gran Risa WC run, the accompanying red and the red down to San Cassiano. Very few cat tracks in these areas. Gentle and as wide as the Clyde.
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| richb67 wrote: |
| @agile, Seems more useful to get the full pass, gives you more options and doesn’t cost much more. The only precipitation on altabadia website is sleet on Monday so I’d take 3 days rain with a pinch of salt, may well be referring to the lowest point in the valley |
Fingers crossed, i did get the superski for the exact same reason you mentioned, looking forward to try the stellaronda 
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On my own as a Dolomites newbie I’ve skied to San Cassiano, blue run 11 was a dream warmer upper.
Mountains temps around 0c, lightly snowing, great visibility and so far respectful piste users.
So lucky to come after the snow, on the lower slopes I can feel rock hard ice under the fluffy stuff.
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| sean1967 wrote: |
| Snow&skifan wrote: |
| Corvara experts …. please would you advise me on confidence building pistes for my wife when she joins me skiing tomorrow. She’s gradually lost confidence over the years, not due to any accident, more a case of refusing tuition, a lack of fitness and mental demons, and she doesn’t like cat-tracks! |
@Snow&skifan, Corvara is the perfect destination for your wife. You can head to Colfosco and ski the very gentle blues there for a bit, get some confidence back. Then head to Alta Badia which is essentially all wide blues other than the Gran Risa WC run, the accompanying red and the red down to San Cassiano. Very few cat tracks in these areas. Gentle and as wide as the Clyde. |
Cheers Sean.
Can we ski to Colfosco avoiding all the types of condition my wife dislikes?
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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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| Snow&skifan wrote: |
| sean1967 wrote: |
| Snow&skifan wrote: |
| Corvara experts …. please would you advise me on confidence building pistes for my wife when she joins me skiing tomorrow. She’s gradually lost confidence over the years, not due to any accident, more a case of refusing tuition, a lack of fitness and mental demons, and she doesn’t like cat-tracks! |
@Snow&skifan, Corvara is the perfect destination for your wife. You can head to Colfosco and ski the very gentle blues there for a bit, get some confidence back. Then head to Alta Badia which is essentially all wide blues other than the Gran Risa WC run, the accompanying red and the red down to San Cassiano. Very few cat tracks in these areas. Gentle and as wide as the Clyde. |
Cheers Sean.
Can we ski to Colfosco avoiding all the types of condition my wife dislikes? |
Yes, from the main ski area in Corvara where a lot of the lifts meet you just take the Borest gondola which takes you right to Colfosco, when you get off the gondola then ski down a few metres to the left and get on the Sodlisia chair which takes you to the top of a very wide gentle sloping blue run, ideal for getting back confidence!
P.S as you get off the top of the Sodlisia chair in Colfosco on the right hand side is the Mathiaskeller restaurant, highly recommended for a coffee/hot chocolate stop or lunch.
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Thanks both.
I solo skied Colfosco this afternoon to check it out, the widest gentlest blues I’ve seen since Courchevel 1850 and the US.
The Borest Gondola …. I’ve not seen that before, in essence linking two villages of similar altitude and not across a ravine. Very useful.
In my estimation, it looks like Corvara village had 9” of snow, the peaks 15”.
Do they sometimes not piste bash every blue and red every night on Corvara’s main mountain? By mid morning long stretches of some were already huge soft moguls and valleys, lots of users going through a mini hell. Or had the nervous skiers ‘ruined’ it already? That’s normally an afternoon thing.
From memory 23, 5B and the start of the long blue home run to Corvara.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Snow&skifan, My experience is that they are very good at pistes bashing it's probably just because it's new snow that the moguls are forming a bit more quickly.
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| Snow&skifan wrote: |
Thanks both.
I solo skied Colfosco this afternoon to check it out, the widest gentlest blues I’ve seen since Courchevel 1850 and the US.
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After your wife has hopefully got her confidence back on the wide gentle blue slope under the Sodlisia chair you can then move to the Edelweiss side valley in Colfosco (the Colfosco gondola no.46 starts from just a few metres away from the exit of the Borest gondola in Colfosco). When you get off the Colfosco gondola you ski down to the right just a few metres and take the new 6 person Stella Alpina no 49 chair up to the top of the Edelweiss valley where there's another wide gentle blue.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Colfosco is the perfect ski resort in miniature
A perfect beginner run, a perfect intermediate run and and perfect advanced run.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Snow&skifan, if your wife wants similar company in Colfosco we have several people in our group who will be looping around the blues there including those mentioned by Alastair above. Or even just to meet and chat with cappuccino.
Also at the top of Sodlisia chair you can go left to get to Plans - Frara gondola. Take that only to mid station and it is a nice easy run back down to base station. Can also take it all the easy to top for lunch at Jimmy's hutte then download back again. Not sure if you can exit at mid station on download.
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Any chance we can stick to the weather and snow conditions other threads for the rest 
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@alice8217, hello, I used Carlos in Ortisei , next to the seceda gondola, they were excellent.
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Hi all. I woke up in Bolzano and will be shortly taking the bus to the Suisi Cabanova. From there I’ll ski over to Val di Fazza to my first rifugio. I’ll let you know how the conditions are. I’m a bit concerned because I’m supposed to be staying the night at the Lagazuoi and Averau rifugios Tuesday and Wednesday nights. However, the road from Armentarola to the Lagazuoi bubble remains closed. I can’t get there from the Civetta area either because despite the bus running to the Fedare lift, that lift and numerous others remain closed. Wish me luck!
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| WoottonBecs wrote: |
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| Very tempted by Alta Badia for w/c March 16th. Forecast looks very good indeed, but this would be our first trip. Corvara looks ideal as my wife likes gentle slopes. Anybody stayed in TH CORVARA GREIF HOTEL? I fancy a package, and this is the only hotel Crystal offer. |
You can ski to the lovely blues in Corvara very easily from either Selva or Arabba (if that gives you more accommodation options). |
From Selva you get a 5km blue warm up. The way back involves a couple of short south facing reds that can get bumpy. Corvara is perfect for blues.
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@Alchemist, there may be a quicker way but you can ski over to marmolada, or the resort at bottom malga something, then bus or taxi to alleghe, ski down to the resort on other side of alleghe (is it pescul?) Then bus or taxi over to access cinque torre area and ski over to lagazuoi lift
Sounds a lot but it's very doable
That said if as much snow as predicted falls in next 48 hours there may be closures
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I can't see any forecast for heavy snow for the next 24 hours. Am I missing something?
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@8611, sad to see that this morning. Temperature forecast has changed quite a bit since yesterday. It has dented my enthusiasm somewhat.
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Blue skies most days, fun yesterday in the snowfall. Hotel Diamant in resort perfect also. Just looking to book next year. The Dolomites are our heart place 
️ Quite emotional saying goodbye this morning. Those mountains and the local folk are something special. Until next time!
