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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Yeah everybody talks/thinks "Sella Ronda" but Super 8 is pretty sweet.
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@Scooter in Seattle, I try to get off the SR as soon as I can these days, and I've certainly given up 'doing' it.
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@Hurtle, I'm with ya, I avoid it. My own lap is first taxi up to Falzarego, 2-3 quick laps on Lagazuoi, Super 8 with a quick ciocolato at Averau, then up and over to Scotoni for an early lunch. Seems to keep me one step ahead of the crowds except for HV, which can be kind of a war zone!
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@Scooter in Seattle, yes, don't much want to do HV again. Is it compulsory in Super 8 (which I don't think I've ever done)?
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Sunday is the last day of the season at Kronplatz. They are down to 90 out of 121 kms of skiing still open and 19 lifts running out of 30.
Still plenty of snow at the top and looking quiet this week.
https://www.bergfex.com/kronplatz/webcams/c15328/
Incredibly the long Run down to the valley floor at Reid at 900m is still open !
The weather is very warm this week with rain unfortunately tomorrow up to 1700m.
I imagine like most places that have had skiing throughout the season they will have had a successful year which should be good news for next season, at least financially.
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@Hurtle, no. I just go there to get to Scotoni, plus it is a convenient way for me to get back to San Cassiano
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@Scooter in Seattle, it's so difficult to get an indoor table at Scotoni's and, if you can't, the delicious food will be stone cold before it reaches you. 
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| Scooter in Seattle wrote: |
| @franga, wherever you stay, get to Kronplatz. The most vertical, the most really long steep groomers. Off by itself but worth the drive. |
Thanks for the tip!
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As I've mentioned a couple of pages back we are very keen to head to the Dolomites for February HT - we'll have a car but we'd rather base ourselves in 1 town / village for the duration of our stay. I'm thinking Selva or Alpe Siusi might be our best options. I have one more question if that's OK - is Madonna worth looking at? Or will we find the area pretty limiting given that we are keen on mileage? Many thanks.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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We skied Lagazuoi and Cinque Torri last Thursday - a beautiful sunny day. Taxi to Lagazuoi, first lift up and then down the front of Lagazuoi - the snow was in excellent condition and the piste empty. They went over the road to ski the Super 8. Again, excellent conditions and very few people around. Crossed back over to Lagazuoi and met only a few people on the HV piste. Had lunch outside at Scotoni in the sun - busy-ish, but free tables and food was served very quickly. Taxi at the bottom of HV back to Piz Sorega gondola in San Cassiano, and an easy ski back to Corvara (apart from the very heavy snow at the bottom). We told our daughter's partner (only his second week of skiing, but he managed all the reds very well), that he would probably never again ski the HV in such good conditions and with so few people around. We felt very priviledged to have enjoyed such a perfect ski day.
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@franga, I meant to post previously to suggest Arraba as being the best for steep pistes in the Dolomites, but not sure that equates to being the best location to stay, others may have views on that. You can reach it easy enough from Selva anyway I would think.
Re Madonna, I've never been and would like to go, but I think the advantage of the Dolomites for someone who likes to ski long distances is that you can go on really long trips to multiple adjacent resorts. Some of these are marketed and signposted (the Sella Ronda, the WW1 trip and the Super  some aren't but can be put together yourself. Madonna is doubtless good but won't have that option.
Another option you might consider if really into travelling is to overnight somewhere else in the Superski, just bring a toothbrush and a change of socks and underwear. There are some superb refugios you can stay in if you book in advance. If you were enthusiastic from Selva (or Suisi I would think) you could easily ski Arraba, Marmolada, Alleghe, Cinque Torre (I've done that in a day) and even on to Cortina with an overnight (you could prob also go to Cortina and back without overnighting if you skipped Marmolada and Alleghe). If you watch some of Ustaria Posta's videos you will get a sense of what is possible.
Madonna doubtless has its charms but it doesn't have that. However, I always resolve these quandries in the following way. There are many ski resorts, but there are also many ski holidays to come. Just choose one this year and do the other one the next. That way you don't have to torture yourself about which is the best option right now. Just do both.
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You know it makes sense.
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| 8611 wrote: |
@franga, I meant to post previously to suggest Arraba as being the best for steep pistes in the Dolomites, but not sure that equates to being the best location to stay, others may have views on that. You can reach it easy enough from Selva anyway I would think.
Re Madonna, I've never been and would like to go, but I think the advantage of the Dolomites for someone who likes to ski long distances is that you can go on really long trips to multiple adjacent resorts. Some of these are marketed and signposted (the Sella Ronda, the WW1 trip and the Super some aren't but can be put together yourself. Madonna is doubtless good but won't have that option.
Another option you might consider if really into travelling is to overnight somewhere else in the Superski, just bring a toothbrush and a change of socks and underwear. There are some superb refugios you can stay in if you book in advance. If you were enthusiastic from Selva (or Suisi I would think) you could easily ski Arraba, Marmolada, Alleghe, Cinque Torre (I've done that in a day) and even on to Cortina with an overnight (you could prob also go to Cortina and back without overnighting if you skipped Marmolada and Alleghe). If you watch some of Ustaria Posta's videos you will get a sense of what is possible.
Madonna doubtless has its charms but it doesn't have that. However, I always resolve these quandries in the following way. There are many ski resorts, but there are also many ski holidays to come. Just choose one this year and do the other one the next. That way you don't have to torture yourself about which is the best option right now. Just do both. |
Super response - thank you very much!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Arabba (Porta Vescovo side) 8 runs open until the weekend, end of season bash at Rifugio Luigi Gorza, Saturday and Sunday 20th-21st April with DJ Jack.
Faloria side of Cortina open until 1st of May, although to be fair there seems on the webcams to be more activity at the Refugio than on the slopes, especially in the afternoon sun, who can blame them!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@AlecLindsay, Passo Pordoi was busy at the weekend (just the morning tho'.....!)
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Morning all - thanks very much for all your recommendations for our February HT holiday. We are looking at 2 hotels - 1 in Selva (Linder) and 1 in Ortisei (Planlim). They both look great - great design, lovely rooms, beautiful wellness areas (yes, we’re in our 50s). The Selva hotel is circa €1K more expensive. @8611 has very kindly (and I can see why) recommended Selva as a base. Is Ortisei a good option? It looks like we could access the Selva slopes from one side of town. We’ll also have a car so can easily drive to Arabba and Kronplatz to make the most of our week. Thanks. Tony
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@franga, I should say I have never stayed in Selva but you should get some good advice from the many snowheads who frequent the Dollies
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Selva is more expensive for a reason -- It has access to the 'Ronda' on both sides. Ortisei is a perfectly good option though, especially if you have a car.
Acessing the Selva slopes from Ortesei can be a bit of a slog -- but there is a 'valley bus' to take you to Selva as an alternative to the lifts
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Thanks both - have just booked the Planlim in Ortisei. €1K is a bit too much to pay to be in Selva - we'll drive there on the day we decide to do the Sella. Looking forward to it.
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A question not specifically skiing related, but the SH's minds might know an answer.
Does anyone know of a camping site along the Gardena valley? Google isn't bringing up anything on a search.
We're playing in a concert there next week, and rather than driving back to the Zillertal straight after, we want to stay over and come back the next morning.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Alastair Pink, thanks, I did see that, but from what I can tell there's no facilities/showers etc
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@swskier, a bit further on there's a camping icon (on the piste map) next to the Borest gondola by Colfosco
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You know it makes sense.
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@HutToHut, thanks also.
Turns out we're actually going to need to get back to the Zillertal straight after for work for Mrs Swskier, so it'll be a late night for us!
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| HutToHut wrote: |
| @swskier, a bit further on there's a camping icon (on the piste map) next to the Borest gondola by Colfosco |
There's certainly a large campground there if @swskier doesn't mind driving round to Colfosco from Selva.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Probably best to ask this here. Doing a self guided ski safari trip with a few enthusiastic upper intermediate / advanced piste skiers who will ski hard and pretty fast, with some stopping for "refreshments" and a nice lunch.
Appreciate this is a "how long is a piece of string" question but in general, would each of the following keep us occupied for one day each:-
D1 Alleghe and Pescul, over to Cinque Torri (too little for one day?)
D2 Cinque Torri to Cortina and back up to Lagazuoi refuge (would we be able to make it over to the far side of Cortina and back to Lagazuoi in one day or should we just stay on the one side?)
D3 Hidden Valley from the first lift, down for a full Sella Ronda, over to Arraba and down to the resort below Marmalada to get a taxi back to Alleghe (this would be the one I'd most be worried about as if we miss turn late at end of day we miss flight)
I did Sella Ronda before and realised you could easily do it twice in one day, so I assume it will be doable provided faff is avoided, will be a quiet time of year so should be no queues
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm not sure about timings for D1/2 ::
The only worry I would have about D3 is the weather ; if it is bad the lift up to Padon could close leaving you stuck on the Arabba side....?!?!
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Jesus, does that happen often? I didn't even think of that. I suppose we could go back to cinque torre if that was an issue
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@8611, If the wind blows, yes -- make the decision on the day...?
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Can any of our Dolomites regulars please recommend a hotel in Trento or Bolzano (or anywhere else in that vicinity) for a 1 night stay on our way to Ortisei (our flight land at 8PM in Malpensa and we'll hire a car for our 10 day stay)? Planning to set off for Ortisei (no time to waste) at the crack of dawn on our first full day so it doesn't need to be anything plush. Ta
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| franga wrote: |
| Can any of our Dolomites regulars please recommend a hotel in Trento or Bolzano (or anywhere else in that vicinity) for a 1 night stay on our way to Ortisei (our flight land at 8PM in Malpensa and we'll hire a car for our 10 day stay)? Planning to set off for Ortisei (no time to waste) at the crack of dawn on our first full day so it doesn't need to be anything plush. Ta |
If your thinking of staying in Bolzano, you might as well just continue to Ortisei as its not that much further. But with a late arrival at Malpensa, I'd probably stop overnight near Verona, approximately half way to Ortisei.
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| franga wrote: |
| Can any of our Dolomites regulars please recommend a hotel in Trento or Bolzano (or anywhere else in that vicinity) for a 1 night stay on our way to Ortisei (our flight land at 8PM in Malpensa and we'll hire a car for our 10 day stay)? Planning to set off for Ortisei (no time to waste) at the crack of dawn on our first full day so it doesn't need to be anything plush. Ta |
You could consider Hotel Post Gries, a 3-star hotel in Bozen / Bolzano.
www.hotel-post-gries.com
In similar circumstances, we spent a night there in 2011.
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