I see they are 'blowing' snow on the Piz Sella slopes
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I make that about four days of snowmaking so far. They are getting it down over the top but it looks just too mild on the lower slopes so far. The outlook suggests a couple more days of snowmaking but then things warm up on Monday. It does however look as though the Dolomites will be mainly sheltered from the rain in the west.
Only 15 days to go before target opening day. Will they/won’t they ?
My first of 3 trips is 8th Jan. @Peter S, how is it looking by usual pre season standards? Conscious that the high Alps elsewhere are having their best pre season in a long time, webcams certainly gone very white in the dollies but interested in how it rates as regards previous years
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I would say it is a very good start ! : Rarely have I seen so much natural snow early November. Lets hope we do not get a warm spell...
I noticed on the Arabba webcam just now, that the Burz chair is running. Getting a 'workout'
It is a promising start but it's still early November so still plenty of time to go before the season opens.
The best start I can remember was 2017. That was exceptional though. They had a major dump of snow around the middle of November and released this the week after. I still like to view it every now and then.
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I suppose to an extent it's kind of irrelevant - the dolomites always manages to open 1000km of beautiful pistes without natural snow so anything more is a bonus
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Can never have too many gratuitous snow making webcam links
I like this one :: https://valgardena.panomax.com/dantercepies :: you can jump from camera to camera and do the whole 'Ronda' in a few clicks of your mouse... (even do a side-step to Kronplatz..!)
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Colfosco yesterday looking good!
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Looking like a cracking start to the season in the Dolomites.
I should imagine the peaks will stay white even if we get an unexpected mild spell lower down.
It certainly beats skiing on ribbons of artificial white amidst brown slopes that has happened until January in some recent seasons.
Heading there in late Jan, so keeping fingers crossed for more good news.
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It’s a bit of a repeat of last year. A good start with some natural snowfall followed by a significant warm up. It looks to be staying mild over the next week or so but should at least be mostly dry.
Would love to ski the dolomites and have a potential short break coming up… any thoughts on what’s the village or resort with the shortest transfer?
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Venice to Cortina.
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Bergamo to Passo Tonale is about two hours but have a sense the Eastern Dolomites are more beautiful
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Great, thanks both! I think I’ll go when we have more time for transfers etc. I really like the look of Corvara
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@Soozm, If you go to Corvara then Cortina Express has daily coach services from Venice airport to Cortina bus station from where there are connecting services onwards to Corvara.
Innsbruck is actually the shortest transfer to Corvara (134km, 2h02), but flights and car hire are generally pricier in Austria https://www.bergfex.com/alta-badia/
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Soozm wrote:
Would love to ski the dolomites and have a potential short break coming up… any thoughts on what’s the village or resort with the shortest transfer?
I'd guess the absolute shortest transfer is Bolzano to Alpi di Suis, perfect for a short break with 35 min drive as long as you can easily get to Stansted but limited ski area. Alternatively Selva/Ortisei is a slightly longer transfer, probably under an hour but gives you access to the SR. if in the SE I'd go for the latter.
we normally stay in AltaBadia but Selva & Corvara are both great areas and you can probably ski between the two as quick as driving.
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I know this is mostly a weather related thread but the posts about the smaller ski areas (still under the Dolomiti Superski pass) makes me want to ask which areas might be worth visiting when we stay in St Vigilio mid Jan ?
We plan to ski Kronplatz for maybe 3 days , drive to La Villa (or Badia) at least once to do a big sella ronda + diversions day (maybe 2).
Gitschberg-Jochtal looks close and probably worth a day ?
Or should we also do Brixen-Plose on the same day ?
3 Zinnen ?
Or somewhere else?
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Venice to Cortina.
Innsbruck to Selva is about 90mins or so
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Soozm wrote:
I really like the look of Corvara
No denying the beauty of that corner of the Sella Ronda, but it can get very busy and it doesn't come cheap.
Smaller areas can offer similar Dolomite scenery, significantly lower prices and are often blissfully quiet during the week.
Civetta ski area...
Definitely agree re busyness. Wasn't familiar with Civetta - looks amazing. Lots of gems around the Dolomites, its part of the attraction.
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Glorious. Love the title too.
It was a banger.
My second visit there.
Would gladly go a third.
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Good news for the upper slopes but I suspect they are keen to make snow lower down now.
There are still 10 days to go before the first lifts and runs open at Cortina, Kronplatz and a few other parts of the Superski area. I can imagine they need at least three good days of snowmaking to get the lower parts of their runs operational. The GEFS weather model is showing the 18th may be cold enough and then perhaps a spell starting on the 23rd. Hopefully that will give them just enough time to get sufficient snow down where it’s needed. The forecast looks to be staying mostly dry which should help. So far it’s a close re run of the start of last season.
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I know this is mostly a weather related thread but the posts about the smaller ski areas (still under the Dolomiti Superski pass) makes me want to ask which areas might be worth visiting when we stay in St Vigilio mid Jan ?
We plan to ski Kronplatz for maybe 3 days , drive to La Villa (or Badia) at least once to do a big sella ronda + diversions day (maybe 2).
Gitschberg-Jochtal looks close and probably worth a day ?
Or should we also do Brixen-Plose on the same day ?
3 Zinnen ?
Or somewhere else?
Not done the smaller areas in Pustertal, they look quite small and unspectacular, but 3 Zinnen was an interesting day out. Did the full 'Giro delle Cime' circuit from Vierschach to Padola, had a nice Italian lunch and headed back, real sense of travel. Needs 2 free buses to complete.
You could also try the WW1 tour, the anti-clockwise route takes you through the Hidden Valley and Civetta. You could start at La Villa or San Cassiano or drive up to Passo Falzarego to do the Hidden Valley first thing. Needs 2 pay buses and horse tow to complete.
Hope to try it in Jan, though not expecting thigh deep powder on piste!
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What's everyone's thoughts on the Sella Ronda circuits?? Stayed last year in La Villa (first time in Dolomites) and I admit Dolomite's fame to be one of the most visually spectacular place to ski is completely true. On the other hand, I personally found doing the circuit quite stagnant with the number of gondolas one has to use. It doesn't help that I skied alone whilst my brother was doing his ski lessons in Corvara & Colfosco. And it also felt quite rushed trying to make my way back to my base resort before the lifts close.
This year I am staying in Selva and was thinking of just getting the Val Gardena ski pass rather than the whole Dolomiti ski pass; is the Val Gardena ski area large enough for 6 days?? I especially want to try out all of the Legendary 8 ski runs.
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Adrii wrote:
What's everyone's thoughts on the Sella Ronda circuits?? Stayed last year in La Villa (first time in Dolomites) and I admit Dolomite's fame to be one of the most visually spectacular place to ski is completely true. On the other hand, I personally found doing the circuit quite stagnant with the number of gondolas one has to use. It doesn't help that I skied alone whilst my brother was doing his ski lessons in Corvara & Colfosco. And it also felt quite rushed trying to make my way back to my base resort before the lifts close.
This year I am staying in Selva and was thinking of just getting the Val Gardena ski pass rather than the whole Dolomiti ski pass; is the Val Gardena ski area large enough for 6 days?? I especially want to try out all of the Legendary 8 ski runs.
I'd say get the big pass.
You've got to get up sharp, steal a march and get off the Ronda. Day at Alta Badia lunch at Punta Trieste, day Ski Panorama, day Grande Guerra, day Kronplatz, day just doing Arabba etc.
The Val Gardena runs, both sides are underrated. If you're staying in Selva, staying late at the Panorama bar and skiing down with empty piste is brilliant.
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The difference between Val G pass and whole area is about 25 euro - I would get the whole area
Having said that, the Val pass covers quite a lot (Alpe di Siusi/Seceda/Ciampinoi/Dantercepies etc
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