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I'm in La Villa from Dec 15th to Dec 24th. Clearly the snow isn't looking too good there at the movement. Will have a hire car so how easy is it to drive to Arabba, Val Gardena or Cortina? May be better conditions there.
Do the roads tend to be clear in the winter or are there local buses linking the resorts?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| richey810 wrote: |
I'm in La Villa from Dec 15th to Dec 24th. Clearly the snow isn't looking too good there at the movement. Will have a hire car so how easy is it to drive to Arabba, Val Gardena or Cortina? May be better conditions there.
Do the roads tend to be clear in the winter or are there local buses linking the resorts? |
Each of the journeys to those other resorts means crossing a mountain pass (1875m, 2136m, 2168m, respectively) which will be clear unless it's just snowed heavily in which case you won't need to be using it!! 
There are various bus services in the area, some free to skiers, some paid, but they tend to link places that aren't linked by lifts and pistes.
Here is the skibus that links the villages of Pedraces & Piculin in the Alta Badia & Kronplatz ski areas:
http://www.altabadia.org/en/winter-holidays/ski-area-dolomites/skiing-plan-de-corones.html
SAD/Sudtirol Mobil run the public buses in S Tyrol:
http://www.sii.bz.it/en
Altitude will likely be the key to good snow. At least at La Villa you can get up to over 2100m on the Piz La Ila gondola...and download if necessary. They're usually pretty good at getting the main links open for Xmas with artificial snowmaking capacity which is second to none. But if there really is no snow, just apres at Moritzino's instead!!
http://www.moritzino.it/en/
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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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I noticed last year that Kronplatz seems to run a longer season (at both ends) than many other places in the area, possibly because it's a smooth, grassy dome and they can get cannon coverage pretty easily? Anyway, if you can get to Pedraces, jump on the (free) Kronplatz bus and its about 20min to the Piculin. There's enough over there to keep you busy for a couple of days.
[edited for grammatical muppetry]
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Snow above 2000m in the Val Gardena valley, but no skiing yet.
OP, fingers crossed, one good dump will get things going. There is snow forecast for this weekend.
Good luck. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thanks for the info guys, hopefully the cannons will have made enough snow to open the links to the other sella ronda resorts by the 16th.
If need be, however, which of Arabba, Selva or Cortina is the quickest to drive to?
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