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Santa Caterina Valfurva - Valtellina
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

I'm off to Santa Caterina Valfurva at the Hotel Vedig next week for a few days, there is very little information on here about Santa Caterina and the surrounding area (except Livigno).

So I'm wondering, is there anyone on here who has some experience of SC or the rest of the area i.e. Bormio, Valdidentro etc.
Looking for info on:

- Best Pistes
- Best Restaurants
- Best Ski hire shop
- Best things to do aside from skiing in the area (spas, museums and shopping etc)

We will have a car and will be there from 24th -28th we are staying the first night at Colico Piano on the shore of Como.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

I learnt to ski there, but as that was 20 years ago now I can't really help Laughing
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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?

Spent a week in Bormio for most of the last ~5 years and done a few days in S.Caterina. Front of S.Cat is nice open skiing with plenty of runs for all standards and a fair selection of good cheap eateries. Over the back the skiing feels more remote and the snow is usually better - but we found the restaurant their very unfriendly, they only seemed interested if you wanted an expensive and long table-service meal and if you just wanted something quick then they were very surly.

Bormio is a *much* bigger resort, and is full of long red-runs - hardly any blues and only one black. Run off the top all the way down to town can be great - but the bottom part can be very firm early in the day and soft later. The are two "free ride" areas off the top. Regular busses between Bormio and S.Cat and over to Livigno. Prices in Bormio can be very cheap, but there a plenty of luxury places too. Our normal lunchtime stop is Rhododendrons, signposted off the main run back to Bormio 2000, around €8 for pasta dish + drink, or Rocca opposite - more trendy and sometimes loud music.

Bormio is a spa town: Bagni Vecchi is the old one (supposedly from roman times), Bagni Nuovi the "new" one (1836!), whilst Bormio Terme is in the town centre. All the brochures say to take a day off skiing and visit them, but we've never done so - entrance is not cheap so not the sort of place you'd just go for an hour or so in evening.

During the week it is usually very quiet, but lots of Italians come up for the weekend when it can be busy with queues (<5 mins) for the main chairs.
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