We're off to Cortina in March and was looking for some qualified advice on any must dos / must avoids......anything that you think will aid the trip!!
I know it's a relatively low resort so snow could be a problem. Are there any 'near by' resorts that could work if cortina is a bit poor? Any insider knowledge???? ....or anything that we should know?
Over to you folks!!
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Make your way out to the Cinque Torri area close by, that is worth doing.
Depending on your transport arrangements etc you can also aim for a day trip to some of the Sella Ronda - you could start by going to Passo Falzarego and then skiing down from Lagazuoi towards San Cassiano on the "Hidden Valley" run and join the Sella Ronda area from there.
Others will visit here soon and give you more advice, I'm sure
PS Must go back to Cortina one day - practised my skiing there in the late 1970s for a few years ....
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ninja_dave wrote:
Evening folks,
We're off to Cortina in March and was looking for some qualified advice on any must dos / must avoids......anything that you think will aid the trip!!
I know it's a relatively low resort so snow could be a problem. Are there any 'near by' resorts that could work if cortina is a bit poor? Any insider knowledge???? ....or anything that we should know?
Over to you folks!!
Cortina will be fine. I'm there in 1st week in feb. Last year there was no of piste in the area but all piste runs were in amazing condition. The Italian snow cannons are on full blast and in march conditions will be perfect.
I've written a number of blogs about the various areas - I've not done Cortina for the simple reason that it's been a good 14 years since I have skied there. But there's plenty of info abou the other resorts here an one of the beauties of the Dolomites is precisely that it's worthwhile travelling about a bit and skiing something different every day, seeing as you pass covers it! From Cortina you can definitely do the Giro della Guerra and the Super eight at Falzarego, and dip into Civetta and Zoldo, or Alta Badia in the other direction.
The only run I didn't like in Cortina was the black coming down from below the Ra Valles on the descent from the top of Tofana - looks like a short slightly wavy vertical line down a gulley on the piste map. It isn't short in real life at the end of the day (not a problem of course if you are strong skiers). The main problem was it was all in shade which made it unnecessarily difficult (for me) - check it out in the morning/lunchtime - if there is sun on it. Then you could try it in shade if you like it...
If you get the chance try the local beetroot ravioli washed down by something nice
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