 Poster: A snowHead
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All sorts of good advice here. I and a lot of others on here can't recommend the Dolomites enough for intermediate skiers. You are nearly guaranteed well-groomed pistes and at least a few bluebird days. We've been to Val G 5 years straight, minus 2021, and this year I think I saw 2 or 3 clouds the entire week. That said, we also didn't get a flake of new snow, and I have to say I was craving fresh, natural snow by the end of the week.
The one thing that the Dolomites offer is the ability to give intermediate skiers the feeling that they're not missing out on anything. If you can even skid a turn, you can ski the entire SR area without fear. Even the few so-called black runs are just groomers, albeit steep, but not fearsomely so, and completely devoid of moguls.
IDK if the Antares is a proper "hotel" or small apartments. We always stay in apartments and splurge on lunch then make our own simple dinners. The dining options in Selva proper are not tremendous, to be honest. Whereas there are dozens of mountain restaurants that range from acceptable snack bars to near Michelin-starred places...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's definitely a proper hotel with half board.
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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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Oh, yeah, right, I know where that place is, right on the main drag. It's about 200 m from Ciampinoi main bucket lift and the ticket office. Slight uphill to get to the lift but downhill on the way home...half board should be fine there. My problem is we have huge lunches in the Dolomites so I'm just not hungry for dinner...
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My problem is we have huge lunches in the Dolomites so I'm just not hungry for dinner...
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When I'm in the Dolomites I tend not to have lunch, or if I do a quick bowl of soup. Why waste the beautiful scenery and activity by sitting down and spending almost an hour eating. You can do that at home.
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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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My problem is we have huge lunches in the Dolomites so I'm just not hungry for dinner...
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When I'm in the Dolomites I tend not to have lunch, or if I do a quick bowl of soup. Why waste the beautiful scenery and activity by sitting down and spending almost an hour eating. You can do that at home. |
 You are certainly not wasting the beautiful scenery in most of the rifugios on a fine day. And I do not consider sampling the food produced in these rifugios, which is nothing like what I eat at home, a waste of time. But each to his own.
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Any recommendations for apartments in val gardena? 4 middle aged blokes so 4 beds or proper twins preferred.
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You are certainly not wasting the beautiful scenery in most of the rifugios on a fine day. And I do not consider sampling the food produced in these rifugios, which is nothing like what I eat at home, a waste of time
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Same here. The lunches have been a major feature of the trips I've done to the Dolomites. They still leave more than enough time for me to do as many hours skiing as I can, these days. Sitting looking at a lovely view is a different experience to skiing past it with your eye on the road.
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