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I have been to Arabba twice before. This time we will be with a car. Any advice on other resorts in the DolomitiSuperski not connected by lifts area to try ? Obvously Cortina is one - any others ? Try and describe the good bits or best reasons to try.
We will ski most things so don't worry about difficulty.
Cheers in advance
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Cinque Torre (think I've spelt that right  ) stands out as a must try, if only for the single person chairlift. Nice quiet runs, no resort as such, but watch out for the day trippers with tour operators.
We loved the cruisy runs back down to the coach car park there, and my gf loved the icy run over the other side after getting to the top of the single person chairlift. Best reason is the scenery, it really is stunning and we found lots of the pristine untouched white stuff.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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dsoutar, this year I want to try Cortina (Cinque Torri & Tofana for the scenery), Kronplatz (for the lift system), Civetta (for the views of Civetta and Pelmo) & the Marmolada ('cos it's the highest peak), might try the 1st World War ski tour which encompasses some of these as well as the Hidden Valley of Armentarola (spellbinding & grill at Rifugio Scotoni).
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Agree with the Cinque torri recommendation, but the drops down to the car park are seriously steep. Magnificent scenery, and if you get there early you will have the place to yourself.
Wonderful area.
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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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| Chris Bish wrote: |
| Agree with the Cinque torri recommendation, but the drops down to the car park are seriously steep. |
They weren't when I was there 
One way down is a blue piste - admittedly fairly steep for a blue, the other is a fairly average red run.
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If you ski the Cinque Torri don't miss the cable car just up the road at the Falzarego Pass. I'll be staying at the restaurant / Refuge Lagazuoi at the top of cable car one night in early March.
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snowball, are you doing some sort of ski touring/mountaineering trip?
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| snowball wrote: |
| don't miss the cable car just up the road at the Falzarego Pass. |
This is the one you need to get to ski the Hidden Valley.
There are quite a few impressive cablecar rides across the region that soar above the pinnacles, cliffs and towers that characterise these mountains: Falzarego/Lagazuoi, Sasso Pordoi, Malga Ciapela/Marmolada, Tofana/Ra Valles
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Seriously steep ??
Woo-hoo !!! The words I love to hear. Also good there is an alternative for the missus & girls
Thanks for all the info. It's a beautiful area but after you've done the Sella Ronda and it's off-shoots a couple of times it's nice to try something new.
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dsoutar, yeah, I think I'd be taking the easy way down too! You need to recognise your limits.
That list, there's loads of extreme lines in the Dolomites that I hadn't heard of before, this area is too often mistakenly dismissed as lacking challenge!
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| dsoutar wrote: |
Seriously steep ??
Woo-hoo !!! The words I love to hear. Also good there is an alternative for the missus & girls
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But I really have no idea where he got the "seriously steep" from, unless he is talking about some off-piste ruote down.
The red (like quite a few in the region) looks quite steep until you are on it, but is no harder once on it than most of the reds in the region.
The blue is probably borderline between blue/red, but still hardly classes as "seriously steep".
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