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Trip Report - San Cassiano 31/01/10 to 06/02/10
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Resort: San Cassiano
Country: Italy
Domain: DolomitiSuperSki
Author: simonmj66
Date: 31/01/10 to 06/02/10
Our holiday: Myself and my sister and our three teenage óut of schoolers'
http://www.altabadia.org
http://www.dolomitisuperski.com/
Flew Easyjet from Gatwick to Venice after the wonderful air company cancelled flights from Bristol. Transfers arranged by chalet hosts (Mountain Sun) Arrived on time and found good but hard-packed white stuff.
Lift system : Very good. San Cass is about three lifts from Sella Ronda but you can get to Arabba in under an hour and on the day we did the Sella Ronda clockwise (orange) even after taking on about 6 extra runs we were finished by 2.30 after a 8.45 start.
The terrain : loved the variation. Not as steep as my usual haunts (L2A, Cham etc) and the grading is slightly overstated (ie the Hidden Valley is a cruisey blue really) but you got the feeling that you were going somewhere all the time (as opposed to redoing the same mountain via a different piste.)
The snow : Slightly hard packed but evidence galore of snow making facilities which were not needed when we were there.
Off-piste : N/A
The resort : I loved the lack of Brits and the location of the chalet on piste side. There were 2 bars in San Cass itself which were fine for two 40 somethings with teens in tow. Good food on offer - don't shop though unless the clothes are still priced in Lira.
Food : mountain restaurants very good and reasonably priced Ribs and Chips with a beer 15 Euro
Drinks : Beer about 3 Euro in chalet and 4 Euro in town. Malibu and Coke for my daughter 5 Euro!!!!
Accommodation : Stayed in Mountain Sun's Albergo Frohnsinn- absolutely brilliant. 5 of us in one room paid 1700 sterling for full board with 'free flowing wine'. Really helpful staff in particular Jimi and Louise who were happy to ski with us if we wanted them to. Did not expect a tip or payment save for petrol costs where an organised trip was taken
Costs: Flights were £50each . Lift pass was 225 Euro per adult and 168 Euro under 16. Overall much better value than France. I'LL BE BACK.
Highlights: all of it the Marmolada,Cinque Torri but not so struck on the hidden valley slightly overhyped and not close to Cinque Torre for beauty and feelings of glorious isolation etc
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I agree on everything as it is representative of many parts of Dolomites. Paid 700 Euro for two HB in accommodation 5 miles from Arabba ourselves afew weeks ago.
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you got the feeling that you were going somewhere all the time (as opposed to redoing the same mountain via a different piste.)
as we thought we were alone in thinking that.
Hidden Valley has often been overstated but that is a place shielded from the outside by two soild valley walls. Apart from the run there is nohing inside except Scontoini (the meaty restaurant), anther restaurant and the horse drag at the end. Thus there is no way of visiting this valley unless by skiing or walking through it. Although there isn't a lot to talk about the skiing it is a place reserved mainly for the skiers. It is rather special because there isn't another similar example of it among the rock mass in Dolomites. I like the drawf conifers that grow on the poor organic content of the weathered rock because it is part of the unique scenery of Dolomites.
If you take a bus from the bottom of Marmolada to Alleghe of Civetta to do two runs you could complete the World War I skiing tour which links Alta Badia, Arabba, Civetta and Cortina in a circular loop. The Cortina part of it is the Cinque Torri and the Hidden Valley.
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simonmj66
, you were lucky to escape us 40 snowHeads who were in Arabba at the time...
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stoatsbrother
, You know how it is - false nose and wobbly eye set works every time!!
Shame we missed you all - it was so quiet out there it would have been harder to miss
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saikee
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wanted to do the 1WW tour but run out of time . Defo next time
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