6ήμερη Πρόβλεψη Χιονιού Val Gardena

Ben Bland from United Kingdom writes:

Now I know why the Italians have kept this one (Val Gardena) secret. Superb, huge skiing area in the most beautiful mountain range I have skied in. Equipped with a modern lift system and promoting the concept of a tour from one area of the Dolomiti Super Ski to another. All of a sudden skiing has a purpose and is not just about clocking up miles of piste up and down, up and down.
I took my wife here this year. We were blessed with the best snow conditions in 20 years (they say), even if we weren't, I noticed more snow making cannons at Val Gardena than I have ever seen before. My wife is a timid intermediate skier and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves touring the Sella Ronda in both directions, going on the Santa Croce ski tour and the highlight was probably the Lagazoi tour past a frozen waterfall and the most charming take on a drag lift I have ever seen. About 100 skiers where pulled across a valley by two huge horses at a cost of 2 Euros per person.
The idea of these tours is to ski on a route which starts and finishes at the same place, taking you through eye wateringly beautiful scenery and if required, a delicious lunch and half a bottle of local wine - just wonderful.
I decided that my treat for the week would be the Val de Mesdi, which is one of the more well-trodden off-piste routes in the Dolomiti. I won’t say too much about it other than it ranks up there as one of my best days on skis.

2009-03-20