Tuesday 10 February 2009

Skiing in the Dolomites

Wow - what a week! The Dolomites are simply stunning scenery!
Stayed in Campitello on the snowHeads 5th Birthday Bash, but the Sella Ronda area is so well linked and signposted that we easily managed to ski Campitello, Canazei, Arabba, Corvara, Selva, Ortisei as well as Alba, Malga Ciapella / Marmalada all within the week and all on one (very pricy) lift pass.
On 4th Feb, we (Talltone, Whitenoise and The Duke) skied the Sella Ronda (green/anticlockwise) loop, which is where the above pic was taken (near Colfosco I think).
On 5th Feb, a whole load of us skied via Arabba, over to Malga Ciapella, and did the 1 mile vertical in 3 end-to-end cable cars.
Anyway, final stats for the week according to the nifty online liftpass checker thing were:
  • Nr of Lifts: 104
  • Height difference:33,792m
  • Slopes length estimation: 177 Km
  • Nr of wipeouts: approx 3
  • Nr of beers: many
  • Nr of Bombardinos: just the 1

Can't wait to go back...