February and March are the perfect months for off piste skiing and ski touring. In the Dolomites we didn’t have other huge snowfalls after the one on the day after Christmas, but we had many little dumps which were perfect to build the layer up and cover the old tracks. The conditions for couloir skiing were already good in mid-January,…
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January, ski touring, off-piste and steep skiing in the Dolomites. Costabella on Cristallo, forcella di Colfiedo ski traverse, Arabba, gruppo del Puez, Val delle Fontane and Holzer Couloir on Sella group.
After ten days of perfect weather the strong wind “finally” showed up for several days in the Dolomites, making our lives tough to find safe ski itineraries with good snow. Some hidden valleys remained protected by the wind, couloirs got back into good shapes, mostly all the open bowls became smooth hard packed, like the Val Mesdì which was very…
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Winter season 2017-18, Dolomites snow report #3 . Great conditions for off-piste skiing and ski touring!
Great conditions for off-piste skiing and ski touring in the Dolomites! It’s only January, but we almost forgot the drought of the last winters. Last december 26 we had a huge snowfall with almost 70 cm of fresh snow in Cortina downtown, couple days after the north wind came as usual, but incredibly it didnt hit the snow on Marmolada,…
After three dry beginning of the winter, this season 2017-18 we should not complain. People have ski toured in the Dolomites since mid November, on December 12th we had a good snowfall unfortunately followed by strong wind from the north up high. This week we have had more sunny days with north wind, the Sass Pordoi cable car opened yesterday…
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Winter season 2017-18 , Dolomites Snow Report #1. Ski touring around Cadini di Misurina and Puez.
I don’t wanna sound too much optimist, but it looks like the winter season 2017-18 will start in the right way in the Dolomites. We had couple pretty good snow falls early in November that built a perfect base layer in some spots above 2000 meters. In the last couple weeks lots of people have toured around Giau Pass and…
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Last ski touring trips of the season. Forcella del Vernel, Punta Penia, Zuckerhutl, Strahlhorn, Rimpfischhorn and Mont Blanc.
Spring season always delivers good times to all ski touring lovers, especially this 2016-17 season. Couple weeks ago in the Dolomites we had almost two feet of snow fell into Marmolada in a few days, and everything was whiter than winter. Even around the Alps, the activity has been intense, as many steep had been pretty icy for most of the…
The Monte Rosa range is the biggest mountain massif in the Alps, there are 18 “official” peaks over 4000 meters, Punta Dufour with its 4637 meters is the second highest in the Alps. The access to the high altitude is quick and easy thanks to the ski lifts, when you start your journey from Zermatt, Cervinia or Gressoney. The Monte Rosa is…
The Haute Route is probably the most famous hut to hut trip on skis all over the world and it goes across glaciers and high mountains in the Alps. When you talk about the Haute Route, anyone who’s passionate about skis and mountains understands what we’re talking about, and lots of people from all around the world reach Chamonix every spring for…
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Dolomites ski traverse with The Ski Club of Great Britain, from San Martino di Castrozza to Lake Braies.
I was pretty worried about the Dolomites ski traverse from San Martino di Castrozza in Braies scheduled for late February with Ski Club of Great Britain team. The skitour to Forcella Bachet had given me some hope, but there were still many uncertaintes about the possibility of doing a whole trip on skis outside the groomed slopes. Fortunately something happened the day…
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Ski touring in the Dolomites, Forcella del Bachet traverse from San Pellegrino Pass to Sottoguda.
The conditions for ski touring in the Dolomites are still difficult, even though we are already in the end of February. Passo Giau and Cadini Misurina are two areas that I could recommended if you don’t want to destroy your skis, as well as the north side of Monte Pelmo where the classic tours to Forca Rossa or Forcella d’Arcia have been skied…
Driving back to Milano late night and be in time for your next meeting in St Anton am Arlberg at 8.30am the next day,well this means you have to be a little bit crazy. Anyway, so it went, spring was in the air on Monday, the weather was beautiful and there was beautiful fresh snow, of course. In Chamonix we had found…