Three months ago, I fractured a part of my ankle bone and so could not start the ski season in December. After 6 weeks of a plastic boot, another 4 weeks in an ankle brace and physiotherapy to gain back stability, balance and power, end of January I was ready to hit the slopes.
Victor and I decided to go back to Dolomiti Superski this year. We had our accommodation in Cencenighe Agodino and headed out every day to the different skiing areas:
Alleghe
was closest to our place and we had brought here the skis for service the previous evening. Parking was down next to the road for free and a cabin lift 🚡 brought us up the mountain. The area is small and caters more to families. We only ski’d one day there.
Arabba
Parking costed 7€ (with entering number plate) and was near the trifecta of lifts: a gondola 🚡, cable car 🚠and another gondola in direction of the Marmolada. We loved the two black slopes that came back down to the lifts. After a couple of speedy rounds we took the connecting chairlift and started the green Sellaronda (counter clockwise around the Sella mountain range). A couple days later we would do the orange one (clockwise).
Cortina d’Ampezzo
Time for the Tofana mountain in Cortina - the furthest away from our place. We took the two cable car 🚠up to Col Drusciè and then took the chair lift even further. It was cold, the slopes well prepared and we had great runs. Then we headed to one of our favorite slopes next to the Duca d’Aosta chair lifts. Unfortunately, it was closed off for training and a World Cup race that Friday. Nonetheless, we had a great day but decided not to return that week.
Malga Ciapela/ Marmolada
This vacation, we were up always early. In fact so early, that we had to wait until the cable car 🚠up the Marmolada (the queen of the Dolomites) was opening in the morning. In three stages, we travelled up the mountain and then had a super long slope down.
La Villa
It was not on our plan to drive there but rather pass through on skis. Due to heavy winds on the Falzarego pass, we changed our plans and instead did the Gran Risa slope and later headed to Corvara on skis. Luckily we found a free parking and a little funicular that brought us to the gondola.
San Cassiano/ Lagazuoi/ 5 Torri
Another try for Lagazuoi, this time we stopped right in San Cassiano. After a couple of rounds with the gondola we took the slope to Armentarola from where we took a bus up to the pass (8€ per person, sounds like a great money making machine). We did some runs from the top, then headed to the other side of the road and to the 5 Torri - a rock formation that looks like 5 towers. In the afternoon, we returned to Lagazuoi and took the long Armentarola slope that passes by a frozen waterfall and gets very flat at the end. If you are not up for skating back to the village and the Skilift, you can be pulled by horses for 3€ per person).
The last day, we spent also at Lagazuoi and 5 Torri and after lunch at Scoiattoli, we hit the road to home.
