Dolomiti Superski Opens the 2010/2011 Ski Season

Submitted by Alessandro Bertini on Wed, 2010-11-24 15:04

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The 2010/2011 ski season gets off to a great start for ski lovers with Dolomiti Superski, the largest ski resort in Italy located in the region of Trentino Alto Adige.

The 2010/2011 ski season gets off to a fantastic start, with the most anticipated opening of ski establishments in Italy for over 40 years. In Trentino Alto Adige, home to some of the largest ski resorts in Italy (and in the world), Dolomiti Superski is open from 27 October.

In Cortina d'Ampezzo the lower slopes of Pass Tre Coci are ideal for skiing thanks to heavy snowfall which covered the peaks above 2000m. In the last week of October over 120cm of snowfall covered ghiacciao Presena, south of Passo del Tonale.

8 December, a national holiday celebrating the “Immaculate Conception of Mary”, is the traditional opening date of the ski season, however this year some will have been skiing for a few weeks already. In Folgaria and Madonna di Campiglio – the highest skiing area in Italy with over 4 slopes over 2200m – the season began on the 6 November. The ski season also opened on the same date in Passo di Plan de Corones (Kronplatz), Passo Rolle and San Martino di Castrozza.

The same as previous years, you can purchase a single ski pass allowing you to ski in al the 12 zones of Dolomiti Ski: with 450 uphill ski establishments for over 1200km of slopes; from Sellaronda in Alta Badia and Trametch, one of the longest in Europe which starts at the Plose mountain lodge reaching Sant’Andrea in Monte.

The price of a daily ski pass varies according to the period; € 37 until 23 December, € 46 from 24 December to 8 January, € 42 from 9 January to 5 February, € 26 from 6 February to 19 March and then € 42 from 20 March till the end of the season.

The following 12 ski resorts extend throughout the provinces of Trento and Bolzano in Trentino Alto Adige and Belluno in Veneto: