 Poster: A snowHead
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Heading for Val Gardena next week (like a child waiting for Christmas!!), and am looking for some advice on the lift pass please!
We are a mixed group of 6 and looking at the maps, there looks like great skiing in Val Gardena itself, 79 lifts, so the full Dolomites pass would be unnecessary for us, though I want a couple of days to explore further afield. Question is, can the local pass be upgraded to the full pass on the day if the weather suits? Or, do we need to pick the days we want to explore in advance and take our chances-eg, local pass for the 6 days but with 2 days in the middle with the full area extension?
Cheers in advance!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just buy the full area pass.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Yes, you can buy a one-day/two-day Dolomiti Superski, but it seems the difference between the two passes for next week is around £30. So, for the flexibility, you might prefer to just buy the DSS for the whole week.
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Definitely just get the full pass. Gives you the flexibility to go wherever takes your fancy.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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if you buy in advance you save a bit. 5%?
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Mon 9-03-26 20:48; edited 1 time in total
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5% if you book online two whole days before
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I know the full pass is more flexible but half the group won't venture beyond Val Gardena-I was hoping that on one day, I will bring them to Lagazuoi/Hidden Valley for a 'day away' but it does seem daft to spend an extra 36€ when they only need to spend 6€.......
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Looking at the online purchase site, it does look like the only option is the full 6 day pass, even if only wanting to venture away for 1 day 
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They might also want to ski over to Corvara, for example. Not totally obvious how to get there but there is a lot of nice blue skiing for a day trip and excellent mountain restaurants. If they do, follow the Sellaronda Orange as far as Corvara, take the Costes de l'Ega chair, go left at the top then the sharp right down to the Col Alt gondola, go straight on then take the Braia Fraida chair. Getting back again is left as an exercise for the reader 
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| Rikster wrote: |
| Looking at the online purchase site, it does look like the only option is the full 6 day pass, even if only wanting to venture away for 1 day |
I think there's an option for a 5-of-6 days Val Gardena ticket and a DSS day ticket. Whether that can be made to work on one pass is another question. I'd guess not. You might have to get two physical passes each.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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You can buy a day pass for another area, but that's likely to be as expensive as the full upgrade for the week.
Also, if you want to visit Lagazuoi, then double check what that pass covers as you might also need a day pass for the run through Corvara and Alta Badia.
By the time you add on 2 local passes, then the full area pass for the week will be the best option. It will give you other options.
If going up to Lagazuoi, you might as well do the Cinque Torri circuit.
Take the cable car up and take the right fork. It's a great run, but can get a bit scraped as it's south facing. Take the left fork at the bottom (blue) to take you to Cinque torri.
I'd recommend looping the chairs up from Bai di Dones to take in the runs back down. Most people miss them out, but they are the best runs in the area, always in the shade so keep in good condition.
You should have plenty of time, so maybe even ski down to Fedare, although that's south facing and may be a bit sketchy this late in the season.
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@Rikster,
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half the group won't venture beyond Val Gardena
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Unless they are complete beginners that would seem to be rather restrictive - taking someone who learned on a local dry slope on their first ski holiday and was still in a snowplough he made excellent use of the full area pass. It can be quite frustrating to get to the top of a lift and look down at a beautiful piste only to realise if you go that way you can't come back!
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You know it makes sense.
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| Rikster wrote: |
| I know the full pass is more flexible but half the group won't venture beyond Val Gardena-I was hoping that on one day, I will bring them to Lagazuoi/Hidden Valley for a 'day away' but it does seem daft to spend an extra 36€ when they only need to spend 6€....... |
The Hidden Valley is quite a long way/day from Selva if some of your group are not likely to venture beyond Val Gardena (I'm making the assumption that you say they won't venture far because of experience levels?)
If they're up to/capable of a trip that far, then they'd definitely make use of a full area lift pass. Wouldn't they want to ski the SR?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Thanks for all the tips-the group can all ski well, only one is a bit slower and nervous on steeper stuff, they generally love the wide open blue/reds, so Alpe de Suisi sounds like it will suit them well! I think its best to recommend the full area pass, the spring days deal begins on the 23rd of March.
Reading about the Sella Ronda, my research suggests that it is more lifts than slopes and not all it's cracked up to be-for myself and the 2 other lads, I was thinking that a daytrip to Monterola (spelling?) glacier might be better than doing the SR-anyone care to agree/disagree?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Do you mean Marmolada? That's also quite a long day from Selva, but doable if you keep your wits about you.
Personally, I enjoy a trip round the SR. I love the 'hands free' approach to skiing - just follow the orange/green signs and off you go. And if you go down something you like, then you can go back up and do it again. We have had 3 trips to the Dolomites, and have done the SR each time (just orange this time, but both ways on our 2 previous trips). I think it's a great way to orient yourself, and to get the lay of the land. So you have a rough idea that it will take you x time to get from Selva to Corvara, for example. And then you can tackle all the offshoots from there - be it the HV, or Marmolada etc.
If you're going as far as Arabba to do the glacier, then you're already half way around anyway!
It gets busy, of course, and some bits will be choppy. But that's the case anywhere. I think doing the SR once would be a good thing for anyone's first trip to the Dolomites. (I know there will be others who disagree!)
If you have people in your group that would prefer something a bit easier than Selva, then Corvara would be perfect - a blue run paradise. And the run from the top of Dantecepies down to the Boerest Gondola has some of the most stunning scenery - an amazing rock face alongside you all the way down. A bit of a schlep back up (lift after lift, back to Dantecepies), but on tired legs at the end of the day, you get a nice rest. Plan de Gralba also has some great runs to get your ski legs back. The runs off the top of Ciampinoi to get to Plan de Gralba are not so much fun (busy, with some steepish bits), but you can probably get a bus from St Cristina straight to PdG (don't quote me on that, I'm making an assumption!)
Whatever you choose to do, have a fab time. I've never heard of anyone who goes to the Dolomites only once, so you're almost certain to be back for more!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Another one worth looking at is Colfosco - not as far as Corvara, but a lovely set of slopes with blue, red and (easy) black. One to do in the morning though - I imagine it gets sunny/choppy in the afternoons.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Rikster, You'll be there the same time as my group. We are also staying in the Val Gardena. We'll probably do the Sella Ronda a few times in the week but you tend not just to 'do the loop' but use the loop as an access to other areas. It is 100% worth it to get the full area pass.
Though 'doing the loop' can be an achievement for some as they are learning etc.
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| WoottonBecs wrote: |
| Another one worth looking at is Colfosco - not as far as Corvara, but a lovely set of slopes with blue, red and (easy) black. One to do in the morning though - I imagine it gets sunny/choppy in the afternoons. |
The blues face due south (mainly) the red east and the short black west. Do Colfosco early If it's warm. Corvara has a good number of north facing blues, and the red and black down to La Villa and a blue and red down to San Casciano are all north facing (the first half of the blue faces east). Those are all runs you should do if you can.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I posted a trip report from my first trip to Sella Ronda a few weeks ago, if it helps.
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A bit of a schlep back up (lift after lift, back to Dantecepies
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That's the price for the 4.5km from Danterciepes to Colfosco without needing a lift. It's longer on the way back because you have to zigzag the reds from Jimmy's hut: two reds and a shortish chair to get to the last lift up.
Also, on your way back to Selva, the best snow is probably on the blacks: Cir (2) and La Ria (3). There are steep(ish) mogully sections but they are worth it if you can manage them and dodge most of the SR traffic.
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| Legend. wrote: |
@Rikster, You'll be there the same time as my group. We are also staying in the Val Gardena. We'll probably do the Sella Ronda a few times in the week but you tend not just to 'do the loop' but use the loop as an access to other areas. It is 100% worth it to get the full area pass.
Though 'doing the loop' can be an achievement for some as they are learning etc. |
It would be nice to get some snow this week to top things up for next! Some forecasts show the chance of snow at the end of the week 
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