Dolomites

[itsybitsy]

Italy is my country of chioce to ski, there are quite a few resorts I haven't been to yet though, haven't tried the Dolomites, I prefer a quieter resort, so if there's anybody out there with any opinions on the Dolomites and which are the better villages to stay in please let me know.

itsybitsy

[alex_heney]

Italy is my country of chioce to ski, there are quite a few resorts I haven't been to yet though, haven't tried the Dolomites, I prefer a quieter resort, so if there's anybody out there with any opinions on the Dolomites and which are the better villages to stay in please let me know.

I think most of the villages in the Dolomites would qualify as "quieter" resorts, with the exception of Cortina, and maybe Selva.

I went last year to Campitello. Hotel Rododendro had a small single supplement (with Thomson), but I would say was only borderline 3 star. The entire resort only seemed to have baout 3-4 bars/nightclubs outside the hotels. I don't know if that is quiet enough for you.

[itsybitsy]

Hi alex_heney

thanks for your reply, when I say quieter I mean on the piste - not on the p***  I'm really taken with a place I can ski more or less back to an empty lift weekdays, I know that doesn't happen at the weekends but in the week I like it quiet. Just come back from Gressoney and it was just like that there - heavenly

itsybitsy

[alex_heney]

Hi alex_heney

thanks for your reply, when I say quieter I mean on the piste - not on the p***  I'm really taken with a place I can ski more or less back to an empty lift weekdays, I know that doesn't happen at the weekends but in the week I like it quiet. Just come back from Gressoney and it was just like that there - heavenly

itsybitsy

I don't know what it would be like at peak season, but when I went in early January 2006, I only found three lifts that I had to queue more than about 30 seconds for - The first  cable car (of three) for the Marmolada (about 2-3 minutes), the Lagazuoi cable car for the Hidden Valley (about 10-12 minutes), and for some reason, once at the chair lift for Piz sella (about 5 minutes - other times there was no queue there).

I imagine it would be different on the main Sella Ronda routes at Easter

[itsybitsy]

Thanks - sounds good to me & I don't go peak season anyway, anywhere there you could recommend for early intermediates? Had a group of 6 this year 3 of which are in that category, so we need somewhere to up their confidence but also with slopes to challenge for the other 3.

itsybitsy

[raffs101]

I'm heading into the Dolomites for 5 weeks this saturday so I can check back in and let you know what it's like! I skied in Salz d'oloux (spelling??) for a weekend in Jan and the offpiste was incredible / largely untouched! Piste's also nice with a few queues, but nothing compared to French pistes.

The area I'll be heading to is Alta Badia, but hope to ski as much of the 1200km as I can!

Ben