Browsing entries tagged with Cortina
29 Jun 2022
The sport of ski mountaineering — the competitive version of ski touring — has been added to the schedule for the 2026 Winter Olympics, along with freestyle skiing dual moguls. The 2026 Winter games…
3 Jun 2020
Ski tour operators are reporting that skiers are feeling positive about the 2020/21 winter season and planning to take ski holidays. A customer survey by French specialist Peak Retreats reports that…
20 Apr 2020
The Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo will start work in June on a new gondola that will for the first time link the ski areas of Tofane and Cinque Torri. The journey has previously only been possible…
13 Mar 2014
Cortina d’Ampezzo, in the Italian Dolomites, is the first European ski resort to announce it is extending its season. Excellent snow conditions on the slopes, which range from 1,225m to 2,930m, means…
1 Jul 2013
Cortina d’Amprezzo in the Italian Dolomites opened some of its ski slopes last weekend for the first time in 12 years. Fresh snow led to the re-opening of the Freccia Nel Cielo cable car in Cortina from…
6 Dec 2011
You can ‘ski nearly everywhere’ in the Dolomiti Superski region apparently: nine of the 12 regions have declared themselves open and offering 124 lifts and 210km pistes for starters. Cortina,…
15 Nov 2011
Cortina d’Ampezzo will designate an area for relaxed, chilled-out skiing this winter, and offer a suggested tour around the slopes that incorporates what the Italian culture does best: food. The long…
2 Feb 2011
A new collaboration between Cortina Express and Eurolines coaches is providing a low-cost alternative route to the Dolomites, for anyone preferring to take a bus rather than to fly to their destination…
11 Nov 2010
Do you prefer yours plain, milk or white? – white preferably, if you fancy combining a chocoholics trip with some chic Italian skiing. Cortina in Italy will host an unusual event this December: Eurochocolate…
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