Val di Fiemme / Obereggen

Befitting their UNESCO World Heritage Site status, the Dolomites are one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in Europe. Of historical importance to the Italians, more recently they have become a mecca for winter sports fans. The Dolomiti Superski area is popular with skiers from all over the world. In this article we will focus on the topmost parts of the region.

The autumn infection surge triggered a series of decisions aimed at limiting the spread of the disease. What do we know and what can we expect?

We decided to check out the mecca of Italian freeride and the group of resorts united under the name of Monterosa Ski. Is it a place for everyone? Let's find out.

After a very hot summer in southern Europe this year, it got cold very quickly. Cold enough to let skiing resorts open their slopes. Therefore we check where you can go now to enjoy the first snow this season.

As the highest situated resort in Europe, Zermatt-Breuil-Cervinia-Valtournenche is, on paper, quite the attraction for the ski enthusiast. The lifts on the Plateau Rosa glacier are open nearly year-round, and the thickness of snow cover rarely dips below a meter. Still, it remains an unpopular choice among skiers, and so we set out to find why.

Skiing needn't always mean speeding down the same familiar slopes that resorts have prepared for us skiers and snowboardists. Most winter sports enthusiasts have heard of, or practiced, "freeriding", which allows everyone brave and skilled enough to feel the excitement of exploring the unknown... Or simply to ski down a path rarely travelled. However, these unorthodox paths are usually accessed by traditional means, and are thus limited. But what if one was to trade a mundane gondola for... a helicopter?