" cupra" wrote in message
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ash wrote:
" cupra" wrote in message
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emma wrote:
My partner and I are going to the Olympics in Feb 2006 to watch my
sister and want to spend a week either before or after snowboarding
somewhere else. We are both good snowboarders and enjoy going
off-piste and tackling the harder runs as well as playing in the
park. We are looking for somewhere that is value for money and
hopefully not too busy.

My family is going to Val Gardena, so that may be a starting point,
but I have heard it may not be too good for snowboarders, and the
place they are staying in is too expensive for us anyway! Please
can you let me know of some places we could try, and maybe the
reputations of the bigger places? We are from New Zealand and have
never travelled to Europe, so don't really now much about the
location at all.
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I spent a week in Val Gardena last winter, and although the runs
aren't particularly long we (boarders) still managed to find some
challanging slopes (although there wasn't enough snow off piste
though).


I think you would get pretty bored(no pun intended!) with the whole
Val Gardena/ Dolomite area, beautiful as it is. I wouldn't even
attempt to do the Sella Ronda on a board.

Agreed - we didn't even attempt the Sella Ronda. Although not challanging,
there was enough to keep us amused for a week while looking after the
learners in our group!


I'm not a boarder but I did the Sella Ronda on skis a few years ago and
there was a lot more sitting on lifts than skiing, and quite a lot of poling
along flat bits.