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I am seriously considering a week of skiing in Cortina the first week
of March. I would appreciate info on skiing, hotels, nightlife. Is this
a good resort for advanced skiers? is it a pricey resort? is there a
good lift system? does Cortina get a lot of snow? Are there long
lineups? etc

It held the winter Olympics in 1956, but many of the slopes are cruisers.
A Dolomite ski pass gives access to over 460 lifts, but many are t-bars,
pomas, and other surface lifts rather than chairs or trams or gondolas.
A lot of snow? Well it's on the Southern side of the Alps. It gets more sun.
This is why the glaciers are on the Northern exposures in Austria.

Cortina has 3-4 major areas with a bunch of smaller areas depending how
you count.
The lift system is interconneted via buses which are generally pretty good
but not like the Sella Rhonda.
There's a 1* Michellin rated restaurant just West of downtown.
The nightlife is peculiar. And the Lonely Planet or the Reuter's world
ski guide note this: the locals and visitors walk back and forth on the
main street/square in the afternoon with a people watching pecking
order. The oldest guys sit and people watch the single women and/or
couples, etc. in very deliberate ways. This is written up. It's cheaper
than other European resorts but on the higher side for Italy.

You should be able to get more info on web searches and contacting
Italian tourism via your nearest consulate/embassy (who are likely to
have ski maps (a poster)). Use "Dolomite Superski." It's popular with
the Brit Ski Club.

I think the next time, if I were to go here, I might rent a car to see
more of the Dolomites.

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