Snowboarding in Italy end of March

Hi all,

I'm curently based in Trento in Italy (Monte Bondone is quite ok for
weekends). In the last week of March, my girlfriend and I want to go
snowboarding in the Italian alps.

Any suggestions? We like wide open, not to steep slopes (no moguls!),
but can get down red and some black ones ok if necessary. Powder would
be great, but I guess will be rather unlikely at that time in Italy.

We will have a car, and hence are reasonably flexible. So far I've
heard good things about Madonna de Campillio and mixed reports about
Predazzo. Any other suggestions? Does anybody know if we have to
prebook rooms at that time of the year?

Bye,

Stephan

FUp to rec.skiing.snowboard only.

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You could try Canazei or Val Gardena. It's a huge area, and it's part of
Dolomiti Superski. I went to Canazei in the middle of march last year.
Although it hadn't been snowing for almost 6 weeks the slopes was in
superb conditions each morning and every single slopes was open. There
was in other words no moguls.

Stephan Schulz wrote:
Hi all,

I'm curently based in Trento in Italy (Monte Bondone is quite ok for
weekends). In the last week of March, my girlfriend and I want to go
snowboarding in the Italian alps.

Any suggestions? We like wide open, not to steep slopes (no moguls!),
but can get down red and some black ones ok if necessary. Powder would
be great, but I guess will be rather unlikely at that time in Italy.

We will have a car, and hence are reasonably flexible. So far I've
heard good things about Madonna de Campillio and mixed reports about
Predazzo. Any other suggestions? Does anybody know if we have to
prebook rooms at that time of the year?

Bye,

Stephan

FUp to rec.skiing.snowboard only.

"Arne Holst" wrote in message
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You could try Canazei or Val Gardena. It's a huge area, and it's part of
Dolomiti Superski. I went to Canazei in the middle of march last year.
Although it hadn't been snowing for almost 6 weeks the slopes was in
superb conditions each morning and every single slopes was open. There
was in other words no moguls.

Stephan Schulz wrote:
Hi all,

I'm curently based in Trento in Italy (Monte Bondone is quite ok for
weekends). In the last week of March, my girlfriend and I want to go
snowboarding in the Italian alps.

Any suggestions? We like wide open, not to steep slopes (no moguls!),
but can get down red and some black ones ok if necessary. Powder would
be great, but I guess will be rather unlikely at that time in Italy.

We will have a car, and hence are reasonably flexible. So far I've
heard good things about Madonna de Campillio and mixed reports about
Predazzo. Any other suggestions? Does anybody know if we have to
prebook rooms at that time of the year?

Bye,

Stephan

FUp to rec.skiing.snowboard only.

I would concur with Canazei, was there a few years back, it was great if you
like well groomed slopes.

Cheers

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"Arne Holst" wrote in message
You could try Canazei or Val Gardena. It's a huge area, and it's part of
[...]
I would concur with Canazei, was there a few years back, it was great if you
like well groomed slopes.

Ok, thanks both!

Bye,

Stephan

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In article ,
Stephan Schulz wrote:
In article , machman wrote:

"Arne Holst" wrote in message
You could try Canazei or Val Gardena. It's a huge area, and it's part of
[...]
I would concur with Canazei, was there a few years back, it was great if you
like well groomed slopes.

Ok, thanks both!

Hi,

we finally decided to go to Wolkenstein (Val Gardena). We had overcast
sky and fresh snow for the first two days, but absolutely stunning
blue sky and sunshine for the last two - it was a blast. Snow cover
was good, slopes were well groomed, but sunny ones started getting
mushy towards noon. There even was some powder on the first two days.

The whole area is huge, and the Sella Ronda (round trip around the
Sella masiv) is a great trip (about 40 km, but reasonably easy to do
in a day even on a board). There were very few boarders (at most 10%
is my guess), and the resort is more geared towards skiers. However,
the lift system is quite good, and even the cross-forrest slopes into
the villages are wide enough that a reasonably competent boarder can
enjoy them (I loved them this year, would have hated them two ears
ago).

It's not particularly cheap, but on the other hand, the scenery is
amazing.

Bye,

Stephan

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