Today we skied the Sella Ronda. It wasn’t what I expected. I had this quaint vision of a cone shaped mountain with a spiral ski trail winding it’s way top to bottom. What it rally is is a series of lifts and pistes which if taken in the right order lead one around a group of mountains, the Grupa Sella. So it’s a lot of chairlifts and gondolas, and a LOT of skiing. We met Filippo at 8:30 at out hotel and booted up. Then a short walk to the Piz La Ila gondola. Filippo recommended we tae the counter clockwise route, less walking and a few special stops. So through Corvara, Colfosco, Val Gardena, through the Passo Sella, and the Passo Pordoi, down into Arabba, over the Passo Compolongo, up the Piz La Villa, and finally down the Gran Risa piste. The last lift was a short chair up to the town level with the hotel. We got on that chair at 4:10. It stops running at 4:15. We did stop for cafe and strudel, and later for a late lunch (when Filippo says we are nearly there he is almost always lying).
We left our skis behind in Canazei for a bit and rode a cable car to the top of the neighboring mountain (which I can’t figure out the name of). Stunning views. Back down, skis on, continue. Fillippo says lunch in 5 minutes… (not even close). The Giro d’Italia bicycle race sometimes goes through this town. Looks like a good spot for our next bicycle adventure.
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Oh, too, too funny to see you complain about the guide “lying” about how close you were to the next stop. Do you remember how many “almost there”s you gave Mike and I in San Francisco as we were on our way to the Chocolate Store??? We remember.
Thanks for writing the blog. For those of us who haven’t left our little island for a very long time, it is fun to picture others roaming in distant places.