Worked in Cortina for a winter season, the scenery is probably the most amazing ive ever seen and ive skiied my entire life. The runs feel very different to what you get anywhere else also. Town is lovely too, has a really cool vibe. BUT the number one comment i had from my guests the entire time was that it felt like millionaire skiing because of the lack of crowds. theyre not wrong
@@joseejosee253 yes. You have to ski through the hidden valley ski run (amazing) and then also take the horse ride that takes you towards Corvara. Its not particularly easy but definitely worth it. Although i havent been in about 6 years now they may have changed it. Hope this helps
Awesome place! 3:49 Came down that when mid part was ice. 2 men, 2 women, 3 kids. 2 kids skied down, 2 men boarded down, 2 women came down sliding on their backs, 1 kid was helped down by ski patrol on foot.
You dont have to though. You can just ski down Armentarola, get the horses, go to a skilift and you are in San Cassiano, which is part of the Sellaronda
Good review. but confusing with all the areas. would be helpful if you pointed to the map for each are you talked about. Also a pity you dont wait for proper good snow coverage before you shoot your roll and drone shots. heaps of snow makes everything look better. the township looked drab snowless. best to wait for snow, then go shoot. overall good job. v. informative.
Fun fact 1): Cliffhanger was also shot in Cortina although the audience was led to believe it was the Rockies. There are still remains of the set well hidden a stone throw from Faloria upper station. Fun fact 2): there is slope even steeper than the Olimpica in Cortina. The upper part of the Staunies, but it is not groomed and generally closed to the public. It's a slope from a time when life was cheaper... I also agree that the Forcella Rossa is an amazing run. If it is not steeper than the Olimpica, it certainly looks so.
I was in Cortina, but Forcella Staunies was closed all the time. You had to exit chairlift in midstation, but there was a lot of snow. I don't understand why they kept it closed almost all the time? It seems an interesting slope but also a fantastic mountain scenery from the top of the chairlift.
@@ivandusan9642 I go to Cortina often and I have always found it close. I think it is too steep for today’s standards (and laws on liability). Regarding the views, I think there’s a quite spectacular summer trail passing through those summit.
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Cortina is one of my (if not the) favourites in the Dolomiti Superski area but the steepest slope is the Holzriese in Drei Zinnen / Tre Cime as far as I know…
They still need a few modernisations of infrastructure, but the connection to Cinque Torri is gold. Hidden valley is great, then you can reconnect to Alta Badia 😁
Is it easily possible to ski from Cortina on skis and take the Cortina Skyline up to Badia I think and from there do the Selka Ronda or 1WorkdWar ski tour?
A couple of corrections: 1) Cortina's slopes are not the steepest, there are at least 5 definitely much steeper 2) Among the cons you had forgotten the most important: prices! It's an extremely expensive location and the value for money ratio should be lowered to 5.5
I'll get what you're saying, but then again. No one is forcing anyone into the more expansive shops and restaurants. There's always variety in bigger resorts 😊
Not really, it's kind of sweet how they try. Makes me laugh. But it is kind of common of English native speakers. It sounds kind of different, to both the local tang and English pronunciation. But I guess it is not important as making the message clear and it was achieved.
Garry. Have a look at Usteri Posta UA-cam channel for Igor and the boys skiing around that area. I go to Arabba every Feb. Have a look on UA-cam for Snowheads Birthday. Arabba is quiet but the snow is always great. Nightlife is limited to a couple of bars, AlTable is good food and Mickey's next to the Burz lift is a bit fancier.
Hello, I'd like to make some observations. 1) It's Forcella Rossa (red fork), not Rosa (pink fork) 2) Faloria and Tofana are linked with a free bus that passes every 20 minutes, going all the way from Freccia nel Cielo to the Faloria cablecar, making intermediate stops in key spots of Cortina, like Corso Italia. I agree it's old, but citing the guy operating the cablecar "it's the only way to go up that doesn't require a 300m high pylon just outside of Cortina". That's the reason of the intermediate stop (and the reason of long times for ascent/descent) 3) It's not clear if you're considering Col Gallina as part of the Cortina resort, as I clearly see images from the chairlift, but you never mention it. 4) You completely disregarded the existance of the Cristallo slopes (not extremely challenging but very enjoyable), which are probably the most fun due to the low affluence, fast chairlifts and very good food in Son Forca 5) Please do a bit more research on how to pronounce these names, you completely butchered them. This one is just a suggestion tho. Thank you.
It said as a con “quite small ski area”, but it’s listed as having 30,000 skiable acres, over 4 times larger than the largest ski resort in the U.S., and ten times larger than an average sized well known ski resort such as Deer Valley or Steamboat, so that had me a bit confused. I understand there are disconnected ski areas, but still, how small can it be? My biggest question is how fun it is to ski there given they get so little snow.
Bro sking in the Dolomites is the best, biggest resort in the world. Cortina downtown gets 2.5 m, and that's 1200m. Faloria starts at 2000m and upper Tofana goes to 2600m. The snow is always fine until mid-march, except in the return slope to Cortina, where it gets kinda crap around 1 pm, given the low elevation. This is obviously not considering abnormal heat fue to climate change though, but I was there last week and it was -11ºC at Faloria, and yesterday it snowed 50cm. Plus we're very good at keeping what we get, slope grooming is top notch.
@@merxc Say I wanted to stay for awhile, like 3 or 4 weeks, and I were by myself. Can you recommend where I might seek logging that wouldn’t be too expensive. I’m older, so not looking for a youth hostile type thing, if such existed, but maybe air b and b or a no frills but nice inn. Any ideas? I know some Italian if that makes any difference (doesn’t seem like it should, but seemed worth mentioning). Thanks so much!
@@ewallt I'd say airbnb or b&b, as you might find a good deal, especially in low season. There's some hotels, usually 2 stars and 3 stars, which have affordable prices, but those might be too high if you want to stay on the economy side of things. Try to search in all possible locations, not just Cortina, as everything is connected fairly well, and a location in the middle will get you everywhere and back in a day. I'd recommend getting the Dolomiti Skipass, if you're staying for a while you're going to want to move around those 1200km of slopes. Costs a bit more but its worth it in my opinion. Italian is not really needed, but it's a nice addition. English isn't really well spoken, but you can communicate just fine, given simple words. And if you know German you'll be fine in Alto Adige.
@@mosa4688 Glen Coe is much better on average but if u go make sure u don't have to hire equipment. que can be 4+ hours for that. Although lift ques seem to always be under 3 mins
I live near Cortina and sometimes I go skiing there. The landscape is the most beautiful in the world but the quality of service is very low for the cost of ski pass. Slow chairlift and cable car from the 50s!. Also, the Faloria area is isolated so if you want to ski there you have to use your car in the massive traffic of the city whose road can’t support the exaggerated number of cars during holidays. I prefer going on 3 Zinnen Resort which is more focused on skiing with new slopes and a lot of new Gondolas and chairlifts. The new infrastructures in cortina are very little compared to the older ones who need replacement, but fortunately something is done after decades of nothing. Cortina is better for lush life with fancy restaurants and luxury boutiques like Gucci and Dior.
"The most iconic part is the schoss, 35 black on the map. It is the steepest ski run from all the Dolomitisuperski 1220 km of slopes." This is definitely not true.
Ski is more and more for wealthy people. Managed by bigger companies to make more money. 350€ for a ski pass and they even don't guarantee you a refund if something (like in 2020) happens is a theft! Being a skier is more and more becoming as being an Everest "climber"!! Mountain is more and more just a business managed by huge corporations.
@@giulianopoli3625 beh nata sulle Dolomiti scio da quando avevo 5 anni e senza tirare in ballo Zermatt o le Alpi Francesi posso dire di avere una certa esperienza. Ribadisco ciò che ho detto
@@giulianopoli3625 Assolutamente! Senza privarmi di altro sulle Alpi e altrove e senza sminuire un resort che per quanto possa stare sulle palle per ovvi motivi, è indubbiamente uno dei luoghi più incantevoli di questo globo sia per i paesaggi sia per la varietà (e qualità) delle sue piste.. 👍
not even close to the Chugach in Alaska, Niseko in Japan , or Whistler in Canada... deep powder is where is at and Cortina has none of it, been there and will not go back....one good thing is Italian women are beautiful, then again we are talking about skiing.
Ah yes the eternal freeride vs groomers debate. To each it’s own mate, you didn’t have to come all the way to Cortina to figure out that deep powder skiing doesn’t compare to Whistler lmao. Google is your friend, you can find out all there is to know about any resort before getting there
Your Italian pronunciation is very terrible, I hope you get some lesson and nail it next time around, barely understood the names. Other than that, you've done an excellent job. Mark: 9 & 1/2
@@gunarskirsons556 So what? maybe 9 Italians out of 10 don't do videos with English names don't you think? Describing a country you should at least make sure you pronounce its names correctly
@@julianassange71 see how you answered your own question? Someone else did a good job by making a wonderful video about a place that's surviving mainly on tourism and yet, the only thing you can say is he has bad pronaunciation and tell someone to get lessons.
@@julianassange71 point well taken. But I was reffering to your comment about the language lessons. It's basically saying "good job but it still sucks"
Looks like it’s all groomers? Only 100 inches annually of snow? I’ve Skied Zermatt and Cervinia and I have to admit, the visual aspects were breathtaking. As far as powder and challenging stuff, it looks like Skiing out west or in South America is way more bang for your buck.
The most beautiful mountain scenery I've ever seen!! Been there twice and eager to go back.
Then maybe you should try Zermatt, Crans-Montana or St-Moritz.
Probably only zermatt has a adequate panorama to cortina and dolomites in general
@@fredericperrin3279lmao, you can keep the grand canyon, everything else is ours 😢
Those "for your eyes only" clips are such a blast from the past 🙂
9.8 for your work! Great shot! The necessary information! Thanks!
Good luck!
Worked in Cortina for a winter season, the scenery is probably the most amazing ive ever seen and ive skiied my entire life. The runs feel very different to what you get anywhere else also. Town is lovely too, has a really cool vibe. BUT the number one comment i had from my guests the entire time was that it felt like millionaire skiing because of the lack of crowds. theyre not wrong
From Cortina is it possible to go for the Ski tours such as Stellaronda or First world warwithiut a car? Either on skis (slopes) or cortina skyline?
@@joseejosee253 yes. You have to ski through the hidden valley ski run (amazing) and then also take the horse ride that takes you towards Corvara. Its not particularly easy but definitely worth it. Although i havent been in about 6 years now they may have changed it. Hope this helps
We stayed at Rifugio Scoiattoli for a couple of days last time, the skiing and food was outstanding.
You have to try the food at Averau then, its even better!
Watching this again as .... I'm here! Great guide to a complex skiing proposition. My main concern this week will be to avoid mild altitude sickness.
run 51 is one of the best I have skied in my 20 years with the sport, I loved cortina, can't wait to get back
Awesome place! 3:49 Came down that when mid part was ice. 2 men, 2 women, 3 kids. 2 kids skied down, 2 men boarded down, 2 women came down sliding on their backs, 1 kid was helped down by ski patrol on foot.
Had one of the best weeks in my life in Cortina in 2020 had to drive to Val Gardena to access the Sella Ronda....Magical place though
You dont have to though. You can just ski down Armentarola, get the horses, go to a skilift and you are in San Cassiano, which is part of the Sellaronda
You need a short taxi to get back from Armentarola to falzarego, but can ski/lift back to cortina from there
Great Channel and reviews, thank you!!
Great and very complete review. Thank you!
Good review. but confusing with all the areas. would be helpful if you pointed to the map for each are you talked about.
Also a pity you dont wait for proper good snow coverage before you shoot your roll and drone shots. heaps of snow makes everything look better. the township looked drab snowless. best to wait for snow, then go shoot.
overall good job. v. informative.
Thanks ! Looks like this is the additional resort we have to visit.
Bucket list!
one of the best places for slow ski
I have been skiing in Cortina several times, the upper part of the Forcella Staunies which is really black piste, is almost always closed.
Was there a few years ago and it seemed all the lifts were from the last Olympics :D
Glad they updated the lifts!
Fun fact 1): Cliffhanger was also shot in Cortina although the audience was led to believe it was the Rockies. There are still remains of the set well hidden a stone throw from Faloria upper station.
Fun fact 2): there is slope even steeper than the Olimpica in Cortina. The upper part of the Staunies, but it is not groomed and generally closed to the public. It's a slope from a time when life was cheaper...
I also agree that the Forcella Rossa is an amazing run. If it is not steeper than the Olimpica, it certainly looks so.
I was in Cortina, but Forcella Staunies was closed all the time. You had to exit chairlift in midstation, but there was a lot of snow. I don't understand why they kept it closed almost all the time? It seems an interesting slope but also a fantastic mountain scenery from the top of the chairlift.
@@ivandusan9642 I go to Cortina often and I have always found it close. I think it is too steep for today’s standards (and laws on liability). Regarding the views, I think there’s a quite spectacular summer trail passing through those summit.
@@ivandusan9642they are building up the lift again before the Olympics. Don't know when it will be finished
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Please can you review “Vialattea” is the 3rd largest ski area in the word. You can’t miss it😁. Thanks and great video
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one focus on Sestriere and the 2nd on Sauze d'Oulx. we will review the whole milky way in these reviews.
I was last year at Vialattea and skied at +10°C in February 😎
Global warming is very serious 😢
Cortina is one of my (if not the) favourites in the Dolomiti Superski area but the steepest slope is the Holzriese in Drei Zinnen / Tre Cime as far as I know…
They still need a few modernisations of infrastructure, but the connection to Cinque Torri is gold. Hidden valley is great, then you can reconnect to Alta Badia 😁
Is it easily possible to ski from Cortina on skis and take the Cortina Skyline up to Badia I think and from there do the Selka Ronda or 1WorkdWar ski tour?
Cortina is great; can highly recommend the Hidden Valley run.
Where is that?
@@LabRat6619 Lagazuoi cablecar, keep the left.
A couple of corrections:
1) Cortina's slopes are not the steepest, there are at least 5 definitely much steeper
2) Among the cons you had forgotten the most important: prices! It's an extremely expensive location and the value for money ratio should be lowered to 5.5
I'll get what you're saying, but then again. No one is forcing anyone into the more expansive shops and restaurants. There's always variety in bigger resorts 😊
@@Toschh Unfortunately it doesn't apply to Cortina 😥😥
Seems like less off piste steep runs and more groomers than some of the resorts in France and Austria?
I can't express how much I would love to ski the Dolomites! But I'm a poor boy with mountains right outside my door so...they'll have to do.
Sick they updated their lifts
I strongly suggest you show a map whenever you mention a ski trail or a lift.
It is a plus that they always have taken their time to pronounce the names of the local villages and ski lifts correct.
Not in this video. They come slightly close but there are some serious mispronunciations.
They’re not doing it here.
You are being ironic , I’m assuming…
Not really, it's kind of sweet how they try. Makes me laugh. But it is kind of common of English native speakers. It sounds kind of different, to both the local tang and English pronunciation. But I guess it is not important as making the message clear and it was achieved.
1:28 cinque torri falzarego for me is like listen japanese, had made me laught im from italy but overrall isnt bad
Hello, could you review Arraba and Kronplatz please.
Garry. Have a look at Usteri Posta UA-cam channel for Igor and the boys skiing around that area.
I go to Arabba every Feb. Have a look on UA-cam for Snowheads Birthday.
Arabba is quiet but the snow is always great. Nightlife is limited to a couple of bars, AlTable is good food and Mickey's next to the Burz lift is a bit fancier.
@@roberthartley6629 Thanks Robert, I’ll check them out.
Hello, I'd like to make some observations.
1) It's Forcella Rossa (red fork), not Rosa (pink fork)
2) Faloria and Tofana are linked with a free bus that passes every 20 minutes, going all the way from Freccia nel Cielo to the Faloria cablecar, making intermediate stops in key spots of Cortina, like Corso Italia. I agree it's old, but citing the guy operating the cablecar "it's the only way to go up that doesn't require a 300m high pylon just outside of Cortina". That's the reason of the intermediate stop (and the reason of long times for ascent/descent)
3) It's not clear if you're considering Col Gallina as part of the Cortina resort, as I clearly see images from the chairlift, but you never mention it.
4) You completely disregarded the existance of the Cristallo slopes (not extremely challenging but very enjoyable), which are probably the most fun due to the low affluence, fast chairlifts and very good food in Son Forca
5) Please do a bit more research on how to pronounce these names, you completely butchered them. This one is just a suggestion tho.
Thank you.
It said as a con “quite small ski area”, but it’s listed as having 30,000 skiable acres, over 4 times larger than the largest ski resort in the U.S., and ten times larger than an average sized well known ski resort such as Deer Valley or Steamboat, so that had me a bit confused. I understand there are disconnected ski areas, but still, how small can it be?
My biggest question is how fun it is to ski there given they get so little snow.
Bro sking in the Dolomites is the best, biggest resort in the world. Cortina downtown gets 2.5 m, and that's 1200m. Faloria starts at 2000m and upper Tofana goes to 2600m. The snow is always fine until mid-march, except in the return slope to Cortina, where it gets kinda crap around 1 pm, given the low elevation. This is obviously not considering abnormal heat fue to climate change though, but I was there last week and it was -11ºC at Faloria, and yesterday it snowed 50cm.
Plus we're very good at keeping what we get, slope grooming is top notch.
@@merxc Gratzie. It looks like a great place to ski. You’d probably have to stay awhile to take advantage of it.
@@ewallt I'd say at least 3 days, one for Faloria-Cristallo, one for Tofana amd one for 5 Torri-Col Gallina-Falzarego
@@merxc Say I wanted to stay for awhile, like 3 or 4 weeks, and I were by myself. Can you recommend where I might seek logging that wouldn’t be too expensive. I’m older, so not looking for a youth hostile type thing, if such existed, but maybe air b and b or a no frills but nice inn. Any ideas? I know some Italian if that makes any difference (doesn’t seem like it should, but seemed worth mentioning).
Thanks so much!
@@ewallt I'd say airbnb or b&b, as you might find a good deal, especially in low season. There's some hotels, usually 2 stars and 3 stars, which have affordable prices, but those might be too high if you want to stay on the economy side of things. Try to search in all possible locations, not just Cortina, as everything is connected fairly well, and a location in the middle will get you everywhere and back in a day. I'd recommend getting the Dolomiti Skipass, if you're staying for a while you're going to want to move around those 1200km of slopes. Costs a bit more but its worth it in my opinion.
Italian is not really needed, but it's a nice addition. English isn't really well spoken, but you can communicate just fine, given simple words. And if you know German you'll be fine in Alto Adige.
Please, is there a ski in and out hotel? Or whats the best option?
you should review all the crap resorts over in Scotland here. You could do 5 in one week ;)
Oh yeah - I had the great misfortune of skiing at Glen Shee once - It was like an inclined ice skating rink. Never again.
@@mosa4688 Glen Coe is much better on average but if u go make sure u don't have to hire equipment. que can be 4+ hours for that. Although lift ques seem to always be under 3 mins
Doesn't look like it gets a lot of snow or quality snow. But it's a beautiful place!
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Do 3 zinnen pls
We will consider that. thanks for the tip!
Did it misunderstand or did he say you can take a gondola from crotina to alpa de suisi?
The Ford Cortina was launched in 1962!!
I live near Cortina and sometimes I go skiing there. The landscape is the most beautiful in the world but the quality of service is very low for the cost of ski pass. Slow chairlift and cable car from the 50s!. Also, the Faloria area is isolated so if you want to ski there you have to use your car in the massive traffic of the city whose road can’t support the exaggerated number of cars during holidays. I prefer going on 3 Zinnen Resort which is more focused on skiing with new slopes and a lot of new Gondolas and chairlifts. The new infrastructures in cortina are very little compared to the older ones who need replacement, but fortunately something is done after decades of nothing. Cortina is better for lush life with fancy restaurants and luxury boutiques like Gucci and Dior.
C'è lo skibus che dalla Freccia nel Cielo ti porta gratis al Faloria, ci mette 10 minuti.
"The most iconic part is the schoss, 35 black on the map. It is the steepest ski run from all the Dolomitisuperski 1220 km of slopes."
This is definitely not true.
which one is the steepest?
Jöchl 6 Gitschberg Jochtal and Holzriese 3b in Sexten/Sesto.
no way it's the steepest! Holzriese is the steepest!
Yes, I live in the Dolomites and I ski every week or in Cortina or in 3 Zinnen, the second part of the Holzriese is the steepest
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The landscape is gorgeous but switzerland ,s resorts are much better
agree partially...because of the prices in switzerland
@@tareka62 correct
Ski is more and more for wealthy people. Managed by bigger companies to make more money. 350€ for a ski pass and they even don't guarantee you a refund if something (like in 2020) happens is a theft! Being a skier is more and more becoming as being an Everest "climber"!! Mountain is more and more just a business managed by huge corporations.
2023 and still need to exploit horses? its a nop for me
this was amazing !! insta sub
development... higher prices of everything
Cortina non è un posto per sciare....poche piste corte e con impianti vecchi. Andate in Val Badia Val di Fassa Val Gardena ecc....
Impianti vecchi parzialmente vero, piste poche o corte non direi proprio…
@@lolaponce726 certo va visto come uno scia e che esperienze ha di piste da sci dell arco alpino…per spazzaneve va bene anche Campo Felice…
@@giulianopoli3625 beh nata sulle Dolomiti scio da quando avevo 5 anni e senza tirare in ballo Zermatt o le Alpi Francesi posso dire di avere una certa esperienza. Ribadisco ciò che ho detto
@@lolaponce726 aheeee zermat e alpinfrancesi…ho capito…scia a cortina che ti va bene
@@giulianopoli3625 Assolutamente! Senza privarmi di altro sulle Alpi e altrove e senza sminuire un resort che per quanto possa stare sulle palle per ovvi motivi, è indubbiamente uno dei luoghi più incantevoli di questo globo sia per i paesaggi sia per la varietà (e qualità) delle sue piste.. 👍
not even close to the Chugach in Alaska, Niseko in Japan , or Whistler in Canada... deep powder is where is at and Cortina has none of it, been there and will not go back....one good thing is Italian women are beautiful, then again we are talking about skiing.
Ah yes the eternal freeride vs groomers debate. To each it’s own mate, you didn’t have to come all the way to Cortina to figure out that deep powder skiing doesn’t compare to Whistler lmao. Google is your friend, you can find out all there is to know about any resort before getting there
You aren't going to find powder in the Dolomiti skiarea. We're all abput groomed slopes
Hope the winters get better or you’ll be pronouncing the names of western U S areas for generations
The Food Sucks. No Coke , only Pepsi, soggy fries, thin crust pizza with no pineapples.
Pleas get the pronounciation of the Italian words correct. This is so annoying
Your Italian pronunciation is very terrible, I hope you get some lesson and nail it next time around, barely understood the names. Other than that, you've done an excellent job. Mark: 9 & 1/2
Pretty ironic to point out something like that considering that 9/10 Italians refuse to speak english or don't know it at all.
@@gunarskirsons556 So what? maybe 9 Italians out of 10 don't do videos with English names don't you think? Describing a country you should at least make sure you pronounce its names correctly
@@julianassange71 see how you answered your own question? Someone else did a good job by making a wonderful video about a place that's surviving mainly on tourism and yet, the only thing you can say is he has bad pronaunciation and tell someone to get lessons.
@@gunarskirsons556 "Other than that, you've done an excellent job. Mark: 9 & 1/2. "
Are you able to read?
@@julianassange71 point well taken. But I was reffering to your comment about the language lessons. It's basically saying "good job but it still sucks"
Looks like it’s all groomers? Only 100 inches annually of snow? I’ve Skied Zermatt and Cervinia and I have to admit, the visual aspects were breathtaking. As far as powder and challenging stuff, it looks like Skiing out west or in South America is way more bang for your buck.
Cortina is overvalued... I go often there.. Cortina as a city is nothing. The rest is fantastic
What do you mean exactly ?
3:23 the steepest track has just naked rocks on the sides - one mistake, and you are dead or hardly injured. Typical italians.