San Martino di Castrozza, Passo Rolle, e Vanoi

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Dolomites and nature, skiing and fun

Snow, sun, entertainment, free rides, snowboarding, food, snow-shoes, Nordic-skiing and unspoilt nature: 10 elements to express a holiday in San Martino di Castrozza and Passo Rolle. The beautiful Dolomites (a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site) and the warm hospitality make this holiday resort an ideal winter holiday destination, perfect to practice your favourite sport immersed in uncontaminated nature.

Ski Area This areas boasts 60 kilometres of well-packed runs with guaranteed snow, at an altitude between 1.404 and 2.357 meters: the Carosello delle Malghe has 45 kilometres of runs, ideal for skiers of all skills and ages. More than 100 ski instructors ara available for individual and collective lessons. Fun equipe areas and services are at the disposal of families and kids. On the Colverde slopes, there is special lighting for night skiing. For those who love snowboarding, two snow parks and many exciting rails. Moreover, there are 30 kilometres dedicated to Nordic skiing, with trails in the woods of San Martino di Castrozza and throughout Val Canali, Passo Cereda and the Calaita lake. ______

 60 km of runs with an altitude varying between 1.404 and 2.357 m;  45 km of the Carosello delle Malghe;  Night skiing at Colverde;  Ski school area at Prà delle Nasse;  Kinderland Tognola;  3 snowparks;  30 km of Nordic skiing trails;  23 lifts;  2 ski schools;  Programmed artificial snow systems. ______

Ski Area San Martino di Castrozza – Passo Rolle is also the perfect choice for a family holiday! Skiing ideal for families with lifts and ski slopes for everyone! This resort offers equipped areas and fun activities for kids, ski slopes and routes for both beginners and expert skiers. More than 100 ski instructors are available and many of them are specialized in corse for children.

The ski runs that should not to be missed

Tognola Uno One of the twelve best runs in the Dolomites! It runs for nearly three kilometres through the woods of the Tognola Alp, just in front of the snowcapped peaks of the Pale di San Martino. The run is wide but technical and has many changes in direction and gradient. The final steep stretch is a joy for expert skiers.

Cima Tognola This run gives great satisfaction due to the dynamic changes in gradient, width and exposure. It leads from Cima Tognola to Malga Tognola, or combines with the Tognola Tre run for a breathtaking descent dropping one thousand metres to town.

Direttissima The other great black run of the Carosello delle Malghe: it dives 2250 metres down from Punta Ces to the town of San Martino di Castrozza. The repeated changes in gradient and direction make the Direttissima one of the most technical and difficult runs to tackle.

Colbricon One of the most panoramic and fun red runs of the Dolomitsuperski circuit. Perfect from the first descent in the morning to the last one of the afternoon, it is served by a convenient and quick automatic-coupling chair lift equipped with protective bubbles.

Cristiania A very long and technical run with snow in prime condition even on warmer days thanks to its northerly exposure; very steep stretches alternate to quick flat stints from Cima Tognola to Malga Valcigolera, which has been completely renovated for this winter season.

Paradiso Located at Passo Rolle, this is a magnificent and challenging black run that tests the skills of expert skiers with its serious gradients and a snow cover always kept in prime condition. The splendid views are an added bonus to this run.

Colverde runs At the Colverde-Rosetta slopes in San Martino di Castrozza, it is also possible to go night-skiing: there are 2 kilometres of floodlit runs available, running down to the town-centre.

Night skiing on the "Colverde" run

The "Colverde" run, a nice red one with a 2600 m length and 500 m drop, served by a fast cable car, is lit up for night skiing. The run winds through a charming wood of firs and larches with repeated changes in slope and direction, following a wide, medium difficulty track (red with a blue variant), easy to ski and very enjoyable, just below the Pale rocks. It arrives straight in the centre of San Martino and thus is ideal for night skiing. The lighting system consists of 35 "Sunglobe" light balloons: 1.5 m diameter spheres mounted high on the pylons of the snow-making system, diffusing on the run a soft white-bluish light, continuous and steady, with very striking effects.

The magic of the Pale di San Martino lives on even after sunset. As during the day on the slopes of Carosello delle Malghe, you can combine skiing and good food in the evening too: above the Colverde run the Quota 2000 al Colverde hut is open for a snack or a hot punch before the last descent; at the end of the run the Da Meto restaurant offers sophisticated menus inspired by the cuisine, homemade sweets (you must try their buckwheat cake) and grappas flavoured with mountain herbs.

Snowparks

Snowboard and freestyle fanatics can engage in stunts and jumps on the beautiful facilities of the San Martino Snowpark, the Rolle Railz Park and the Colverde Snowpark. Test your skills on your own, with friends or under the supervision of the teachers from the Nuova Scuola Italiana Sci San Martino di Castrozza e Primiero and the Scuola Sci Dolomiti! Rails, boxes, rainbows, boarder cross, ski-cross, multi-level jumps, half pipe Junior and Timber line are expecting you! And if you are tireless, the fun continues until late: Snowpark Colverde is lit up at night.

San Martino Snowpark

San Martino Snowpark, an official Burton and Doors park, is part of the Tognola Ski Area in San Martino di Castrozza. Surrounded by breathtaking sceneries between the Pale di San Martino and the Lagorai range, the park is served by a three-seat chairlift, stretches for almost 1 km along the Scandola ski run and is constantly exposed to the sun. Access to the over 40 facilities covering all difficulty levels is free, provided you comply with the regulations posted at the entrance. The San Martino Snowpark has one of the 5 Burton Progression Parks in Europe, the only one of its kind in North-East . Many events and contests are organized throughout the season.

Technical information:

Burton Progression Park: Element line (jump, 3 m rail, 3+3 m kinked box, timber elements) Easy jump line (2- 3-4 m) Medium jump line (5 - 7 - 9 - 12 m) Jib Area Boarder Cross

Easy Line: one 4 m Flat Box (1 m wide), one 6 m Kink box (1 m wide), two 2 m Jumps, three 3 m Jumps, one 3 m box (50 cm wide), two 4 m long picnic tables and one artificial 1m quarterpipe.

Medium Line: one double-pipe Rail (3 m long and tilted by 30 degrees), two 5 m Jumps, one 6 m Kink box, one 6 m down T-box, four 8-10 m Jumps, one 6 m pipe, one 6 m Camel box and one wall ride.

Large Line: two 12-15 m Jumps, one street-style staircase with flat Rail and T-box, one Kink double pipe down, flat, descent, continuing then into the Medium Line.

Artificial snow-making system. Helmet required.

Official Burton LTR centre, ski rental, ski storage, parking system, kinderheim, ticket office in the service centre at the start of the lift facilities.

Après Ski in perfect Snowboard Style (part of furnishing made from snowboards).

For information: Funivie Seggiovie San Martino Spa Tel. 0439.68026 - 348 6781669 www.tognola.it/snowpark [email protected]

Rolle Railz Park

The Rolle Railz Park is located at Passo Rolle, 9 km away from San Martino di Castrozza, where the ski season usually begins in late November and lasts over five months. The area can be accessed with the Castellazzo chairlift and is exposed to the sun throughout the day. The snowpark offers music entertainment on weekends. Contest events are organized during the season. At Passo Rolle you can ski with the San Martino di Castrozza - Passo Rolle skipass, the Val di Fiemme skipass and, of course, the Dolomiti Superski skipass. An historical Dolomites snowpark set against the magnificent backdrop of the Pale di San Martino.

Technical information:  The Park is over 800 m long and 300 m wide, spread over 15 km of runs served by 5 lift facilities;  One 6 m kink, one 9 m straight-down, one arched c-box, one 6 m rainbow, one 5 m straight, two straights, one 11 m kink, kicker: 3 m, 8-12 m, one 12 m pyramid-box, one 6 m straight funbox, one 11 m riddlebox, a tabledance (6 m long and 1 m wide) and a wall ride (2 m x 4m);  Five jumps: two small 2 m jumps for the less experienced, a 5m one, a 10m and a 12m one;  The freestyle area is completely surrounded by wire netting and equipped with signs indicating the difficulty level of each facility;  Regulations board and ground plan at the entry of the snowpark and lift facility;  Mandatory helmet and strongly recommended minimum protections.

For information: Rolle Railz Park c/o Castellazzo Passo Rolle lift facilities Contact person: Cecilio 328 8029853

Snowpark Colverde

The new Snowpark Colverde spreads over a total length of 800-900 metres, between 1650 and 2000 m altitude. The park is nestled in deep woods and this feature, in full American style, allows to indulge in wild stunts even when the weather is not at its best. Snowpark Colverde is suitable for anyone looking for the perfect jib line but beginners will also be able to test their skills thanks to quite accessible degrees of difficulty. The park features one 3 m + 6 m kink box, three 3 m boxes, two 6 m boxes, one rainbow, two 6 m tubes and one 8 m tube; daily maintenance is guaranteed. The strong point of the track is definitely the lighting system, which makes it the only snowpark in Trentino open also in the evening (on Thursday, Friday and Saturday).

For information: Colverde-Rosetta ski lift facilities 0439.68204 www.colverderosetta.it

Nordic skiing Classic technique or skating stride? If you are a lover of cross country skiing you will find up to thirty kilometres of tracks and three well equipped centres with perfectly groomed pistes. A succession of incomparable views will repay any effort.

Top events King of Dolomites: shoot your best freeride picture in the Dolomites. King of Dolomites is a photo contest focused on the world of off piste skiing in the Dolomites dedicated to freeriders, telemarkers and snowboarders. The aim of the contest is to be able to take the most beautiful photograph of free ride in the Dolomites. The 2014 edition of the contest will be held in San Martino di Castrozza during the weekend of 20rd and 23th February, in the eastern Dolomites of Trentino Region - at the foot of the majestic Pale di San Martino chain of mountains. The complete, detailed programme is available on the event website. The contest is submitted in two categories, one accessible only by invitation and one open to every- body. The first category, called PRO - which you can only attend if invited by the organizing committee - is limited to a maximum of ten teams of riders and professional photographers, who will aim to shoot the best and original picture in the surroundings of the Pale di San Martino chain of mountains during the event. The jury will award cash prizes to the three most beautiful photos, whose subdivision within the team will be decided by the winners. The second category for couples - called wannabes - is instead open to all fans of this sport: anyone can join and take part in the contest with a friend, reversing the role of rider and photographer at will. During the two-day contest several different activities will be held, from the Village Test on Alpe Tognola at 2200 mt. - within which some of the most.

More information: on the event is available on the website www.kingofdolomites.com, or contacting the following numbers: [email protected] • Filippo (+39) 347 1422382

Beyond skiing The Beyond skiing Programme offers a wide range of activities to choose from: why not try a snowshoes excursion, visit the ecomuseum of Vanoi or enjoy a trip through the woods on a troika, a wooden horse-drawn sleigh. For all lovers of ski- mountaineering, the Altipiano delle Pale is the ideal place to immerse yourself in the beauty of the mountain scenery at an altitude of 2.700 meters, obviously accompanied by an expert, such as the Alpine Guides, known as the Aquile di San Martino.

Accommodation options Hotels, Garnì, Residence, Ostello, Bed&Breakfast, Agritur-Farmhouses, Alpine refuges, Camping! The broad and varied accommodation offer ranges from refined establishments, equipe with wellness centres. A long tradition in hospitality warrants particolar care both for guests and holiday quality.

Wellness & Beauty Many hotels feature Wellness Centres providing all kinds of treatments: natural elements are wisley combined to offer you an absolute wellbeing after an intensive day immersed in nature. A hay bath, a purifying sauna, or a massage with Alpine herbal essences…relax with natural treatments cover your inner balance, fitness and beauty. San Martino di Castrozza, Passo Rolle, Primiero and Vanoi, the perfect combination of nature, sports and wellbeing!

Must to visit

Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Nature Park The environmental safeguard is garanteed by the Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Nature Park, which allows the guestes to discover, through didactic proposals and easy excursions both in winter and summer, the beauty of the biodiversità of our area. The Nature Park provides countless opportunities to discover nature, culture and Alpine history through guided routes, museums and tasting of typical products at the local farms.

The Park Visitor Centers The Visitors Centers represent for the Park a sort of visit card, a means to inform, to provide a first idea of the naturalistic-environmental reality of the involved area. This is the reason of the privileged interest in these structures since the beginning and this is the reason why, after years of experience, we have thought to differentiate them by meeting the environmental diversities on which they work and favoring the cooperation and the gaining awareness of the local population. Each center is a small museum where everyone, besides receiving all the information on the initiatives organized in the Park and subscribe to them, can buy publications, the map of the Park, and material of naturalistic interest.

Villa Welsperg The villa was built in 1853 as the summer residence of the Welsperg Counts; at the beginning of the 1900s it passed under the patronage of Venice and became a place for summer vacations. The surrounding gardens and park have retine some of their original characteristics; for example the magnificent avenue of linden, ash and horse chestnut trees, planted more than 150 years ago. Since 1989 the villa has been the Headquarters and visitor’s centre of the Nature Park. It holds exhibitions on nature, has teaching rooms, a library dedicated to Dino Buzzati and is a starting point of nature walks in the Canali valley and Pradidali.

Points of Interest

Val Venegia Val Venegia, in the northern section of the Park, represents without a doubt one of the most important areas of the Park for its great naturalistic and landscape value. The Valley follows the northern slope of the dolomitic walls of Cimon de la Pala, where it is possible to observe Travignolo glacier with the summits of Bureloni, Focobon and Mulaz closing its head. Woods, pastures, screes, and dolomitic slopes are the fascinating features of the area, while the traditional activities carried out in the summer mountain pastures give the valley the particular taste of local history and traditions.

Val Canali Another charming valley is Val Canali, the southern gateway to the Park. It is very fascinating thanks to the peaks of Cimerlo, Sass Maor, Canali, Lastei, Coro, Sass d'Ortiga and further peaks that, also along demanding paths, lead to many mountain huts. The valley bottom offers further tour opportunities from the small lake Welsperg along the stream Canali, across the meadows of loc. I Piereni or the mixed beech and silver fir woodlands.

Calaita Lake Moving westwards and going from Canal San Bovo along Valle del Lozen, tourists can reach a large plateau with another big stretch of water: Calaita Lake. The lake reflects the white walls of Cimon de la Pala, and the woodlands surrounding it create a natural setting. Several paths leave from here: following them, you can reach the surrounding summits or San Martino di Castrozza.

How to get in San Martino di Castrozza BY AEROPLANE Airport Treviso: 85 km Airport Venezia: 110 km Airport Verona: 170 km Airport Milano: 345 km

Fly Ski Shuttle From the airport directly to the ski slopes! Fly Ski Shuttle is the Transfer Service that links Venice and Treviso airports to San Martino di Castrozza and the resorts of Primiero. Further information about timetables and reservation: www.flyskishuttle.com

______More information ApT San Martino di Castrozza, Passo Rolle Primiero e Vanoi T +39 0439 768867 [email protected] www.sanmartino.com ______