Cortina d’Ampezzo is the Dolomite area perhaps most closely related to the history of skiing as a snow vacation. Already at the beginning of last century European aristocrats began skiing on snow-covered meadows with two wooden boards strapped to their feet. Cortina also became famous for the 1956 Olympic Games which, in addition to having been an incredible event that left its mark on all those who experienced it, both near and far, was also the first Olympics to be televised: its images, still in black and white at that time, already travelled around the world!
Those who decide to spend their winter vacation in the Dolomites must take at least a one-day excursion to this legendary location and its environs with no less than 140 kilometres of prepared slopes. And any excursion must include a visit to the “historical” pistes: the “Forcella Rossa” of the Tofana, the Olympic descent from Promedes to Rumerlo, the “Vertigine Bianca”, the “Cacciatori”, and the “Vitelli” slope of the Faloria, where the Olympic giant slalom was held more than half a century ago.
There are various itineraries that can be selected depending on the participants’ interests, expectations and physical condition.