Italy · Dolomites · ski touring
A week of Dolomites ski touring and off-piste on quiet routes: from a hotel at the foot of the Pordoi Pass, your guide takes you onto the Marmolada, around the Sella, up to the Lagazuoi and over to Cortina, in a range listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
From€3,950per person, group of 6, excluding flights
Ski touring in the Dolomitesfrom €3,950
Dates on request · 8 days / 7 nights
You’ll enjoy
Our Dolomites ski touring trip is based for eight days at a single hotel in Arabba, at the foot of the Pordoi Pass. You ski for six days with your guide, in a group of six, and a private taxi drives you to the start of the furthest routes, at the Lagazuoi and in Cortina.
8 days / 7 nights · dates on request
From €3,950per person, group of 6, excluding flights
Depending on your off-piste level and what you are hoping for, we can build a tailor-made trip to the Dolomites with you, on your dates.
Tell us what you have in mind, and we’ll reply within 24 hours.
For a week, you ski far from the marked pistes and busy resorts, close to nature, in a range listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its landscapes. Your guide alternates climbs on skins with off-piste descents, on routes that see few skiers.
Some descents begin with a climb of one to two hours, up to 800 m of vertical, at a moderate pace; others set off straight from the lifts.
Skiing in the Dolomites takes you from one area to the next. From Arabba, you ski the Marmolada, then the Pordoi Pass and the Val de Tita, with the descent towards the Gardena Pass, the Sella Pass and the Val Sassolungo. Another day, you head off-piste from the Sass Pordoi, down the Val Mezdì, before returning along the Sella Ronda.
Later in the week, the car takes you to the Lagazuoi, on the Falzarego Pass, then to Cortina, in the Cristallo and Tofane areas. Sheer rock walls alternate with welcoming forests, gentle slopes with more committing couloirs.
Before they took the name Dolomites, in honour of the geologist Déodat de Dolomieu, these mountains of north-eastern Italy were called the Monti Pallidi, the “Pale Mountains”. The range counts eighteen summits above 3,000 m and reaches its highest point on the Marmolada, at 3,343 m.
Below the great rock walls, forests of fir, larch and Swiss stone pine hold the slopes; when the snow melts, Dolomite flowers lend their scent to the local cooking and the grappa.
After skiing
You spend seven nights at a family-run hotel at the foot of the Pordoi Pass, decorated in classic Alpine style, in a double room; a single room is extra. After skiing, the pool and spa are waiting for you.
The hotel restaurant serves traditional northern Italian cooking and a fine choice of wines. Breakfasts and picnic lunches are included; dinners are at your own expense.
Set our trips side by side, or let us suggest three to suit what you have in mind.
At lunchtime, the picnic included in the trip is eaten in the mountains, along the way. In the evening, at the hotel or in the village, northern Italian cooking takes over, with its specialities and its wines.
The Dolomites lie halfway between Venice and Innsbruck. If you would like to extend the trip, a stopover in Venice can be added before or after the week, as an option, on request.
The programme
Meet at the hotel in Arabba in the late afternoon, and settle in.
Off-piste skiing on the Marmolada.
An off-piste day from Arabba: the Pordoi Pass, the Val de Tita, the descent towards the Gardena Pass, the Sella Pass, off-piste in the Val Sassolungo, then back to Arabba on the pistes.
Pistes and off-piste from Arabba: the Pordoi Pass, off-piste from the Sass Pordoi, the descent of the Val Mezdì, Val Gardena, and back to Arabba along the Sella Ronda.
Off by car in the morning. An off-piste day from the Lagazuoi cable car, on the Falzarego Pass, then back to the hotel.
By car to Cortina. An off-piste day in the Cristallo area, then the drive back to the hotel.
Cortina again, for an off-piste day in the Tofane area, before returning to the hotel.
A last morning on skis, then we say goodbye at the end of the morning.
The programme may change with the snow, the weather, and the group’s level and wishes; the guide who skis with you decides each day’s route.
Payment: a 30% deposit on booking, which must be made no later than two months before departure, by bank transfer or card. Full details are in our terms and conditions.
Frozen lakes, golden rock walls and big slopes, through the week.
From a hotel at the foot of the Pordoi Pass, your guide takes you onto the Marmolada, around the Sella, up to the Lagazuoi and over to Cortina, on quiet routes below the rock walls. After a day on the snow, the hotel pool and spa are waiting, then Italian food and wine. Come if you are at ease off-piste and want rich, varied freeride terrain in a UNESCO-listed range.
Boris Malesset, ski instructor since 1996, off-piste professional since 2001, based in Val d'Isère since 2005, holder of the French BEES, the Swiss Level 3 ski instructor patent and the Austrian Schiführer diploma
« Les meilleurs pour nous faire découvrir les plus beaux spots de ski du monde »
Translated from French: The best for showing us the most beautiful ski spots in the world
« Une expérience unique avec un équipage chaleureux, dans des lieux spectaculaires et un encadrement impeccable. »
Translated from French: A unique experience with a warm crew, in spectacular places, and impeccable guiding.
In the Dolomites, a PowderWeGo professional is with your group of six skiers on every ski day. Each morning, everyone is given an avalanche airbag pack, transceiver, shovel and probe, and the route is chosen according to the snow and the weather.
For another week in the Alps, take a look at ski touring in Austria, in the Silvretta, or our ski safari around Mont Blanc.
With us, you ski in the Dolomites from Arabba, at the foot of the Pordoi Pass: the Marmolada, the Pordoi Pass and the Sass Pordoi, the Sella Pass and the Val Sassolungo, Val Gardena, then the Lagazuoi, on the Falzarego Pass, and the Cristallo and Tofane areas in Cortina.
Our week of ski touring in the Dolomites costs from €3,950 per person, excluding flights, for a group of six. The price includes seven nights in a double room, breakfasts and picnic lunches, six days of lift passes, the private taxi, guiding and safety kit: avalanche airbag pack, transceiver, shovel and probe. Dinners, drinks and insurance are at your own expense.
This trip calls for off-piste skiing level 3/5 and fitness level 2/5: being at ease in deep snow, having done some ski touring before, and keeping up a moderate effort for several hours, with climbs of one to two hours. To check where you stand: your off-piste skiing level and your fitness level.
During the week, you spend seven nights at a family-run hotel in Arabba, at the foot of the Pordoi Pass, in a double room, with a pool and spa. A single room is extra.
Dates for our Dolomites trip are set on request, with your group. Tell us when you would like to come and how many of you there are, and we’ll reply within 24 hours.
Yes, ski touring clothing and kit are at your own expense: skis, skins, ski crampons, poles with wide baskets, a helmet and suitable clothing; write to us if you have trouble getting hold of any of it. The avalanche airbag pack, transceiver, shovel and probe are provided.
PowderWeGo, founded by Boris Malesset and based in Val d’Isère, designs this trip to the Dolomites and guides it on the ground, with a PowderWeGo professional alongside your group. Bookings go through Aéreau Voyages, which organises and sells the trip.
Send us your dates and the number of skiers from this page; we reply to messages within 24 hours, and you can also message Boris on WhatsApp. A 30% deposit is payable on booking, which must be made no later than two months before departure.
Useful before you go: Avalanche.report, the avalanche bulletin for Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino · ARPAV, the Veneto regional environment agency (snow and avalanches, in Italian) · the Dolomites, on Wikipedia.
Tell us when you’re coming and how many of you there are, and we’ll reply within 24 hours.
Or email us at infoskitravels@powderwego.com
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