Objevte krásy Dolomiti Alta Badia

Paragliding flights in the middle of nature, surrounded by the Dolomites.

Sportswear for men and women, ski rental and repair in the center of Colfosco.

The Gran Risa slope is one of the most technical slopes in the Alpine Ski World Cup circuit. With its gradient (average 36%) and curves, the Gran Risa represents a challenge even for the greatest champions. In fact, the greatest ski stars such as the unforgettable Alberto Tomba who celebrated some of his greatest successes or Ted Ligety, Michael von Grünigen, Bode Miller and Marcel Hirscher have met here in recent years.

The Gran Risa slope is one of the most technically demanding slopes on the alpine ski circuit. With an altitude difference of 448 m, a length of 1,255 m and a maximum gradient of 69%, it challenges the world's best skiers every year.

The start of the piste can be reached from La Villa with the Piz La Ila cable car and via the ski slopes on the Piz La Ila - Piz Sorega plateau.

The descent through the forest starts just below the junction of the black and red slopes of Piz La Ila and runs through the forest close to La Villa. Since the slope extends mostly north and long parts through the forest, it is in the shade for the entire day. This makes it particularly speedy and sometimes even icy.

After overcoming the steep slope at the start, a marked bend leads the descent into a steep, narrow gully. The descent then leads to a second change of direction to arrive at the finish.

If you want to follow the footsteps of the world's best skiers, such as Ingemar Stenmark, Mark Girardelli, Michael von Grünigen, Ted Ligety, Bode Miller, Marcel Hirscher and of course the most successful racer in Italy - Alberto Tomba, and try the Gran Risa, you should be a well-trained skier.

But it’s worth to try, the satisfaction will be great because Gran Risa means pure emotion and adrenaline!

Technical data of the slope

Start at:1.868 m (6128ft)
Finish at:1.420 m (4658ft)
Drop: 448 m (1469ft)
Length:1.255 m (4117ft)
Maximum slope: 69%
Average slope: 36%

In the centre of Corvara, bike/E-bike rental in summer: your wishes and needs are the focus of our work!

Dolomites Farm was born out of the desire to go back in time. We wanted to raise these wonderful animals and rediscover the work of the farmer. Working the land while also offering experiences to our guests seemed like the perfect combination. From this came the idea of alpaca walks, where their slow and relaxing pace allows you to admire our magnificent mountains. In addition to this activity, we work with the wool from our animals to create clothing, yarn, quilts, pillows, and much more.

"Rediscover the value of small things and handmade items."

With more than 30 years experience, the optician shop "Optik Willy" is the reference point for your eyes in Alta Badia. It provides a wide assortment of sunglasses and prescription glasses, binoculars, altimeters, instrumentation for photography as well as sports watches.

The whole Alta Badia region is one big playground in the summer with its meadows and woods. But this, for us in Alta Badia, wasn’t enough: The beautiful nature was the basis for the design of enjoyable game parks.

Each of the six towns of Alta Badia has therefore at least one game park for children: in La Villa there is one by the sports field, one by the grill, one by the Boscdaplan street and one by the Ninz street.

The Sassongher mountain, 2665 m high, located on the south-eastern border of the Puez-Geisler Nature Park, UNESCO World Heritage, is the mountain which most represents the town of Corvara. From its summit you can enjoy a 360° view of the Dolomites.

The imposing massif overlooking Corvara is particularly attractive seen from the Campolongo pass.

For some years now, a bench and a large wooden panel with the writing Corvara, have been on the first curves of the pass where there is a particularly beautiful viewpoint.

Locals and tourists love to sit here and admire this Dolomite giant. Sassongher makes the perfect subject for photos and the ideal backdrop for selfies.

E-MTB hire station with possibility to return it to any of the hiring points.

 

The whole Alta Badia region is one big playground in the summer with its meadows and woods. But this, for us in Alta Badia, wasn’t enough: The beautiful nature was the basis for the design of enjoyable game parks.

Each of the six towns of Alta Badia has therefore at least one game park for children: in Badia there is one by the Sompunt lake, one by the deer park and one by the sports field.

Sportswear for men and women, ski rental and repair in the center of Colfosco.

Tobacco products, newspapers, mobile phone top-ups, Lotto & Superenalotto.

Would you like to share the magic of the Armentara meadows with your loved ones back home? Why not do it in a romantic and old-fashioned way, by sending an illustrated postcard? We have prepared a special box in which we collect postcards that will be sent twice a year: with the first snowflakes and in early summer, with the first blossom. You don't even have to think about the postage stamp, we post it ourselves!

The mountain guides of the Alpine School Alta Badia Guides offer you numerous ways to get to know the fascinating mountains of the Alps and beyond. Together with their experienced mountain guides you will enjoy new and unforgettable adventure.

Currently, Alta Badia Guides does not have a physical location.

We are glad to welcome all winter sports friends in our offices.

If you want to learn skiing or snowboarding or if you want to improve your technique please apply to our ski school with its 35 ski instructors; they all have a lot of experience and know the current teaching methods. We teach skiing, snowboarding, telemark, slalom and carving.

Rent a bike in Alta Badia to ride over the Dolomite passes that have made cycling history, or by MTB on the most exciting dirt tracks in the Dolomites.

The area around the Lagazuoi mountain offers a combination of hiking, skiing, culture and world history, in one of the most beautiful landscapes in the world, the Dolomites. The mountains of the  Lagazuoi - 5 Torri area bear traces of one of the most tragic events of the twentieth century, the First World War.

Do not miss: in winter, at the end of an impressive 8.5 km descent, the most ecological taxi in the Alps awaits you. A heard of horses pulls the skiers from Sas Dlacia to the Armentarola ski lift to get back to the Skicarosello ski area which connects all the villages of Alta Badia.

In the sports area in Badia everyone has the possibility to play volleyball.

Price: 

• €15 per hour for 1 person
• €17 per hour for 4 people

 

New opening in Pedraces!

Bike service and repair, spare parts and accessories as well as e-bike rental and bike sale. 

Also open on demand in winter!

Indoor climbing hall and boulder

The climbing area is 10 m heigh.

You have the possibility to rent climbing shoes on arrival.

Booking required. 

Easily accessible by the Piz Sorega to San Cassiano cable car, the Movimënt Bear Park is a place dedicated to the carefree and pure fun for children, with so many activities to discover and learn fun and interesting things about nature.

A real bear cave with games and trivia dedicated to this incredible animal that lives in our mountains lies just below the mountain station of Piz Sorega, discover its secrets, jump onto a soft carpet with your friends and hear a real bear roar! Outdoors in winter you'll find  a zip line, water games with wells and fountains, a special beehive shaped slide and lots of other games for children of all ages.

Still on the subject of bears, children can try to dig up the bones of the famous "Ursus Ladinicus", actually found in 1987 in a cave in the Conturines mountain.

The Piz Sorega park is also equipped with an area dedicated to movement and fitness, where you can have fun and develop your sports skills in complete safety. In addition, there's an artificial oasis with a water path, better known as a Kneipp path, and with a series of wooden channels where you can open and close the small dams to have fun together.

From the Bear Park at Piz Sorega you can quickly and easily reach the other Movimënt parks at Piz La Ila and Pralongià on foot or by e-bike.

The centre point of the First World War ski tour is the symbolic mountain of the era, Col di Lana. The 80 km (49 mi) tour takes you around this mountain. Throughout the tour, you will find traces of the war: artefacts from the war era, trenches running right through the rocks, parapet walks and forts.

In Alta Badia, you will start in Corvara and go to Campolongo Pass until you reach Arabba. Via Arabba and Porta Vescovo, you will reach Malga Ciapela/Marmolada. From here, you can take a detour to Marmolada Glacier (3,342 m / 10,964 ft). The lifts at Marmolada are included in the Dolomiti Superski pass.

Continue with the ski bus to Alleghe, where you can explore the runs of the Civetta ski area. The ski bus takes you from Pescul to the Fedare mountain hut at the Giau Pass.  From there a two-seater chairlift will take you to the forcella Croda Negra at the Croda Negra Pass. 

On the north side of the Forcella Negra the new Averau-Troi ski track brings you to the Col Gallina and to Passo Falzarego where you continue for Alta Badia with the Lagazuoi ski tour.

For the whole tour you need approximately 7 or 8 hours. Therefore, we recommend to take off in the early morning in order to finish the tour in time before the lifts close.

The tour can be done either clockwise or anti-clockwise, and in both cases there are sections in the ski bus, the ticket for which must be bought on board, as it is not included in the ski pass. The counter-clockwise route includes an atmospheric section of approx. 1.5 km in which skiers are pulled by a parade of Norse horses. 

One of the most spectacular descents of this tour is definitely the ski slope that from the top of Lagazuoi descends towards Armentarola in Alta Badia, the longest ski slope in the Dolomites.

Big supermarket in La Villa with a wide variety of groceries and household products.

The Armentara meadows, a natural biotope in which flora and fauna merge harmoniously, are a natural spectacle of rare beauty. By crossing soft mountain meadows, in summer you can admire rare orchids, silicate spruce trees, larch meadows, stone pine forests and more than 60 varieties of birds. The wide pastures are testament to the work of our farmers who have shaped the landscape respecting its delicate natural balance.

In winter the Armentara meadows are the idyllic location for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.

E-MTB hire station with possibility to return it to any of the hiring points.

 

The whole Alta Badia region is one big playground in the summer with its meadows and woods. But this, for us in Alta Badia, wasn’t enough: The beautiful nature was the basis for the design of enjoyable game parks.

Each of the six towns of Alta Badia has therefore at least one game park for children: in La Villa there is one by the sports field, one by the grill, one by the Boscdaplan street and one by the Ninz street.

The whole Alta Badia region is one big playground in the summer with its meadows and woods. But this, for us in Alta Badia, wasn’t enough: The beautiful nature was the basis for the design of enjoyable game parks.

Each of the six towns of Alta Badia has therefore at least one game park for children: in La Villa there is one by the sports field, one by the grill, one by the Boscdaplan street and one by the Ninz street.

In our small farm shop you can taste and purchase all the variety of our cheeses: young,
semi-aged or aged; made with raw or thermised milk; with a pure taste or flavored with herbs,
flowers or pine. It is also possible to buy yogurt, ricotta, fresh milk and spreadable cheese
(robiola), as well as our homemade desserts.

Tranrüs Golf Course is located only 3 kilometres above the town centre of Corvara and is encircled by the gorgeous peaks of the Dolomites.

Good to know:
Holes: 9
Par: 72
High: 1.700 m

Open from June until the end of September.

E-MTB hire station with possibility to return it to any of the hiring points.