Ski in Pozza di Fassa

Skiing in Pozza di Fassa

Pozza di Fassa, Italy (1340m to 2350m)

Located in the heart of the Dolomiti Superski Region, Pozza di Fassa is a friendly village. The local skiing is part of the huge Dolomiti Superski pass (covering more than 1200km) and is close to the Sella Ronda circuit (linked by free ski bus), which is arguably the third largest ski area in the world. The reesort is famous for its night skiing.

Pozza di Fassa

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Pozza di Fassa Ski Facts

Pozza di Fassa Ski Facts

		Expert Skiers
		Intermediate Skiers
		Beginners
		Snowboarding
		Snow
		Apres-ski
	1	Black Run
	6	Red Runs (14km)
	3	Blue Runs (1km)
7		Ski Lifts
1030m		Max Vertical
2350m		Highest Lift
1340m		Lowest Piste
1320m		Resort Altitude

Pozza di Fassa

The Italian ski resort of Pozza di Fassa has direct access to 8 individual pistes, served by 7 ski lifts.

With skiing above 2000 metres, snow cover is generally reliable.

Snowmaking :- Pozza di Fassa is able to augment natural snow, on 30km of ski runs, with 30 Snow Cannons.

Ski Lift Capacity :- The 7 Ski Lifts of Pozza di Fassa are able to uplift 9,520 skiers / snowboarders per hour.

There are two airports within two hours drive, so ski weekends, snowboard breaks and short ski holidays to Pozza di Fassa are perfectly feasible. Bolzano Airport is just one hours drive away, in good driving conditions, so you can be on the piste quickly.

Skiing in Pozza di Fassa

The Fassa Valley's skiing truly does have something for everyone with a wide choice of friendly, intimate ski areas for all standards. All have excellent snowmaking cover and most have modern lifts. For example the Catinaccio ski area above Vigo di Fassa had a new quad chair with bubble cover installed on the Pian Pecei-Pra Martin.

It does not always follow that the larger ski areas have access to the tougher skiing, as one of the smaller sections above Alba has a third of its 15 km graded black and one of the region's toughest runs, the 3 km long Pista Ciampac with a 658m vertical.

All of the ski areas are linked by free ski bus (also free for non skiers). From Canazei it is possible to reach the ski areas of Belvedere-Pordoi Pass, Ciampac and Fedaia-Marmolada, from Campitello the ski area of Col Rodella-Sella Pass, from Vigo and Pozza di Fassa the ski areas Catinaccio, Buffaure / Aloch famous for the night skiing and Carezza, finally Moena offers the ski area Tre Valli with its famous tour.

Canazei is the only major resort in the Fassa Valley truly located on the Sella Ronda circuit with access to Corvara, Colfosco and Arabba all very straight forward, even more so in recent years thanks to the replacement of old surface tows with modern fast chair-lifts plus the installation of comprehensive snow making.

Off piste routes are popular in the area, but you would be wise to go with a ski school class or employ a mountain guide for safety. The most famous off piste runs include Laste/Lusia, Sass Pordoi/Val Lasties, over at the Marmolada glacier and at Passo S. Pellegrino/Col Margherita.

Night skiing is available on the Pista Aloch ski stadium above Pozza di Fassa. It is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings from 20.30 - 23.00 hours and has a 2.7 km length.

The Fassa Valley and all surrounding ski areas are part of the giant Dolomiti Super-ski ticket remains the world's largest fully interchangeable lift pass covering around 1200 km of trails and some 500 lifts above more than 50 villages.

There is a local Fassa Valley only ski ticket which has a slightly lower cost.

Snowboarding in Pozza di Fassa

Snowboarders are welcome in the whole region and will enjoy the morn uplift provided to whisk them up the slopes. In terms of terrain parks there's a half pipe, boardercross and snowboard terrain park at Canazei, Belvedere; a second boardercross ski area at Col Rodella / Campitello and a new snowboard park at San Pellegrino.

Thanks to the Dolomiti Superski ticket it is possible to reach more terrain parks in Alta Badia and Val Gardena.

Pozza di Fassa Aprés Ski

Pozza has limited nightlife, concentrated primarilly on the resorts hotel bars. There is no discotheque in the village but in neighbouring Vigo di Fassa you can go to Il Pavone. There's a biggher choice of bars and three discos in Canazei further along the valley.

Also, the apres-ski pub Ta Mongo can be located nearby the lift down the stream station. The main square also contains the wine bar and pub Miro. Additionally, huts open by night where it is possible to descend to by sledge.

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Pozza di Fassa in brief

Pozza di Fassa Ski Resort is:-
Ok for Expert Skiers.
Very good for Intermediate Skiers.
Ok for Beginners.
Ok for Snowboarding.
Opened : 26 November 2011
Closes : 15 April 2012
Opening subject to Snow Conditions.

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