Corvara (Alta Badia) piste question

Hi,
I will ski in Alta Badia in 2017. I am timid skier, so prefer easy blue pistes. I thought of accommodation near the col alto lift.
Is the slope just after col alto lift OK for me? I read its sometimes mouguly and a bit steep. Is there an easy route around it good for 2nd week timid skier?
thanks
Amir

Amir,
Alta Badia has a lot of wide, cruising blue runs, ideal to practice your technique and gain confidence on the skis. If the red run is a bit challenging at the beginning of the week, I believe you can loop around it and get back to base via blue runs. However, if you can get some lessons, you will be able to come down without any fears by the end of the week.
Do some warm up on the blue runs, then do the red mid-morning (before you get tired and the moguls start appearing)
Enjoy it!

Thanks!
Amir

Lots of "home" runs are mogully and tricky late in the afternoon and often the situation is made worse by the large volume of skiers, of varying skill levels, making their way home. This may not be much fun, especially if you are tired and feel that you are not in control or, worse still, that others are not in control.

If you are worried, there is no shame in taking a gondola down and using your energy to get in enjoyable skiing on less crowded slopes up the mountain before coming down.

Also, note that as you will be in Italy, the "rush hour" to get off the mountain will be earlier than in other destinations and if you wait until after, say, 4pm, the slopes will probably be very quiet again :roll:

Your last sentence made me giggle, Wanderer. Reminded me of a very snowy trip to La Thuile many years ago. A week of snow, snow and more snow. With added snow. The only people on the mountain were British.....

dobby wrote:Your last sentence made me giggle, Wanderer. Reminded me of a very snowy trip to La Thuile many years ago. A week of snow, snow and more snow. With added snow. The only people on the mountain were British.....

....... indeed (though I am Irish :shock: ). A few years ago, we had an interesting experience in the Dolomites. Skied until pretty much the last lift - lovely skiing and very quiet. However, when we got down to the valley, we discovered that the last skibus left about 40 minutes before the lifts finished and there was no late bus to mop up stragglers. We had to ring for an expensive taxi to get us back to our hotel :twisted:. The Italians tend to like short ski days in glorious sunshine :mrgreen:.

Apologies, Wanderer. British, Irish and probably a few other hardy sorts. Surprised you had to call for the taxi....I've got this image of taxis loitering around at the bottom of the slopes waiting for poor unsuspecting skiers waiting for a never-to-arrive bus

I do ski until the last lift, then, catching the last gondola, I sit and have a couple of gluweins. (I never drink during the ski day)

So then, after the lift has stopped, and the mountain is empty, I can choose how to ski my last run. Mostly, it is down the corduroy left by the piste machines that have just passed up the mountain.

Just occasionally, there has been a third gluwein, ( I have persuasive Austrian friends). This has resulted in skiing down in the dark, but still following the piste machine tracks.