Since doing the Sellaronda in the summer a few years ago on my bike I had been very keen to return in Winter to do the ski circuit. After Becky had made huge progress with her skiing this year we decided to do the anti-clockwise version on her birthday weekend in Italy. Due to the cold temperatures and lack of precipitation, combined with the snow making on the route the conditions were just about perfect with excellent piste conditions, wall to wall sunshine and not too many people.
The morning started off pretty chilly, but with plenty of sunshine and empty pistes. We started from Corvara so it was a bit of a slow start with lots of fairly short lifts, but this gave us plenty of time to admire the wonderful scenery.
Once we were at the top of the first pass the skiing to lift ratio improved dramatically and we started to make good progress around the route. The scenery remained fantastic and was always changing due to the circular route. Mid morning we stopped off for a coffee and some brunch to keep the energy levels high, and were able to sit comfortably in the warm sunshine.
All too soon we were at the penultimate pass and we stopped for an Italian lunch with a wonderful view. It was very strange as we got to the lifts up to the final pass, as the pistes we were ascending above were south facing so there were white pistes with grass on either side!
All too soon we were back in Corvara having completed the route, it was a really wonderful day out with varied skiing and wonderful views. I will definitely be back to do the route in the other direction, and explore the ski area more as it is just a truly wonderful place to ski.
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