Alpe di Siusi / Seiser Alm

Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm) is Europe’s largest high-altitude alpine pasture: a plateau between 1,800 and 2,300 m with 62 km of runs and 22 lifts, linked to Val Gardena, which has its own page: Val Gardena.

Why Go Snowboarding

The Seiser Alm Snowpark is one of the biggest in the Alps, with lines that go from your first box to 20 m kickers, and it has hosted FIS Slopestyle World Cup events. Around it is a sunny ski area with wide, mostly easy runs: if you’re after steep terrain, you’ll be disappointed here. The link with Val Gardena, on a single lift ticket, does open up a lot more terrain.

Terrain & Slopes

There are 65 runs: 28 easy, 33 intermediate, and 4 difficult, among them the Mezdì, near the link with Ortisei. Snowmaking relies on about 100 snow guns. For park riders the key lift is the Laurin four-seat chairlift, 1.4 km long, which you reach by a direct run from the Seiser Alm Bahn gondola: it links the Spitzbühl, Paradiso, and Panorama runs. On the plateau the gradients are gentle, so keep your speed up on the connecting stretches.

Snowpark

The Seiser Alm Snowpark, on the Laurin run, is a park line of about 1.5 km with around 40 features, shaped daily. The upper section holds the Easy Family, Medium, and Hard lines (boxes, rails, tubes, and a wallride from 4 to 12 m); the lower section has the Medium kickers (10 and 12 m) and the Pro Line kickers (16 and 20 m), plus a Wood Line of timber features. The Easy Family and Medium lines also suit riders who are new to parks.

Tips

Helmets are compulsory for everyone, on the runs and in the parks, and so is third-party liability insurance. The Pro Line kickers are for experienced riders: if you’ve never jumped more than 10 m, warm up on the Medium first. In spring, on the sunny plateau, the snow softens by midday: for jumping, go in the morning.

Getting There

Ride up from Siusi allo Sciliar on the Seiser Alm Bahn gondola, which arrives near Compatsch; parking is at the valley station. Alternatively, take the Seiser Alm Express bus (line 10). The road up to the plateau is open to private traffic only before 9 a.m. and after 5 p.m., with exemptions for overnight guests. By car, leave the A22 at Chiusa from the north or at Bolzano Nord from the south. By train, get off at Bolzano, Bressanone, or Chiusa and continue by bus (line 170 from Bolzano), 30–50 minutes.