Alta Badia

Alta Badia (Corvara, Colfosco, La Villa, San Cassiano, Badia) has 130 km of runs and 54 lifts between 1,300 and 2,800 m and is linked to the Sellaronda and Dolomiti Superski. The terrain is mostly easy and intermediate: 74 km of blue runs, 47 red, and 9 black.

Why Go Snowboarding

It’s the place to go if you want to ride a lot, on runs groomed every night and with direct access to the Sellaronda. For freestyle there’s the Movimënt Snowpark on Piz Sorega, whose 34 features cover every level, plus a network of fun slopes spread across the villages. The weak spot is steep terrain: 9 km of blacks out of 130 isn’t much.

Terrain & Slopes

The Gran Risa at La Villa, the Alpine Ski World Cup run, goes from 1,868 to 1,420 m: 1,255 m long, 448 m of vertical, and a maximum gradient of 69%; you reach the start on the Piz La Ila gondola. At Corvara there’s the tough black Vallon-Boè, and then there’s the scenic Lagazuoi run. The rest is a sea of blues and reds, good for carving. The Sellaronda starts right here: clockwise you head toward Arabba and come back over the Gardena Pass; counterclockwise you head toward Val Gardena and come back from Arabba. The official website rates it intermediate: 39.6 km and 4–4.5 hours.

Snowpark

The Movimënt Snowpark Alta Badia is on the Piz Sorega plateau above San Cassiano, between the La Fraina and Ciampai runs, served by the Ciampai chairlift (no. 9). It has 34 features across five areas, from an easy area with butter boxes and small kickers to a jib area with rails, a medium kicker line, a multi-jib zone, and an advanced area with big kickers and a spine, plus a chill zone. There are also fun slopes and a funcross at Biok (San Cassiano) and La Para (La Villa), and fun lines at Colfosco.

Tips

For the park, San Cassiano is the handiest base. Helmets are compulsory on all runs, at any age. If you do the Sellaronda, start early and keep an eye on the closing times of the lifts you need to get back. The villages have large parking lots near the lifts, for example at the Piz La Ila gondola in La Villa.

Getting There

From the A22 Brenner highway, drive in over the Gardena Pass via Val Gardena or from the Puster Valley (Brunico–Val Badia); in winter you need snow tires and chains in the car. The nearest station is Brunico (about 30 km), linked by scheduled buses several times a day; Bressanone and Bolzano are about 65 km away.