Paganella - Andalo

Paganella, above Andalo, Fai della Paganella, and Molveno, has (by the resort’s own count) 50 km of wide runs looking out on the Brenta Dolomites, up to 2,125 m at Cima Paganella, with snowmaking on every run and 15 lifts. From the Andalo base there’s about 1,100 m of vertical, and the Trento Nord exit on the A22 is about twenty minutes away.

Why Go Snowboarding

It’s a place for turns: wide runs, mostly reds. Freestyle comes under the Paganella Funside project, with two separate areas, one for beginners and a more complete one. There’s night riding too, handy if you stay on the plateau. The catch is steep terrain: only about 6% of the runs are difficult, and if you’re after steep pitches you’ll run out of them fast.

Terrain & Slopes

You reach Cima Paganella on the Albi de Mez and La Selletta chairlifts. From Andalo you go up on the 8-seat Andalo–Doss Pelà gondola, from 1,033 to 1,782 m, or on the Laghet–Prati di Gaggia gondola; from Fai della Paganella, on the Santel–Meriz chairlift, then on toward La Selletta with the Meriz–La Selletta. If you want steeps, note the black Olimpionica 2, 1.2 km long. Otherwise it’s mostly wide, even reds, great for carving, plus 32% easy runs for beginners.

Snowpark

Paganella Snowpark has two areas. The Funslope Andalo, in the Dosson area, has simple features and a themed course for families and beginners; you get there on the Andalo–Doss Pelà gondola. The Fai Snowpark, in the Meriz area, is served by the Meriz chairlift and has more features and more variety, laid out from easy lines to harder ones. The website doesn’t list how many features there are or how big they are: it’s a park for progressing, not for riders looking for big kickers (jumps).

Tips

If you want to spend the day in the Meriz park, start from the Fai side on the Santel–Meriz chairlift instead of from Andalo. Night riding is on the Cacciatori I run, with the Andalo–Doss Pelà gondola open two evenings a week: check days and times on the website. The Superskirama pass also gets you into the other resorts of Skirama Adamello Brenta.

Getting There

From the A22, exit at Trento Nord and take the Trento–Rocchetta connector road (about 20 minutes); coming from the north, exit at San Michele all’Adige and go via Mezzolombardo (about 30 minutes). By train, get off at Mezzocorona (19 km) or Trento (40 km) and continue on the Trentino Trasporti Trento–Mezzocorona–Andalo–Molveno bus line. Flixbus and Autostradale go as far as Trento.