Trentino-Alto Adige ski guide

Trentino-Alto Adige is, beyond any doubt, Italy’s most important ski region for the size, quality and variety of what it offers. It has the largest number of ski areas, the most modern lifts, the most refined mountain food and a hospitality system with no rival in the Italian Alps.

It is also one of the most complex regions in Europe in terms of culture and identity. To the south is Trentino, Italian in language and habits. To the north is South Tyrol (Alto Adige), Südtirol to its German-speaking residents, with deep Central European roots, unmistakable Tyrolean architecture and a bilingualism that shapes every aspect of daily life.

Dolomiti Superski and the Sella Ronda

The cornerstone of the whole system is Dolomiti Superski, a ski pass with no equal in the world for size and integration. With 12 linked ski areas, more than 1,200 km of groomed runs and over 450 lifts, it lets you explore the same area for weeks without ever repeating a run.

Within it shines the Sella Ronda, the Dolomite tour through four valleys, Gardena, Fassa, Livinallongo and Badia, around the Sella massif. A good skier can complete it clockwise or anticlockwise in a day. It is one of the most famous ski itineraries in the world, often mentioned alongside the Haute Route and the Vallée Blanche as a must for mountain lovers.

Kronplatz (Plan de Corones)

Kronplatz (Plan de Corones) stands out as one of the most technologically advanced ski areas in Europe. Its pyramid shape, with runs dropping in every direction from the summit at 2,275 metres, gives a variety of runs, from demanding reds to family-friendly blues, that suits every level.

On the summit stands LUMEN, the museum of mountain photography designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, where art and mountains merge in a cultural experience that can hold its own against the great city museums.

Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm)

The Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm), Alm da Sëura in Ladin, is the largest high-altitude plateau in Europe: a sweep of meadows and woods high above Val Gardena and the Isarco valley, with the Odle and Sassolungo as a backdrop that catches the light differently at every hour of the day.

In winter it becomes a paradise for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing; in summer, a sea of flowers that draws hikers from all over the continent.

Ladin culture and mountain cuisine

Ladin culture lives on in Val Gardena and Val Badia. The Ladins speak a Romance language and descend directly from the Romanised Raetians, keeping alive traditions, legends and a remarkably original vision of the alpine world.

In Alta Badia, in the mountain restaurants dotted along the slopes of La Villa and Corvara, several Michelin-starred kitchens reinterpret mountain flavours with a creativity that has made the valley a place of pilgrimage for food lovers from all over the world.

In short, Trentino-Alto Adige is a region that has taken everything to the highest possible level: the slopes, the culture, the food and the natural setting.