'Must do' runs and mountain restaurants in Arabba?

I just translated that page using Google Translate. Worked OK - sort of.

Unbelievably good day he has had and the whole article is the absolute dog's bollocks. I am spewing that I didn't get as far up as that guy did.

andyhull wrote:Oh, and spend some time learning about how the first world war was fought in the mountains. Fascinating but chilling.

A bit off topic.

Yep, fair old stoush up there in WW1. They still have some forts above 3000m around Sella Ronda (I think) from the war are open to tourists (definite in summer, might be closed in winter) . Whole battalions used to get wiped out in avalanches; death due to exposure, freezing and falls common. Bloody hard work getting the artillery up to the peaks too.

I'll think twice before complaing about sore feet next time I am up there.

Thanks for the comments everyone. :D

I 'm certainly very interested in WWI history and may see if I can find a decent map to point things out. I noticed that the ski school organise guided tours so I guess it should be pretty easy to explore the area. Did Graham Bell not do a feature on this a couple of years ago on Ski Sunday? (One of the ones I missed, sadly.)

Ian – thanks for the comments on the video but sadly my computer is a PC rather than a Mac. I'm sure my OH will work it out when we get back, though as we haven't yet edited last year's offering from Sauze, it may take a while......

The forecast shows about a foot and a half of snow for the next few days, so hopefully the conditions will be perfect. :D :D :D

A couple of WW1 links:

http://www.museodellaguerra-marmolada.com/default.asp?LNG=DE?LNG=EN

http://www.worldwar1.com/itafront/marmolada.htm

I think your major possible weather\snow problem is gonna be having too much of the stuff, or blizzards. Mountains of powder on the webcams

andyhull wrote:A couple of WW1 links:

http://www.museodellaguerra-marmolada.com/default.asp?LNG=DE?LNG=EN

http://www.worldwar1.com/itafront/marmolada.htm

Thanks for the super interesting post Andy. I am going to try and get up there when I go back in mid Febuary. I see they had 4 metres of snow in 48 hours back in 1917 - now that is a dump and a half.......

Thanks Andy. I will have proper read through the links tonight- they look fascinating. :D

Geno – hmm, hadn't really thought of that and I'm guessing most of the skiing is above the tree line so I can't hide in the trees to improve visibility? It snowed almost continuously when we were in Sauze last year, which wasn't a problem as most of the lower runs were tree lined (and plentiful), but all the links to Sestiere were shut due to avalanche risk. Once the weather cleared up however the skiing was amazing. I'm going to have to learn to ski powder this year! :D

Lynn_D wrote:Thanks for the comments everyone. :D

I 'm certainly very interested in WWI history and may see if I can find a decent map to point things out. I noticed that the ski school organise guided tours so I guess it should be pretty easy to explore the area. Did Graham Bell not do a feature on this a couple of years ago on Ski Sunday? (One of the ones I missed, sadly.)

Ian – thanks for the comments on the video but sadly my computer is a PC rather than a Mac. I'm sure my OH will work it out when we get back, though as we haven't yet edited last year's offering from Sauze, it may take a while......

The forecast shows about a foot and a half of snow for the next few days, so hopefully the conditions will be perfect. :D :D :D

Lynn I would be more than happy to edit the video for you, PM me if you want to take me up on the offer 8)