CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING: DOBBIACO

Itinerary

• Flight Inclusive itinerary
• Land Only itinerary

Day 1

Fly from Gatwick to Innsbruck with GB Airways (13.15 - 16.10); transfer by road to Dobbiaco (approx. 2 hours).

Day 2 - 7

We prefer not to specify in advance where we will ski each day. This is to enhance the flexibility and adapt to weather and snow conditions and to some extent the ability of each group. When choosing routes, the leader's priority will be to take in a variety of scenery and to ensure that participants become better and more confident skiers as the week progresses. Examples of skiing options: Along the wide valley floor east and west of Dobbiaco there is easy skiing for many kilometres - great for beginners. A little more challenging is the track that leads south to Cortina d'Ampezzo, a memorable route among spectacular mountains, passing under the triple rock buttresses of the imposing Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The Sexten and Prags valleys offer a choice of undulating routes in typical Dolomites scenery, with a welcoming cafe for a lunch stop. To the south the high Plätzwiese plateau has some superb routes at about 2000m. Many of the area's cross-country skiing tracks are prepared for skating technique as well as for classic style. Grade 3 groups will spend most of their time on the tracks but will occasionally follow untracked routes in the Sexten valley. As this is a multi-grade holiday, each week there are two grades of skiing offered by two leaders.

Day 8

Return transfer to Innsbruck. Fly Innsbruck to Gatwick (17.00 - 17.55). Flight times subject to confirmation.