Ortler Ski Tour - South Tirol, Italy
This was a personal ski trip to the Ortler area in the South Tirol in Italy. The Ortler ski tour is different than many of the other ski tours in The Alps in that it is a big loop trip that allows for multiple layover days and the emphasis is on finding great turns in stunning terrain rather than getting from point A to point B as fast as possible. This quickly became my favorite European Alps ski tour and one that I plan to offer as a guided trip in the years to come The mountain huts are truly amazing and more like hotels with private rooms, hot showers and delicious Italian food and wine. We spent 2 days skiing off piste at Sulden, where we began the tour, and then spent 7 days on the tour. We spent one night at the Marteller Hut, 3 nights at the Brenva Hut and 2 nights at the Pizzini Hut. We culminated the tour with a spectacular summit and ski descent of the famous Gran Zebru (Konigspitze) back to Sulden. Snow coverage was great and ski conditions were good to very good. Joining me were friends Rick Ziegler from Bishop, CA. and Gregor Finke and Erica Olsen from Reno, NV. Amazingly, we had 8 days straight of blue bird weather (rare in the Alps) which allowed us to ski every day. We found it all from spring corn to cold high altitude powder.
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