Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Sassalungo






Here are a few shots of the famous Italian Dolomites, in South Tyrol. This is the Sassolungo, which we have a dead-on view of from our balcony.
Our first day we had beautiful blue sky and eagle eye views. We took the 'Sella Rondo' which is a circuit of chair lifts around this massive range of rock. It took us SIX hours to make the circuit. It was incredible. And it seemed we were in a constant state of 'jaw-drop'.
We were glad we did that on the first day, because the next 2 days the circuit was closed due to high winds. So the second day we skiied to the highest mountain and took a 10.5 kilometer run! We thought it would take us longer, but we did it in 25 minutes. Non-stop skiing for 25 minutes.
No wonder my foot is swollen at the end of each day! But it is holding up, so I am very grateful.
Finish the day with an Italian pizza and the day is complete. Oh, and just so you know that it's not ALL perfect. We do have to ski in MINUS 16C. Brrrrr! Although today it warmed up to a lovely minus 11C. And this is March???

3 comments:

La said...

Amazing! and cold. :)

Melanie Herway said...

25 minutes of skiing. Wow! I think my feet would be swollen after that. I would love it though. I for sure am drooling about all the pizza you are eating. JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!

Colie said...

I love that about European slopes - you CAN go straight for 25 minutes! The thought of Italian pizza ... oh man!