Skiing in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo: Olympic Tofana runs, Faloria blacks and the Lagazuoi's Hidden Valley

Cortina ski guide: Tofana, Faloria and Lagazuoi pistes, the 2,560 m Olympia delle Tofane, Hidden Valley, 2026–27 passes, buses from Venice and where to stay.

Kilometres of slopes on the Cortina valley pass (Cortina, San Vito, Auronzo, Misurina)

120

Slopes in Cortina's three ski areas, per the tourism board

66

Olympia delle Tofane race course (m)

2560

Dolomiti Superski adult 1-day pass, high season 2026–27 (EUR)

89

Skiing & terrain in Cortina d'Ampezzo

All 85 entries in Dolomiti Superski's slope list for the Cortina d'Ampezzo region, checked 18 October 2026: Cortina's own sectors (Falzarego–5 Torri–Lagazuoi, Tofana with Socrepes and Pocol, Faloria, Cristallo) plus San Vito di Cadore, Auronzo and Misurina, which share the Cortina valley pass. Two race/itinerary routes (Olympia delle Tofane, Hidden Valley) and two tourism-board ski tours (Super 8, Great War Ski Tour) are added at the end and are not part of the counts.

Entries in the Dolomiti Superski Cortina slope list

85

Pistes in this table (connections and ski paths excluded)

78

Of which in Cortina's own sectors (Tofana, Faloria, Cristallo, Falzarego–5 Torri–Lagazuoi)

59

Connections and ski paths in the list

7

Black slopes in the tourism board's '13 black slopes'

13

Rows with a published length

17

• Blue (easy) pistes in this table — Cortina sectors 22, San Vito/Auronzo/Misurina 9: 31
• Red (medium) pistes in this table — Cortina sectors 27, San Vito/Auronzo/Misurina 7: 34
• Black (hard) pistes in this table — Cortina sectors 10, San Vito/Auronzo/Misurina 3: 13

The Dolomiti Superski list gives a number, name and easy/medium/hard grade for each slope (shown here as blue/red/black, the Italian piste colours). It is an operating list, not a register: some names repeat with different numbers or grades, and unnumbered links are mixed in, so the classification of 7 entries as connections or ski paths is ours. The breakdown counts the 78 pistes in the table, not connections; Cortina's tourism board counts 66 slopes (10 black, 29 red, 27 blue) in its three ski areas, a different basis. Lengths are shown only where an official source publishes them per run: the 13 black slopes (Cortina tourism board), the Lagazuoi and Armentarola slopes (Alta Badia tourism board) and the Olympia delle Tofane race course (Italia.it). Forcella Staunies and Mietres do not appear in the current list, so they are not included. The season dates in the list are from 2025–26; check live status before you go.

Cortina ski areas: Tofana, Faloria–Cristallo and Cinque Torri–Lagazuoi

Cortina's slopes are split into separate mountains around the town rather than one linked circuit. The tourism board counts 66 slopes in three ski areas: Tofane (35 slopes, including Socrepes, Pocol, Pié Tofana, Col Drusciè and Ra Valles), Faloria–Cristallo (15) and 5 Torri–Lagazuoi (16, with Averau, Col Gallina and Passo Falzarego). The Cortina valley pass adds San Vito di Cadore, Auronzo and Misurina for 120 km of slopes in total.

The Tofana side is the racing mountain: the Olympia delle Tofane, the women's World Cup and 2026 Olympic downhill course, is 2,560 m long according to Italia.it, and the tourism board's 13 black slopes include Forcella Rossa (2.1 km), Col Druscié A and Vertigine Bianca. Faloria answers with short, steep blacks — Canalone Franchetti, Stratondi, Scoiattolo and Vitelli Alta, scene of the 1956 Olympic giant slalom.

West of town, Cinque Torri, Averau and Col Gallina are wide, scenic reds; the Lagazuoi cable car from Passo Falzarego opens the 'Hidden Valley' — the Lagazuoi slope (3.5 km) and the Armentarola slope (7.5 km) down into Alta Badia, finishing with a horse tow. The Super 8 (29.1 km) and the Great War Ski Tour (90 km) are the official ski tours from this side.

Cortina for beginners: Socrepes, Pocol and the easy Tofana slopes

Socrepes, on the lower Tofana above town, is Cortina's beginner hub. The official list has a Campo Scuola (nursery area) there and a cluster of easy slopes — Socrepes, Roncato, Redoncè, Rosà, San Zan and Col Tarón — with Olympia Pocol and Costón del Falco nearby at Pocol. Higher up, Col Drusciè B, Tofanina and Pian Ra Valles are also graded easy.

Scuola Sci Cortina runs its group lessons from Socrepes: beginners (levels L0–L2) meet at the Baby Ski School area, and private lessons meet at the school's Socrepes office. The school recommends at least two hours for a first private lesson and notes that you need a lift ticket even for the Baby Ski School area, because it has a lift.

Progress to the panoramic reds at Cinque Torri, Averau and Col Gallina before the Faloria and Tofana blacks. Many of Cortina's famous runs are steep: the tourism board's 13 black slopes have maximum gradients between 51% and 72%.

Getting to Cortina: Venice or Treviso airport, then the bus

Cortina has no airport and no railway. The tourism board lists Venice Marco Polo (162 km), Treviso (130 km), Verona (260 km) and Innsbruck in Austria (170 km) as the gateway airports. Daily Cortina Express, Flixbus and ATVO buses link Cortina with Venice airport and Venice–Mestre station; in high season there are also connections to Treviso airport. Buses arrive at the terminal by the Ice Stadium.

By train, the nearest stations are Calalzo di Cadore (35 km), connected by Dolomiti Bus, and Dobbiaco/Toblach (31 km), connected by SAD buses. Dolomiti Bus has published its winter 2026–2027 timetables. Cortina Express also stops at Pocol, Socrepes, Cinque Torri, Passo Falzarego and San Vito di Cadore, which helps if you are staying outside the centre.

By car, Cortina lies on the SS51 Alemagna road; the motorway exits are A27 Belluno to the south (72 km) and A22 Bressanone to the north (87 km). The town has several paid car parks and a larger one at Acquabona with a free shuttle.

Cortina with kids: ski schools, Socrepes and the Baby Ski School

Cortina's tourism board lists several ski and snowboard schools, including Scuola Sci Cortina (which calls itself Italy's first ski school), Azzurra Cortina, Dolomiti Cortina and the snowboard school Boarderline. Scuola Sci Cortina's children's group courses take children from age 4 (up to 14 for the advanced course); for younger children it recommends private lessons. Groups usually have 4–8 children and start on Mondays.

Group lessons gather at Socrepes, in the Baby Ski School area for beginners, and the school asks you to arrive an hour early on the first day to collect bibs. Its instructors teach, subject to availability, in Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian and German — confirm the language when you book, at least 14 days ahead in high season.

For a non-skiing parent, Socrepes is easy to reach from town by car, ski bus or taxi, and the school advises the ski bus or a taxi rather than driving at Christmas and Carnival. Note that lift tickets, equipment and insurance are not included in course prices.

Where to stay in Cortina: centre, Socrepes–Pocol or San Vito di Cadore

Cortina centre is the most convenient all-round base. The Faloria cable car starts by the town's bus station, and the Freccia nel Cielo gondola to Col Drusciè and Ra Valles leaves from Via dello Stadio near the Ice Stadium, where the long-distance buses also stop. The trade-off is that Socrepes, Pocol and Cinque Torri need a ski bus, a car or a lift link, and the run back into town from the Tofana is not always open.

Staying up at Socrepes or Pocol puts the beginner slopes and ski-school meeting points on your doorstep and makes the Tofana runs easy to reach, but evenings mean a drive or bus into town. San Vito di Cadore, south of Cortina, has its own small ski area on the same valley pass and a Cortina Express stop; but its slopes closed in mid-March last season, and most days you would travel to Cortina's bigger areas.

Wherever you book, check the walk in ski boots to the nearest lift or bus stop, ski storage, and whether the property is near a ski-bus stop. If you plan to ski Cinque Torri and Lagazuoi often, remember they are reached by road towards Passo Falzarego.

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Cortina ski pass vs Dolomiti Superski: 2026–27 prices

There are two levels. The Cortina valley pass from the Skipass Cortina consortium covers Cortina, San Vito di Cadore, Auronzo and Misurina (120 km of slopes); the tourism board says it also covers the Skyline cable car and the Lagazuoi down to Armentarola. Dolomiti Superski covers all 12 areas and about 1,200 km of slopes, and is what you need for the Sellaronda, the Great War Ski Tour or a day in Alta Badia.

Dolomiti Superski published its 2026–27 prices on 30 September 2026: adult 1-day high season €89, adult 6-day high season €453 and the Dolomiti Superski Family at €43 per day (checked 18 October 2026). Skipass Cortina's 2026–27 valley season pass costs €785 if bought by 24 December 2026 and €845 from 25 December; daily and multi-day valley prices are given through the official online calculator, so we do not quote them here.

Discounts for juniors, seniors and children are set by birth year, and buying day or multi-day passes online at least two days ahead gives 5% off. The horse tow and the bus back from Armentarola are paid separately from the ski pass.

Best time to ski in Cortina: snow history, season dates and forecasts

For the best snow, aim for late January to early March, with February the safest bet; December is the build-up month and late March onwards the shoulder. This is a SkiPair calculation from daily snow-depth reports at Dobbiaco (1,226 m, about the altitude of Cortina town, 31 km away) in NOAA's GHCN-Daily archive of Italian Air Force synoptic data, 1991–2020: snow lay on about three days in four in January and February, with the deepest average cover in February (about 26 cm), against about 13 cm in December and 17 cm in March, and almost none in April. Days without a reported depth were counted as snow-free, the station is in the valley (Cortina's slopes reach about 2,800 m at the Lagazuoi) and 95% of the slopes have snowmaking, so treat this as a guide to timing, not a forecast — historical averages never guarantee a season.

No fixed opening and closing dates for 2026–27 were published when we checked. Skipass Cortina's offers run Dolomiti Superpremière from the start of the season to 19 December 2026 and Dolomiti Springdays from 14 March 2027 to the end of the season. Last winter, most Cortina slopes ran from early December to 6–12 April, while San Vito and Auronzo closed in mid-March.

Before you travel, check the live slope list and the Dolomiti Superski app for open runs, and watch the forecast for wind on the Lagazuoi and Tofana cable cars and for heavy snow, which can stop the Armentarola horse tow.

Find ski partners in Cortina for the Tofana blacks or the Hidden Valley

Cortina works well for a solo trip, but its areas are spread out, so a partner makes logistics easier — sharing a taxi or bus to Passo Falzarego, or a car to Socrepes. On SkiPair, add your dates, base and level to match with someone planning the same days: the 13 black slopes on the Tofana and Faloria, a Hidden Valley day, or easy Socrepes laps.

Agree the plan before you set off: who has a Dolomiti Superski pass and who only the valley pass, cash for the horse tow and the bus back from Armentarola, and a turnaround time on long tours such as the Super 8 or the Great War Ski Tour.

Ski pass prices for Cortina d'Ampezzo

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Weather and snow

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Closest airport is Venice (VCE).

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