In 25 years of playing in the mountains, daily no less, I have never witnessed nature’s power as I did this afternoon. Rising over 1200 meters directly behind our house in the Italian Dolomites are the northern slopes of the Plan de Corones, or Kronplatz. The giant hillside is completely covered in thick, lush forest [...]
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Mountain Biking Dolomites Sellaronda
What is the Dolomite’s Sella? An incredible amount of activity literally surrounds what is arguably the Dolomite’s true heart, the Sella Group. Rising like an island in a calm sea, the Sella is an enormous, 9 kilometer wide freestanding massif. With its tiered layers, towers, couloirs and mostly flat top, it has been nicknamed the “Wedding [...]
Mountain Biking in the Dolomites Val Gardena
Dolomites Mountain Biking Italy’s Val Gardena, or Gröden in German, is one of Italy’s most famous ski destinations. But it is certainly not just for skiing, and it is only Italy by location – for this is a special valley where the look & feel is much closer to its more Germanic northern neighbors. Here, the [...]
Italian Dolomite Bike Hotels
Cyclists… Now admit it, you want to feel like a European based pro. You want to ride those perfect, twisting switchbacked climbs, descend amongst towering walls, and fly through villages on cobbled lanes. When your ride is over, you want to pull into a luxury hotel, park your bike in a work room, march into [...]
Trail Running & Mountain Biking
We have been working with some friends to create some tourism marketing material to promote the Dolomites for trail running and mountain biking. A collaborative video project showing off the region’s offerings is in the works and will be ready to post this coming winter. Our goal with this new image collection is to really [...]
GoreTex Review
Does GoreTex really work? I’ll admit to some nerdy tendencies and let it be known that I keep a pretty detailed training and “fun log”. It keeps me informed about my training while providing some motivation to fill in each day’s square with what I did, training time, intensity, etc… Things have seemed pretty busy [...]
