Madonna Di Campiglio and Pinzolo officially ‘connected’

A new lift joins Madonna di Campiglio and Pinzolo bringing 150 kilometres of new ski terrain.

The long awaited lift connection that officially links Italy’s Madonna di Campiglio and Pinzolo is finally ready to be opened bringing along with it a new 150 kilometre ski area.
The project which began two years ago will officially open in December bringing a new Tulot gondola lift in Pinzolo and two extra new runs.

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Workers are working quickly so that skiers at Madonna di Campiglio will enjoy a new black run this winter.

Italy’s Madonna di Campiglio has announced they’re currently building a new ski run they hope will be complete ready for winter 2010-11.

The new Nube D’Oro run in the Spinale sector will be served by the Homonym chairlift and end in front of Montagnoli mountain hut. Continue reading ‘Madonna di Campiglio to unveil a new black run next season’

Tourist Office

Madonna di Campiglio – Pinzolo – Val Rendena Azienda per il Turismo S.P.A.
Via Pradalaggo, 4
Madonna di Campiglio
Trentino
Italy
I 38084

Telephone: (465) 447501
Email: info@campiglio.to
Website: www.campiglio.to

Description

One of Italy’s most famous resorts, with a surprisingly low number of foreign visitors. It is a very pleasant town with excellent shopping and après ski. The slopes above are varied, extensive and mostly tree-lined.

Review

Madonna di Campiglio is one of the world’s classic ski centres and one of Italy’s most famous ranking with Cortina, Courmayeur and San Martino. Considering its long history in winter sports it has the benefit of an extensive and hugely enjoyable ski area with access lifts coming right down in to the town – both unusual assets compared to many of the other famous ski resorts of long standing. The resort’s altitude gives it better snowsure conditions than many traditional winter sports centres.

Recent investment has meant that almost all the key trails are served by modern lifts, and supported by snow making. As well as the lift-linked terrain joined to two other resorts, a further four are included in the area pass bringing a total of 300km (187 miles) of trails served by 100 lifts, less than a third of those surface tows – a very high percentage of chairs and cabin lifts by Europoean standards.

Madonna di Campiglio is a very chic resort staging the kind of grand balls and polo-on-ice tournaments for which St Moritz is famous. It feels good to be there because the town is pleasant to be in and the surrounding scenery of the Rendena Valley with pink Dolomitic rock above, ascending in sheer cliffs and precipices above the forest is spectacular and beautiful.

The area has a long history, but had been in a period of decline for around 150 years when skiing first began here in the 1930s, the resort really taking off by the ’50s. Most of the local population are now employed in the tourism industry. Unusually for a top European resort the vast majority of Madonna’s clientele are domestic – Italians.

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Madonna di Campiglio, Trentino, Trento, Dolomites, Italy, Folgàrida – Marilléva, Skirama Adamello – Brenta

Tourist Office

Azienda Autonoma di Soggiorno
Azienda di Promozione Turistica – I.A.T. Pinzolo
Pinzolo
Trentino
Italy
I 38086

Telephone: (465) 501007
Email: apt.pinzolo@trentino.to
Website: www.campiglio.net

Description

A charming village in the Brenta Dolomites centred around its fourteenth-century church and sharing the lift pass with Madonna di Campiglio (another 150km of trails). There’s an illuminated cross country Trail (3 km/2 miles) .

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Madonna di Campiglio, Doss del Sabion, Pinzolo, Spiazzo, Rendena, Trentino, Italy, Skirama Adamello – Brenta, Val Rendena