Established in 1890 the Italian ski resort Cortina lies at 1224 metres altitude in the Veneto region of the Italian Dolomites \ Dolomiten. With the highest lifts and ski slopes at 2939m Cortina ski area is snow sure. Over ? snow cannons ensure artificial Cortina snow making covers 75km of ski trails, which equates to around 95 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Cortina (Italy) is Venice / Venezia at a distance of 160km or approximately 120 minutes driving time. Cortina ski season runs from November to April.

SNO-man says

Italy's most stylish resort, often ranked along side St Moritz (you can play polo in both) and certainly one of the world's best known ski centres. Cortina was host to the 1956 Winter Olympics. Located in wide sunny valley amongst spectacular Dolomitic scenery, the resort has three major ski areas, and is on the famous Dolomiti Superski pass. Visitors are given a Cortina card which gives discounts to many of the numerous facilities available off the slopes.

alpine downhill runs to ski in Cortina Italy

Beginner Trails

0 runs 0km

Intermediate Trails

42 runs 55km

60%

Advanced Trails

19 runs 45km

27%

Expert Trails

8 runs 8km

11%

Cortina Resort & Holiday Info

Beginners learning to ski
Intermediate Skiers
Expert Skiers
Snowboarders
Apres Ski
Family friendly
Snowsure
Ambience
Value for money
Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day)	€187 - €234
Traditional Ski Village / ~~Purpose Built Ski Resort~~
Ski Resort Opens	Nov 2012
Ski Resort Closes	Apr 2013
(snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing)

Ski Area Cortina Mountain

Downhill Ski Runs	110km
total length of Cortina trails
Longest lift serve Run	9km
longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift
Ski Slope Orientation	W E
direction Cortina ski areas face
Top Altitude	2939m
top station of highest ski lift
Bottom Altitude	1224m
bottom of lowest ski run
Resort Altitude	1224m
centre of Cortina ski resort
Vertical Drop	2019m
total descent from top lift to bottom piste
Skiable Vertical	^v 2019m
can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served

Skiing in Cortina

Skiing Cortina you'll enjoy 70 pistes and trails and that means approximately 110km of ski runs. Cortina lifts number 37 with the capacity to uplift 47770 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Italian ski resort of Cortina is over 9km long.

SNO-man says

Cortina Ski Area

Cortina ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 60% intermediate, 27% advanced ski slopes and 11% for expert skiers - the most difficult Cortina piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Cortina after dark.

Cortina for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall

Snowboarding in Cortina

If you snowboard Cortina you'll want to know that, of the 37 ski lifts in total, 7 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Cortina snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Cortina snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 1 half pipe (longest half pipe length is ? metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.

SNO-man says

Cortina for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall

Cortina Apres Ski

The apres ski Cortina scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:

30 apres ski bars 70 restaurants 0 bowling 8 night club 1 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 1 concert 1 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 3 saunas 3 hot tubs 2 solariums 5 masseurs 1 indoor ice skating 0 outdoor ice skating 3 indoor sports centre 1 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 1 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 1 horse riding 20 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 1 golf 0 fishing 3 museum 2 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Adventure Park, Art Gallery, Bobsleigh, Curling, Ice Disco, Pet's Club, Polo, Ski Jump, Snow Rafting, Taxi Bob.

SNO-man says

Cortina is one of the best choices for parties including non skiers as there's so much to do besides winter sports. More unusual options include a run on the 'Taxi Bob' - descending the Olympic Ronco bobsleigh run behind a member of the Cortina Adrenalin team, snow rafting at the Olympic ski jump (descending a snow slope in a rubber raft, but without the jump, hopefully) and ski joring - being towed behind a horse whilst you're wearing your skis (more conventional trekking, riding lessons and sleigh rides also available).

Cortina for apres ski gets 5 stars out of 5 overall

More Cortina Snow Ski Area and Resort Information

Cortina resort - ski Cortina by any other name

The Italian ski resort of Cortina ski resort is also known as Cortina and has the following common misspellings:

Cortina ski area has ski slopes which face W E

The direction which the various Cortina ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.

- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Cortina ski resort has ski slopes facing W E.

Cortina for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall

Cortina reviews, 4 star rating and resort and ski area information is collated by SNO man from staff experience and customer feedback.