Santa Caterina italy
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Santa Caterina Italy.
Santa Caterina Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1961 the Italian ski resort Santa Caterina lies at 2726 metres altitude in the Lombardy / Lombardia region of the Italian Rhaetian Alps. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Santa Caterina ski area is snow sure. Over 12 snow cannons ensure artificial Santa Caterina snow making covers 28km of ski trails, which equates to around 70 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Santa Caterina (Italy) is Milan / Milano at a distance of 200km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Santa Caterina ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
A quiet friendly village in the Valfurva Valley above Bormio. The architecture is very Italian and the scenery unspoilt and tranquil. The skiing is best suited to intermediates, but there are several testing blacks and the option for late season off-piste with a guide or high mountain touring.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Santa Caterina Italy
Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 2 runs 2km |
12% |
Advanced Trails
 12 runs 27km |
75% |
Expert Trails
 2 runs 2km |
12% |
Santa Caterina 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) | €? - €? |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Santa Caterina Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 35km |
| total length of Santa Caterina trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 5km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | ? |
| direction Santa Caterina ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2726m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1737m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1738m |
| centre of Santa Caterina ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 986m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 986m |
| 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 Santa Caterina
Skiing Santa Caterina you'll enjoy 16 pistes and trails and that means approximately 35km of ski runs. Santa Caterina lifts number 8 with the capacity to uplift 12620 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Italian ski resort of Santa Caterina is over 5km long.
Santa Caterina Ski Area
Santa Caterina ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 12% intermediate, 75% advanced ski slopes and 12% for expert skiers - the most difficult Santa Caterina piste is the 3.35km Bucaneve run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Santa Caterina after dark.
Santa Caterina for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Santa Caterina
If you snowboard Santa Caterina you'll want to know that, of the 8 ski lifts in total, 3 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Santa Caterina snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Santa Caterina snowboard facilities include 0 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Santa Caterina for snowboarding gets 2 stars out of 5 overall
Santa Caterina Apres Ski
The apres ski Santa Caterina scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
5 apres ski bars 4 restaurants 0 bowling 1 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 0 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 0 saunas 0 hot tubs 1 solariums 0 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 10 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 1 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Climbing, Fitness Centre, Gymnasium, Library, Solarium.
SNO-man says
The local Alpine Guides offer a full programme of sporting activities, among them
Winter hiking, trekking, mountaineering and climbing. Therrer are also guided mountain-bike excursions.
Nordic walking with sticks, simulating the classic technique of cross country skiing, is also offered. This is an ideal training sport as it involves the use of 85% of your muscles.
The nearby Palazzetto dello Sport has an indoor climbing wall and there's an open air skating rink in the village.
A trip down to test the various thermal pools and swimming complexes at Bormio should not be missed. At the Bormio Thermal Baths you can have a relaxing bath in the sulphate-alkaline water that gushes from the Cinglaccia source at a temperature of 40° C. The Old Baths are the only example in the Alps offering therapeutic sauna, hydromassage baths, waterfalls and an external swimming pool.
Santa Caterina for apres ski gets 2 stars out of 5 overall
More Santa Caterina Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Santa Caterina resort - ski Santa Caterina by any other name
The Italian ski resort of Santa Caterina ski resort is also known as Santa Caterina Costa Sobretta and has the following common misspellings:
Santa Caterina ski area has ski slopes which face ?
The direction which the various Santa Caterina 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. Santa Caterina ski resort has ski slopes facing ?.
Santa Caterina for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall