Sappada italy
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Sappada Italy.
Sappada Ski Holiday Facts
Established in ? the Italian ski resort Sappada lies at 2000 metres altitude in the Veneto region of the Italian Dolomites \ Dolomiten. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Sappada ski area is not snow sure. Over 25 snow cannons ensure artificial Sappada snow making covers 14km of ski trails, which equates to around 90 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Sappada (Italy) is Venice at a distance of 150km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Sappada ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
A local cultural centre with an ice rink and over 20 hotels, close to the Austrian border and marketed with neighbour Cortina D'Ampezzo. 100 per-cent of the ski runs are covered by snow-making.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Sappada Italy
Beginner Trails
 1 runs 0.4km |
4% |
Intermediate Trails
 5 runs 2km |
23% |
Advanced Trails
 13 runs 18km |
61% |
Expert Trails
 1 runs 1km |
4% |
Sappada 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 Sappada Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 22km |
| total length of Sappada trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 4.5km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | ? |
| direction Sappada ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2000m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1250m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1250m |
| centre of Sappada ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 750m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 750m |
| 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 Sappada
Skiing Sappada you'll enjoy 21 pistes and trails and that means approximately 22km of ski runs. Sappada lifts number 16 with the capacity to uplift 9072 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Italian ski resort of Sappada is over 4.5km long.
Sappada Ski Area
Sappada ski area has 4% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 23% intermediate, 61% advanced ski slopes and 4% for expert skiers - the most difficult Sappada piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Sappada after dark.
Sappada for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Sappada
If you snowboard Sappada you'll want to know that, of the 16 ski lifts in total, 11 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Sappada snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Sappada snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Sappada for snowboarding gets 2 stars out of 5 overall
Sappada Apres Ski
The apres ski Sappada scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
25 apres ski bars 15 restaurants 0 bowling 1 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 0 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 0 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 3 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 0 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 1 golf 0 fishing 2 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities ?.
Sappada for apres ski gets 2 stars out of 5 overall
More Sappada Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Sappada resort - ski Sappada by any other name
The Italian ski resort of Sappada ski resort is also known as and has the following common misspellings:
Sappada ski area has ski slopes which face ?
The direction which the various Sappada 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. Sappada ski resort has ski slopes facing ?.
Sappada for snow gets ? stars out of 5 overall