Skiing in Val Gardena
112 pistes and trails means approximately 175km of runs. 83 Val Gardena lifts have capacity to transport 115423 per hour. The longest run in the Italian ski resort is over 9km.
The mountain has 0% beginner runs or nursery slopes, 30% intermediate, 60% advanced slopes and 10% for experts - the most difficult piste is the 10.5km Nogler run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. There is no night skiing.
Rating for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall 
Snowboarding in Val Gardena
Of the 83 ski lifts, 27 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives an indication of how modern the lift system is and how good Val Gardena is for snowboarding - especially for beginners learning to board. Facilities include 4 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 500 metres), 2 quarter pipe and 2 boardercross courses.
Rating for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Val Gardena Apres Ski
Off-Slope activities include:
20 apres ski bars 100 restaurants 1 bowling 3 night club 1 cinema 1 billiards / pool 1 games room 0 concert 1 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 0 hot tubs 2 solariums 4 masseurs 1 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 1 indoor sports centre 2 indoor tennis 1 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 2 horse riding 105 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 2 golf 2 fishing 1 museum 3 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Indoor Shooting Range.
SNO-man says
Selva and Val Gardena have above average facilities including an indoor ice rink with ice hockey matches to watch. You can also try parascending or follow 105km of winter walks. Indoor facilities include snooker halls, a shooting range and tennis.
In Val Gardena as a whole there is a weekly programme of open-air concerts, folk evenings, slide shows, film shows and processions in traditional costumes. Ortisei has a public indoor pool.
In Selva the Alpenroyal Hotel has a beauty centre "Eghes" which offers facial and body treatments. The centre can prepare a personal programme taylored to your individual needs with first-class beauty-products ("Maria Galland" - Paris, Sixtus and DIBI), or you can choose any of their especially developed programmes or both men and women. Other hotels also have beauty centres and swimming pools open to the public.
There is also the Valley's museum of local history and crafts in Ortisei.
Rating for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
"Val Gardena" by any other name
The Italian resort is also known as Selva Ciampinoi, Dantercëpies, Piz Sella, Monte Pana, Col Roiser, Seceda, Alpe di Siusi, Seiser Alm, Val Gardena and has common misspellings:
The direction which the various Val Gardena slopes face can make or break your ski holiday. To guarantee good snow conditions, choose a resort with piste which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February pick a resort with sunny south facing 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 resort with cool and shady north facing trails will ensure you're not riding on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best destinations have areas which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating conditions whatever the weather. Val Gardena has slopes facing N S.
Rating for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Childcare in Val Gardena, Italy
Val Gardena day and evening care plus snow ski schools and babysitting.
Selva Gardena was one of the few Italian resorts to offer day care, accepting kids from age 1 to 4, but that facility has now finished. However the ski schools do attempt to accommodate children as much as possible. The Dolomiti Ski Pass also has low prices and free lift use for younger children, with spacial offer weeks through the season.
Other facilities include the skating and the indoor pool at Ortisei. There's a playpark in the centre of the resort next to the minigolf, behind the Pranives Sports Stadium and in Plan da Tieja at the end of the Promenade.
Special offers of free and discounted child holidays at certain establishments during low season, check with the tourist office.
3 stars out of 5 overall
Val Gardena Shopping
Val Gardena shopping - fashion boutiques, outdoor gear and food shops
Selva Gardena has a good selection of shops covering most requirements and there's a weekly market on Thursday s. A greater choice of shops is available in Ortisei down the valley.
The top local product, for which the valley has been famous for 400 years, are wood carvings - in centuries past several thousand wood carvers worked in the valley producing first wooden bowls and other simple utensils and then the more talented tried their hand on more artistic items, mostly statues with a religious subject, while some of them produced caricatures, picture frames, ornaments, animals, nativity scene figurines and children's toys. By the 18th century Val Gardena was a major centre of wood carving, and pedlars and merchants carried the carvings and the name of Val Gardena far and wide.
Val Gardena value for money gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Ski Equipment Rental Shops in Val Gardena
Val Gardena hire shops - overview of all shopping in Val Gardena
Selva Gardena has a good selection of shops covering most requirements and there's a weekly market on Thursday s. A greater choice of shops is available in Ortisei down the valley.
The top local product, for which the valley has been famous for 400 years, are wood carvings - in centuries past several thousand wood carvers worked in the valley producing first wooden bowls and other simple utensils and then the more talented tried their hand on more artistic items, mostly statues with a religious subject, while some of them produced caricatures, picture frames, ornaments, animals, nativity scene figurines and children's toys. By the 18th century Val Gardena was a major centre of wood carving, and pedlars and merchants carried the carvings and the name of Val Gardena far and wide.
Val Gardena ski rental shops value rating gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Mountain & Snow Sports in Val Gardena
Val Gardena snow sports - off slope winter mountain sports
Cross Country Skiing (langlaufen) in Val Gardena: 102km X C ski trails, Lessons available? Y
Easy XC Ski Trails: 35km Intermediate XC Trails: 31km Difficult XC Trails: 32km
Telemark Tuittion: Y Telemark Rental 5 Paragliding schools: 2
Snow mobile Rental: 0 Toboggan Run Length: 20km
Non Skiing Winter & Snow Activities in Val Gardena
Val Gardena snow fun - off slope winter activities
Outdoor Ice Rink: 1 Indoor Ice Rink: 1 Balloon Flights: 0
Prepared Winter Walks: 105 Snowshoeing: 1 Hang Gliding : 0
Snow mobile Rental: 0 Toboggan Run Length: 20km Paragliding schools: 2
Val Gardena non skiing facilities also include Indoor Shooting Range.