Ski mountaineering in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Ski mountaineering excursions with the Dolomiti SkiRock Mountain Guides

In the winter season, the Dolomiti SkiRock Mountain Guides organize individual or group ski mountaineering courses on the peaks that surround the town of Cortina. These courses are aimed at improving your ascent and descent technical skills on any type of terrain and with any weather condition. Moreover, during the course, you will learn all the safety measures that you need to know when embarking on a ski mountaineering excursion and the fundamentals of the avalanche rescue operations.

The Dolomiti SkiRock Mountain Guides organize day-long ski mountaineering excursions in Cortina's basin and surroundings, always accurately choosing the itinerary according to the snow and weather conditions and to the technical skills, physical conditions and level of experience of the participants.

In the basin of Cortina and in the whole Dolomites range, there is plenty of ski mountaineering itineraries differing in levl of difficulty and duration time: from the day-long ones to the challenging multi-day excursions, that include overnight stays in the cozy, traditional mountain huts of the Dolomites.

Here you can find some of our guided ski mountaineering excursions in the Ampezzo basin:

Ski mountaineering excursions to Croda da Lago

• Tour of Monte Mondeval and ascent to the summit of the peak
  Difficulty level: F - easy
  Duration time: 3/4 hours
• Tour of Lastoi de Formin
  Difficuty level: PD - intermediate
  Duration time: 4/5 hours
• Traverse of Monte Croda da Lago, Forcella Adì
  Difficulty level: TD - advanced, very difficult
  Duration time: 5/6 hours

Ski mountaineering excursions to Cadini di Misurina

• Mountain pass Forcella della Neve
  Difficulty level: PD - intermediate
  Duration time: 3/4 hours
• Mountain pass Forcella Pogoffa
  Difficulty level: D - difficult
  Duration time: 3/4 hours
• Mountain pass Forcella degli Angeli
  Difficulty level: TD - advanced, very difficult
  Duration time: 3/4 hours

Ski mountaineering excursions to Tofane and Monte Lagazuoi

• Cima Tofana di Rozes (3225 metres a.s.l.)
  Difficulty level: D - difficult
  Duration time: 5/6 hours
• Forcella Grande
  Difficulty level: D - difficult
  Duration time: 4/5 hours
• Forcella Quaire
  Difficulty level: D - difficult
  Duration time: 4/5 hours

Ski mountaineering excursions to Croda Rossa d'Ampezzo

• Forcella col Fiedo
  Difficulty level: AD - rather difficult
  Duration time: 5/6 hours
• Forcella Nord
  Difficulty level: ED - extremely difficult
  Duration time: 5/6 hours
• Pala dell'Asco
  Difficulty level: F - easy
  Duration time: 3/4 hours

Ski mountaineering excursions to the Fanes-Sennes-Prags nature park

• Cima Monte Sella di Sennes
  Difficulty level: PD - intermediate
  Duration time: 4/5 hours (starting from Rifugio Sennes)
• Cima Piccola Croda Rossa
  Difficulty level: PD - intermediate
  Duration time: 5/6 hours
• Cima Monte Lavinores
  Difficulty level: PD - intermediate
  Duration time: 4/5 hours
• Cima Col Becchei
  Difficulty level: PD - intermediate
  Duration time: 3/4 hours (starting from Rifugio Fanes)
• Cima Dieci
  Difficulty level: F - easy
  Duration time: 4/5 hours (starting from Rifugio Fanes)

Ski mountaineering excursions to Monte Cristallo

• Val Fonda glacier
  Difficulty level: D - difficult
  Duration time: 5/6 hours
• Forcella Cristallino
  Difficulty level: D - difficult
  Duration time: 5/6 hours
• Mountain pass Passo del Cristallo
  Difficulty level: D - difficult
  Duration time: 5/6 hours
• Val Popena
  Difficulty level: F - easy
  Duration time: 3/4 hours

Ski mountaineering itineraries rating system
This system of rating, grading and describing the difficulty level of ski mountaineering itineraries takes into consideration some parameters, such as the length of the itinerary, the steepness of the slopes, the presence of obstacles and the overall technical difficulty.

• F: easy (easy low-angled slopes - 25/28 degrees)
• PD: intermediate (easy slopes, with some steeper sections - 28/32 degrees)
• AD: rather difficult (steep slopes, no terrain obstacles - 30/35 degrees)
• D: difficult (steeper slopes with some technically demanding sectios - 35/40 degrees)
• TD: advanced, very difficult (very steep and weather-beaten slopes - 40/45 degrees)
• ED: extremely difficult (extremely steep and technically demanding slopes - over 45 degrees)