Skitour Panorama: the most beautiful skitours in Val di Fassa
Unique views and legendary descents in the heart of the Dolomites
The Skitour Panorama is the quintessential tour of Val di Fassa. From any skiarea, you can start the tour in either direction, Yellow and Red, enjoying a magnificent day of skiing among breathtaking views within the most famous peaks of the Dolomites.
After reaching Col Rodella from Campitello by cable car, descend along the Val Salei via the 3-Tre red run to Pian Frataces. Take the cable car to the Belvedere Skiarea in Canazei, then down to Pecol to take the cable car up to Col dei Rossi and find the elegance of the Marmolada glacier right in front of you. From Col dei Rossi, take the Funifor lift down to Alba di Canazei, then return to altitude with the cable car to the Ciampac Skiarea. Reaching Sella Brunech, we can enjoy a spectacular view of Punta Penia and the south face of the Marmolada. From here, along a wide slope, we descend into the Val Giumela and, via the Pala del Geiger chairlift, we can climb to an altitude of 2,354 metres, where the panorama opens up with a view of Val Monzoni with Punta Valacia, Cima 11 and Cima 12 to the east.
This is the start of a long descent that begins with the Valvacin red run of approx. 1,640 metres, during which you can enjoy a very special view of the Sassolungo group, from which you can admire the Sasso Piatto. admire the Sasso Piatto. Almost at the end of the Valvacin slope, it is worth stopping to look at the panorama in front of us, which offers a view of the famous Catinaccio/Rosengarten massif. At this point, depending on your technical ability, you can choose the Panorama red run or the recent and technical Vulcano black run and reach Pozza di Fassa. Between Pozza di Fassa and Pera di Fassa, a ski bus shuttle will take us in 5-10 minutes to the start of the Vajolet1 chairlift. At the arrival point of the chairlifts at an altitude of 2,000 metres at Ciampedie, our destination, also known as the ‘Campo di Dio’ (Field of God), which offers a truly panoramic view of the Fassa Valley and the Dolomites and is also famous for the extraordinary Torri del Vajolet and the Catinaccio group. This is the ideal location for a relaxing break thanks to the many mountain huts equipped with terraces from which to enjoy a 360° view of the entire Dolomites.
The red tour starts in Vigo di Fassa. Taking the Vigo-Ciampedie Cable Car brings you to the foot of the Catinaccio Group. The Ciampedie, or "Field of God," at an altitude of 2,000 meters, represents a true panoramic balcony over the Fassa Valley and the Dolomites, also famous for the extraordinary Vajolet Towers. Excited by the magnificent landscape, we descend via the Prà Martin red slope, which takes us to the namesake chairlift.
At the top, we descend on the fun and challenging Thoeni slope, which, with its 4.5 km length, takes us from Pra Martin to Vigo di Fassa: a "red" slope with a 700-meter elevation change, featuring fun curves and gradient changes that entertain all skiers. Between Vigo and Pozza di Fassa, there are regular ski buses that take you in 10-15 minutes to the departure of the Buffaure cable car, where the tour continues with the four-seat lift Col de Valvacin, which will take visitors up to 2,354 meters, leaving them speechless once they admire the wonderful Punta Valacia, Cima 11, and Cima 12. The journey continues with more breathtaking views, descending on the Pala del Geiger slope to reach the departure of the Orsa Maggiore four-seat chairlift, which takes us up the Val Giumela.
At the top, we reach Sella Brunech, from where there is an exceptional view of the Sella Group, with the "pyramid" of the Piz Boè standing out. At this point, we're ready for a long descent that will take us from the 2,419 meters of Sella Brunech down to the village of Alba di Canazei at 1,517 meters. A vertical drop of 902 meters. We begin with the Sella Brunech red slope, which is 1,700 meters long, to reach the Ciampac plateau. From there, we start the famous and technical Ciampac slope, which is 2,200 meters long, an exciting black run where we can test our technical skills with various gradient changes ranging from 32% to 56%. Once in Alba di Canazei, we can take the Funifor lift, which will take us to Col dei Rossi, and after a long descent, we will reach Pian Frataces through the Belvedere skiarea, riding along slope no. 3 Kristiania and passing through the woods on slope no. 6 Del Bosco. From Pian Frataces, we take the Pradel cable car, which will take us to the skiarea - and the homonymous summit - of Col Rodella, the final destination of our Skitour Panorama.