Salei Valley is a not so difficult freeride tour,
but a very exciting experience for the lovers
of this sport. It's the complete discent of salei Valley, from the
Skiarea Col
Rodella to Pian de Frataces (1715m),near the Refuge Lupo Bianco. The
starting point can be comfortably reached through the cableway Pradel-Rodella
from Pian de Frataces; now you have to go down the slope until the
station of the chairlift "5 Dita": at the end of the lift take the slop on the
right and, always on the left side of the track, reach the basis of the little
hill where the old skilift "Passo Sella" is now in course of dismantling. In a
few minutes you can reach the top of a little crest, where you can see the
Refuge Valentini (2213m). The first part of the
track is not so difficult: it's a ridge facing south and you won't run into
difficulties if you take carefully and widely the curves. In this way you set
out for the eastern side of Salei Valley, always on the northern crest (the
slope 3-Tre is on
the right). Now, at the height of 200 m, the most difficult part of the tour
begins: you have to go through the wooded slopes all around Pian de Frataces.
The conifer wood is rather thick and I suggest you to follow the track of the
cableway on the right, in order not to loose your bearings. The wood becomes
thiner and thiner and so permits you to take wider trajectories. In the last
part the track is in the middle of some "tobié" (barns); in a few minutes you'ìll
reach the staion of the cableway PRadel Rodella, in the Antermont Valley.
The avalanche danger is usually not so high
because of the characteristics of the track (slight incline and thick wood) but
it's recommandable to controle every day the snow conditions on the weather
report by Tourist Information or on
www.arpa.veneto.it
of this sport. It's the complete discent of salei Valley, from the
Skiarea Col
Rodella to Pian de Frataces (1715m),near the Refuge Lupo Bianco. The
starting point can be comfortably reached through the cableway Pradel-Rodella
from Pian de Frataces; now you have to go down the slope until the
station of the chairlift "5 Dita": at the end of the lift take the slop on the
right and, always on the left side of the track, reach the basis of the little
hill where the old skilift "Passo Sella" is now in course of dismantling. In a
few minutes you can reach the top of a little crest, where you can see the
Refuge Valentini (2213m). The first part of the
track is not so difficult: it's a ridge facing south and you won't run into
difficulties if you take carefully and widely the curves. In this way you set
out for the eastern side of Salei Valley, always on the northern crest (the
slope 3-Tre is
on
the right). Now, at the height of 200 m, the most difficult part of the tour
begins: you have to go through the wooded slopes all around Pian de Frataces.
The conifer wood is rather thick and I suggest you to follow the track of the
cableway on the right, in order not to loose your bearings. The wood becomes
thiner and thiner and so permits you to take wider trajectories. In the last
part the track is in the middle of some "tobié" (barns); in a few minutes you'ìll
reach the staion of the cableway PRadel Rodella, in the Antermont Valley.