Cortina d'Ampezzo

Our author was struck by the Salomon Freeski episode "War Story"... The astonishingly insensitive mixing of old footage from the Dolomite front of the First World War with quite successful ski videos of the same area provokes a polemical reply.

The beautiful Cristallo Group in the Dolomites with the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo is not only a meeting place for the rich and famous, but also the perfect place for alpine activities and steep face skiing.

Winter in our beloved north-eastern Alps is rapidly coming to an end, the meadows are already green in many places and the summer temperatures are causing the below-average snow cover to melt even faster. Many of the usual steep face projects for this time of year are highly unlikely to be realized this winter.