SKI TREASURE HUNT IN THE DOLOMITES
20th January 2020 | Ian Davis, Val Gardena
Last modified on May 16th, 2021
Day Two of Ian Davis’s Dolomiti Superski adventure. Competing in the annual Ski Caching event. It has its roots in Geocaching.
Essentially a treasure hunt on the slopes.
50 caches are placed across the whole of the Dolomiti Superski area.
As a team of two you visit each location earning from 1 to 20 points.
The closer, easily-found ones are lower scoring but the further flung locations have greater rewards.
If you manage to get close to visiting all the caches you will be scoring in the high 400’s.
The winners of this year’s event managed to accumulate 463 points, which is really impressive.
They were dedicated to the cause and certainly weren’t hanging around to have covered such a huge area.
Their reward was taking home the €400 winners’ prize.
To earn your points you have to send in pictures from each location.
There are 5 photo points where inventive and humorous pictures gain bonus points.
The starting gun goes at 09.30am with a mass start in the centrally-located town of Ortisei from where you have easy access to the whole area.
After your day touring the area you finish back in Ortisei for drinks and prize giving.
Our day took shape by firstly enjoying the amazing views in the Seceda area before making our way over to Sassolungo pistes.
A great collection of slopes, it is also home to the Saslong World Cup downhill course.
Lunch was taken at the Curona Refuge: homemade traditional fair delivered by the local family who host all their guests like long lost friends.
The Ski Caching is a fully inclusive event – locals and international visitors made up the teams of young & old and families.
There were prizes for different classes and prizes drawn from the race numbers so everyone seemed to go home with a gift.
In summary, it was a great way to make you reach into the less explored corners of the Dolomiti Superski area.
It highlighted how well-linked the area is with its modern, efficient lifts.
We took it with a degree of seriousness.
But stopped for lunch and coffees, deciding to focus on inventive and imaginative photos at each cache.
A superb day out for intermediate and advanced skiers and boarders.
Fact Box:
This annual event took part on the 18th Jan 2020 and will be repeated in 2021.
Entry is €50 per team of two.
Read Part One of Ian Davis’ trip to the Dolomites:
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