Winter holidays in Val Pusteria/Pustertal

Just half an hour's drive from Terento/Terenten you will find the Plan de Corones/Kronplatz winter sports centre. This ski area is one of the largest and most modern in South Tyrol. Several sunny cross-country tracks with a total of about 15 km extend on the high plateau of Riscone/Reischach, at the foot of the Plan de Corones/Kronplatz. Plan de Corones/Kronplatz with about 119 slope kilometres and 32 modern lifts is known as ski resort no. 1 in South Tyrol, offering long downhill pistes, sunny slopes for beginners as well as five black slopes, the so-called “Black Five”, which are a real challenge, even for pros. A viewing platform on the summit offers interesting insights into the surrounding mountain peaks. Above it you find the peace bell Concordia 2000, ringing daily at 12.00 o’clock. The ski resort is part of the largest ski carousel in the world, Dolomiti Superski, and offers direct access to the legendary Sellaronda, the tour around the Sella mountain. Also snowboarders and freestylers will get their money’s worth during a winter holiday on Plan de Corones/Kronplatz – on the snow park on the Belvedere slope with easy-, medium-, medium-rail- and kicker line. This is where the most spectacular jumps and tricks take place.

Another worthwhile destination in winter is one of the six Messner Mountain Museums in South Tyrol: the MMM Corones on the summit of Plan de Corones/Kronplatz at about 2,275 m altitude. The museum of extreme mountaineer Reinhold Messner is centred on the Alpine history, involving the unparalleled view in all four directions: The panorama ranges from the Dolomites of Lienz to the Ortler and from the Marmolada to the Zillertal Alps! The impressive building was designed by architect Zaha Hadid. You can visit the museum from end of November until mid-April and in summer from the first Sunday in June until the second Sunday in October. Last entry is at 3.30 p.m.