Skiers and snowboarders who love to visit Italy’s Alta Badia region during one of its food festivals, or just simply for great meals on the slopes, will be pleased to hear they are still on the menu this season with all the necessary measures needed to meet covid requirements.
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The concept of ‘A Taste for Skiing’ remains unchanged during 2020/21, and eight Michelin-starred chefs will each be assigned a mountain hut on the slopes of Alta Badia, creating a dish that will be offered to visitors throughout the winter season.
Each hut taking part will offer tables dedicated to ‘A Taste for Skiing’ on their outdoor terrace. The socially distanced tables will ensure plenty of space for those who love to combine gourmet cuisine with skiing the slopes of Alta Badia, with the option to call and pre-book a table, or simply ski up on the day, space permitting. As well as this season’s dish, there will be at least one favourite from a previous year.
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Skiers and snowboarders can try ‘A Taste for Skiing’ dishes at the Ütia Lee, Ütia L’Tamá, Club Moritzino, Ütia Las Vegas, Ütia I Tablá, Ütia de Bioch, Ütia Pralongiá and Ütia Jimmy mountain huts, from 12 December until 11 April. Prices for the dishes start from €20 for the dish and a glass of wine, purchased from each hut.
The one-day ‘Gourmet Skisafari’ event launches Alta Badia’s season-long ‘A Taste for Skiing’ and this year takes place on Saturday 12 December. Taking Michelin-starred cuisine to 2,000m above sea level, three Michelin-starred chefs, Nicola Laera (Restaurant La Stüa de Michil, Alta Badia, 1 Michelin star), Riccardo Gaspari (Restaurant SanBrite, Cortina d’Ampezzo) and Marco Martini (Marco Martini Restaurant, Rome, 1 Michelin star), will this year create their dishes in person.
Tickets cost €45 for the three dishes, one per hut, each served with a paired glass of South Tyrolean wine. Tickets can be purchased at the first hut visited on the day, or at Alta Badia’s tourist offices.
‘Sommelier on the Slopes’
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For people who like to enjoy wine tasting, one of the biggest bargains on the slopes in Alta Badia this season is an afternoon’s hosted skiing with stop offs to taste some of South Tyrol’s finest wines in two mountain huts.
‘Sommelier on the Slopes’ will return to Alta Badia for the 2020/21 winter season with seven dates – 15 December, 12 and 26 January, 2 and 23 February, 9 and 16 March). Participants will be accompanied by a ski instructor as well as a professional sommelier and each event is organised together with the South Tyrol Wine Consortium and South Tyrol’s Sommelier Association. Tickets are 35 and for more info or to buy tickets visit: www.altabadia.org
Wine Skisafari
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There’s another chance to try out some great wines on Sunday 21 March 2021 when Alta Badia hosts an exclusive slope-side tasting session at its ‘Wine Skisafari’. It takes place from 10am until 4pm in the Piz Arlara, Bioch, I Tablá and Pralongiá mountain huts, and ticket holders have the opportunity to taste some of the best South Tyrolean red, white and sparkling wines. Tickets cost €30 and can be purchased at the first hut visited, with over 60 wines offered for tasting.
Breakfast with powder snow
Due to popular demand, ‘Breakfast with Powder Snow’ will return in 2020/21, offering skiers and snowboarders the chance to be first on the slopes. It combines a snowcat ride, a stunning sunrise and a delicious breakfast at the Las Vegas Lodge mountain hut, followed by a descent on virgin slopes. Tickets cost €28 per person, including snow cat and breakfast, and are available any day of the season. Book direct with Las Vegas Lodge, www.lasvegasonline.it / 00 39 0471 840138.
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Alternatively, on Monday 21 December, ‘SunRisa’ will see the ski slopes of Alta Badia open at dawn, giving ski enthusiasts the chance to see the sun rise at 2,000m before heading down the slopes for breakfast at one of the mountain huts.
Club Moritzino, Ütia I Tablá, Ütia de Bioch, Piz Arlara and Ütia Las Vegas mountain huts will each be paired with a specific breakfast item, such as milk, cereal, eggs or fruits, with various dishes on offer, created with the support of the nutritionist Dott. Iader Fabbri. Together containing the essential ingredients for a perfect breakfast, dishes offer balanced calories and nutrition, for each leg of the breakfast route from one ski hut to another. Skiers can stop at all or selected mountain huts and purchase the breakfast specialities at each hut visited.
Other food and wine events
- Food and wine events organised in Alta Badia this winter also include the Christmas specialities that can be tasted throughout the festive period, at the Christmas Village in San Cassiano, at the Corvara Christmas market and during the Advent Light initiative in La Val.
- Roda dles Saus is the name of the event dedicated to the traditional Ladin food on the slopes of the La Crusc ski resort and it’s held during the week from March 14-21.
- The season will draw to a close with the sixth edition of the Skicarousel Vintage Party, scheduled for 10 and 11 April 2021, when the mountain huts will be offering fashionable dishes from the 70s and 80s.
All the initiatives are run in line with covid regulations, to guarantee the maximum safety of the participants. For further information on all events or to book tickets visit the Alta Badia website at www.altabadia.org or or email info@altabadia.org
Holiday offers to Alta Badia
Skiworld has a seven-night stay at Residence Villa Trieste, the new apartments in Corvara, opening for the 2020/21 season, from £861pp, based on five sharing on a self-catering basis and including return flights from London Heathrow and transfers.
Inghams offers packages to Alta Badia from £779pp, based on two sharing for seven nights on a half board basis at the three-star Pension Angelo in Corvara, including return flights from Manchester to Innsbruck and transfers.
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