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"The only way to get to the hut is by foot, which will take about 20 minutes,” a friend had written in a text, accompanied by a map. “There will be crampons waiting for you.” Aside from these two sentences, she had told us little about the remote Rifugio Nambino, but I knew that it was her favorite forest “hut” — one of the traditional restaurants...

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The Romans and Neopolitans love Roccaraso. At weekends and bank holidays, the alla moda set converge on this ski resort, located just two hours from Rome and Naples, in search of la dolce vita. Yet despite being Italy's fifth largest resort, the 100km of the Alto Sangro ski area remains practically unknown to Britons. Most skiers know that Italy is...

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Italian Alpine skier Sofia Goggia clinched this year's downhill World Cup title on Saturday, her fourth crown after those won in 2018, 2021 and 2022. She took the title before even taking to the slope at Kvitfijell, Norway, as her only potential rival, Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec, placed third in the provisional standing, meaning Goggia's lead at the to...

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The Dolomites have long been a top destination for skiers traveling from the UK, and even draw lots of visitors from neighbors with their own great skiing, such as Switzerland and Austria, which is an impressive compliment, but only in recent years have Americans begun to discover the region in significant numbers. This is likely to greatly increas...

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Sometimes in sports there are natural talents, those who become so after years of training, and the predestined. On July 14, 1990, a predestined was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Federica Brignone, who scored a unique victory in the history of Italian alpine skiing this February. Federica, was born practically with skis on her feet because her da...

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The winter months in Italy allow you to discover fascinating aspects of cities such as L’Aquila in Abruzzo. The historic center is located in the middle of a plateau 721 meters from sea level and for this reason L’Aquila is one of the highest provincial capitals of Italy. Here you can find out where is this city among the most important in Central...

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A puff of snow flicked up into my face as yet another pint-sized skier nonchalantly glided past where I sat struggling to untangle myself from what was the latest in a succession of ungainly falls. Somewhere further down the slope – if indeed it could be called a slope – my two young children continued to revel in their latest snowball fight. My wi...

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Italy have two gold medals from two women's events at the 2023 Alpine World Ski Championships after Marta Bassino clinched the Super-G crown in Méribel, France, on Wednesday. Two days after Federica Brignone took the combined title, Bassino produced a brilliant run – notably in the lower sections of the Roc de Fer slope – to top the event. In cold...

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Italy's Federica Brignone won the combined event at the skiing world championships at Meribel Monday. It is Italy's first gold at the championships at the French resort, and Brigone's first world championship gold. The 32-year-old from Milan took the gold ahead of Swiss Wendy Haldener, silver, and Austria's Ricarda Haaser, bronze. US superstar Mika...

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I love travelling. I love to ski too. So perhaps it’s no wonder I collect foreign words for snow. Gatsch is a good one. It’s the Austrian word for wet, sludgy mud, but it’s used for slush as well, and it sounds exactly like the hiss of exasperation that catches in your throat when you try to ski it. Even better is snosmocka. That’s how the Swedes d...

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