Obereggen, skiing and snowboarding by night

Obereggen, program

Night skiing and snowboarding, there’s no shortage of things to do in Obereggen winter, the South Tyrolean resort at the heart of the Latemar Ski Center (20 minutes from Bolzano) with its Trentino sisters Pampeago and Predazzo. Rich program of snowboarding and freestyle events, in the heart of the Dolomites.

The grand opening è took place, at night, with the Night-Shred on the illuminated slope: freestyle competition on the structures, boxes and rails in a contest that provided spectacular. In the Obereggen night-park, riders battled it out in a cash-for-tricks jam session. Final success for Giuseppe D’Ascanio best rider in the male category and Selena Bena in the female category, in the event organized by the Bolzano Skateboardproject association, chaired by Riccardo Larcher and coordinated by vice-president Andrea Coppola.

SATURDAY, FEB. 3. The first night contest opened the Obereggen snowboard season, which will host the second event on Saturday, Feb. 3. Where? In the snowpark, an Italian and international landmark for the joy of snowboarders. It is the international circuit Red Bull Hammers with Homies» scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 3, organized by the Black Yeti sports club led by Marco Sampaoli. The event constitutes the only Italian qualifying stage for the world finals of the Red Bull Hammers with Homies scheduled for spring in Madonna di Campiglio. The 8 teams, composed of three riders each, will be the protagonists of the Jam Session: at the end, the teams will be selected to be combined in the KO-System panel and will face each other in a knockout knockout until crowning the winner of the Obereggen stage.

SATURDAY, FEB. 24. On Feb. 24, the snowpark will host a high-level competition, slang for a team battle, dedicated to snowboarders who make creativity, style and competition their way of life. On March 23, it will be the turn of Go-Shred Bingo, organized by the German company of the same name from Stuttgart: obstacles of different levels will be set up on the slopestyle course with kickers. Winners will be declared the freeskiers and snowboarders who get all the tricks first, spectacular aerial evolutions.

SATURDAY, APRIL 6. Grand closing on April 6 with the Skolf Obereggen Snowpark, organized by the Bolzano Skateboardproject association chaired by Riccardo Larcher and coordinated by vice-president Andrea Coppola: the individual snowpark structures will be treated like holes on a golf course. To complete the hole, the rider will have to complete a specific trick on the structure and will be assigned a score depending on how many attempts he needs. In the end, as in golf, whoever will have totaled the fewest points (thus the fewest attempts used) will win the Skolf Obereggen Snowpark. The snowboarding and freestyle events follow the start of the sporting season in the South Tyrolean resort, marked by the 40th edition of the European Cup slalom. Held, as per tradition, on the Maierl slope and won by Swiss Schmidiger. Maierl slope (maximum slope gradient of 55 percent, elevation gain of 433 meters, length of 1.6 kilometers of slope), which is one of the six gems that make up the Latemar Sixpack in the heart of the Dolomites: literally the “abs of Latemar” that is, skiing on 6 of the best adrenaline slopes in the presence of Latemar, the pearl of the Dolomites. The others are the Oberholz, where the European Cup has been held for 34 editions: it can be reached, by chairlift, from 1550 meters at the Obereggen valley station to 2096 meters upstream, where the eponymous Oberholz hut, an architectural gem, makes a fine show. Its business card è inimitable: a length of no less than 2 kilometers and 750 meters, more than 500 meters of elevation gain. In Trentino’s Predazzo here is the slope on which Italian and other nations skiers often train: the Tower of Pisa. The slope è was so named in honor of the unmistakable Dolomite spire of Latemar and its refuge. This slope has the steepest gradient in the Latemar Ski Center, 60 percent, and a total elevation gain of 459 meters, enough to make its 1550-meter length suitable for expert skiers looking for strong thrills. Moving on, also in Predazzo, to the Five Nations, a challenging red slope with a maximum gradient of 50 percent, baptized with this high-sounding name to pay homage to those champions of the past who competed in the '70s in the international trophy of the same name. Then a gentle descent leads to the Pampeago valley station to reach Agnello: 2550 meters in length with a breathtaking variant and an elevation gain of 420 meters. And off to Obereggen in Alto Adige, strictly with skis or snowboard on your feet, but not before skiing on the Pala di Santa at 2315 meters of altitude, which becomes 2400 meters after taking the subsequent ski lift. Pure adrenaline in a picture-postcard panorama: the "Santa Wall" and its 58 percent gradient leave no doubt. From here you head to Obereggen.