Running down the slope is not just a technical movement, it enhances the senses. In Val di Fassa there are seven black slopes where you can experience truly intense sensations. Seven cult slopes – one per ski area – that amplify your emotions, rediscovering, as never before, the five canonical senses and more. Prepare yourself for a truly intense experience: sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch as well as your sense of balance and life.
The top 7 black slopes in Val di Fassa
La VolatA
Skiarea San Pellegrino - Falcade
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Descent
2400m
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Height difference
600m
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Departure altitude
2480m
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Arrival altitude
1880m
It's dizzying, from start to finish. La Volata, the stage of World Cup races, exalts speed. This is why it requires great balance in tackling 50% gradients, bends and walls running from the 2,480 metres of Col Margherita to the 1,880 metres of Passo San Pellegrino.
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Piavac
Skiarea Alpe Lusia - Moena
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Descent
1300m
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Height difference
430m
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Departure altitude
2196m
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Arrival altitude
1766m
Listen to your body as it reacts to the pressures of a slope that knows how to test you right from the initial wall. If you're up for a challenge, this is the right piste with vertical sections up to 70% and a view of the Catinaccio: a pure spectacle right before your eyes.
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Pra di Tori
Skiarea Carezza
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Descent
1175m
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Height difference
293m
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Departure altitude
2055m
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Arrival altitude
1762m
You immediately notice this slope by the way it winds its way up the mountainside. And when you are there, at 2,055 metres at the start, you are enraptured by the Roda de Vael in the foreground accompanying you, amidst many challenging changes in gradient, on a descent that fills your eyes.
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Alberto Tomba
Skiarea Catinaccio - Vigo
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Descent
900m
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Height difference
278m
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Departure altitude
2078m
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Arrival altitude
1800m
There is nothing better than skiing on the slope where Italian skiing legend Alberto Tomba trained for years. This is a piste where you can immediately test yourself against challenging twists and turns that, once conquered, make you feel like a 'bomb', just like the skier's nickname in Italian.
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Vulcano
Skiarea Buffaure - Pozza
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Descent
2000m
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Height difference
566m
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Departure altitude
1922m
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Arrival altitude
1356m
This is a slope that ignites grit like the volcano that once occupied these areas and which smoulders its energy, emanating the warmth and the scent of fire. Just smell the air and you'll know you are on a special piste with a wild environment and a gradient that requires great focus.
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Ciampac
Skiarea Ciampac - Alba di Canazei
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Descent
2200m
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Height difference
643m
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Departure altitude
2160m
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Arrival altitude
1517m
The lightness or weight you impart to your every movement on the snow changes the perception of the descent on this slope. The piste, which retains the peculiarities of the most attractive blacks, immediately stands out for its tough slopes and icy bends in the forest.
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Diego
Skiarea Belvedere - Canazei
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Descent
1359m
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Height difference
441m
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Departure altitude
2376m
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Arrival altitude
1935m
The wonder in front of the Sella, Sassolungo and Marmolada, which seem at a fingertip's distance, is the first emotion at the top of the slope. With a sense of gratitude towards life and the beauty of nature, you embark on a bold, swift and always sunny descent.
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