Cross-country skiing in Val Comelico

In the extreme north of Italy, among Carnia, Pusteria and Austria, Val Comelico winds in an unbroken succession of hamlets and villages in a wonderful frame of mountains, fir woods and meadows.
The chief town is Santo Stefano di Cadore, from where you can reach the well equipped Skiing centres in Padola and Passo Monte Croce Comelico, which offer wonderful cross-country tracks, always safe and technically valid, besides ski schools with skilled instructors.
The closeness to Cadore and Val Visdende made grow the area both in the number of hotel and of winter sport facilities.18 km of tracks are equipped for Nordic ski. "Passo Monte Croce" cross-country track is about 2 km long, easy and has only 350 m of difference in height. Moreover, if do not want to stop neither in the evening, you can ski in the "Gei" lightened track, in Santo Stefano di Cadore, about 2 km long, suitable for everybody, also for the less skilled skiers.