Alta Badia

Winter hike La Villa - Ruac - Corvara

Easy

Pleasant and relaxing walk which starts in La Villa Alta, through snow-covered meadows in the direction of Ruac, Funtanacia and Verda farms, dipping down to the bottom of the valley, and continue shaded by the trees alongside the river up to Corvara.

*By car

• Coming from Innsbruck: take the A 13 and the A 22 toll motorway and exit at Bressanone/Brixen, following the signs to Brunico/Bruneck along the Val Pusteria/Pustertal road as far as San Lorenzo/St.Lorenzen. Follow the signs to Val Badia/Gadertal 
• Coming from Verona-Bolzano: take the A 22, exit at Bressanone/Brixen and continue as above

*By train

The nearest train stations are:

• Brunico - 37 Km
• Bolzano (via Passo Gardena) - 72 Km (via Brunico) – 100 Km
• Connection train station – Alta Badia by the local bus SAD: www.sad.it

*By air

• Innsbruck - 130 km
• Munich – 330 km
• Venice Treviso / Venice Marco Polo – 180 / 200 km
• Verona – 213 km
• Milan Bergamo / Milan Malpensa - 310 /400 km
• Information airport transfer: www.suedtirolbus.it - www.cortinaexpress.it

From the bus stop in the centre of La Villa, begin to climb westwards, following the road sign marked nr. 11, up to La Villa Alta. 

From the church, pass by the castle, keeping right, and following the nr. 10 road sign for Funtanacia and Corvara, climbing firstly to the Marin farm. After this, walk through the flat ground of the meadows, enjoying the view out over the town of La Villa, framed by Sas dla Crusc, Lavarela and Conturines before reaching the Ruac and Funtanacia farms.

Continuing in the same direction to Verda and start to descend, passing the road, and going down to the river. In the shade of the Col Maladët wood, continue along the Rü Tort river until arriving to the centre of Corvara (1h 20min.).