Ultimate Dolomites 8-Days

2026 DATES
SEPTEMBER 6th - 13th LIMITED SPACES LEFT


TRIP FARE
US$4399 Per Person
NON-RIDER TRIP FARE 
US$2099 Per Person


Is there any riding destination quite like the Italian Dolomites? We think not. Join us on this trip for BIG descents, picture perfect mountains, fine food and beverage and every trail type you can imagine. 

Based out of Corvara, you'll descend the lift assisted classics like Tutti Frutti, ride backcountry to remote mountain inns, experience the flow trails of Cortina and connect 5 valleys together on the classic Sella Ronda. It's an enduro riders dream with big days out, topped off with the creature comforts that only the Italian Dolomites can deliver.

CHECK OUT THE DAY TO DAY AND TOUR DETAILS BELOW, AND GET IN TOUCH

We'll meet you this morning at 12pm at your Venice Hotel or from the airport. We recommend coming into Venice the day before day 1 so you're all set to go after your flight!

After a quick meet and greet, we'll make our way into the mountains. Prepare to be amazed by the granduer of the Dolomites! After we arrive in Corvara we'll have our first lunch and a trip briefing from our guides for the week. Then it's bike building time and time for a first ride close to Corvara.

DISTANCE: 10km (app. 2 hours)
ACOMMODATION:  Hotel Villa Eden, Corvara

MEALS: L, D

What an introduction to the Dolomites as you have breakfast with the best views ever. After a final bike check we'll take a couple of gondola rides tp the Val di Fassa and to the cable car that will take us to the top of classic rides such as Tutti Frutti, Titans and Mescedoz. Prepare for BIG descents, massive views and every type of trail you can point a bike down.

Throughout the day, we'll stop for coffee, cake, beer (a beer at 10am is perfectly acceptable here!) at picture perfect mountain Inns. It's more than just the riding here - it's la Dolce Vita.

DISTANCE: 18-35 miles
ACOMMODATION:  Hotel Villa Eden, Corvara
MEALS: B, D

Get ready for the greatest day of alpine and backcountry riding you're ever likely to do.

We'll set off deeper into the Dolomites, bound for the village of San Martino di Catstrozza. A gondola and cable car ride takes us high on to the edge of the San Martino plateau. This expansive Dolomite high alpine landscape is reminiscent of the moon and is home to an incredible backcountry trail. We'll descent to Rifugio Rosetta, grab a quick drink and drop into the rocky plateau trail surrounded by steep peaks.

At the edge of the plateau, we'll drop into narrow singletrack through alpine meadows and into an incredible steep forest section before finishing at the valley floor.

We'll return to Corvara and celebrate a day in the backcountry.

DISTANCE: 9 miles +
ACOMMODATION:  Hotel Villa Eden, Corvara
MEALS: B, D

Today is free to take a rest or even ride some more! We'll be on hand to provide you with an array of riding options - either ones we've done already (which have become favourites!) or new trails that our team have up their sleeve.

If you're keen to take a day off riding, Corvara is a fantastic place to kick back and relax. Take a gondola up to a mountain top restaurant, hike a forest trail, or venture over to an entirely different valley to try it's unique cuisine.


ACOMMODATION:  Hotel Villa Eden, Corvara
MEALS:B, D

Over the valley from Corvara lies Val Gardena - yet another picture perfect valley of the Dolomites. We'll head over the Passo Gardena and drop into the Gardena valley to Ortisei - one of the Dolomites most charming villages.

We'll take a cable car up to the Seceda plateau - home to the most iconic mountain groups - the Odle (the needles).

Here we'll ride single track traversing the top of the plateau, passing cows grazing in perfect meadows and incredible rock and boulder formations. There's a mix of flow and tech here, along with the occasional drop for those feeling game!

We'll descend through larch forest single track and into sweeping meadows - freeriding is a great option here!

We'll make a stop for coffee and a break before descending further to Ortisei and heading back over to Alta Badia.

DISTANCE: 7 miles +
ACOMMODATION:  Rifugio Del Pan
MEALS: B, D

Today is filled with variety. We'll head over the Passo Falzarego and into Cortina, home to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Just above Cortina is home to a well connected series of lifts and Gondolas, delivering us a smorgasboard of some of the most diverse trails in the Dolomites - big berm flow trails, huge jump lines, steep techincal chutes, easy flow, hero dirt forest trails, and everything in between. We'll spend the morning here where we can take our pick of our trail preferences.

After lunch we'll head over the pass in the Badia valley, and board a gondola 3000 feet above the valley. After a quick refreshment at the Rifugio Santa Croce, we'll descend the guide favourite trail all the way to the valley floor. Think of a trail that encompaces everything - flow, narrow rocky tech, forest hero dirt, chutes, meadows. It's long and endlessly fun!

DISTANCE: 10 miles +
ACOMMODATION:  Hotel Villa Eden, Corvara
MEALS: B, D

This is the big one! The defining feature of this area of the Dolomites is the Sella Massif - an enormous plateau mountain group with four connecting bvalleys surrounding it. Today we'll ride all the way around it - all 32 miles of it, with a bit of help on the climbs from the fantastic lift system, connecting the four Ladin valleys: Val Gardena, Alta Badia, Val di Fassa and Arabba.

It's THE ultimate mix of flow, forest, rock tech, bike park, rooty goodness and loam all thrown into one epic day of riding. Not to mention stopping along the way to sample the various treats at mountain Inns along the way.

We'll return to Corvara for our final evening in the Dolomites.

DISTANCE: 32 miles
ACOMMODATION:  Hotel Villa Eden, Corvara
MEALS: B, D

This morning we'll depart our hotel in Corvara, take a final look at the incredible mountains we've explored the last week, and return to Venice for flights home.

It's our mission to create lifelong friends, memories and stoke through the shared experience and joy of riding in our favourite parts of the world and we hope you'll have enjoyed the epic descending, climbing, views, people and goodtime here in the Italian Dolomites.

MEALS: B

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at a glance
trip highlights

+ Deep local knowledge

+ BIG descents

+ Incredible local flavours

+ The classic EWS stages

+ The world's MOST beautiful mountains

+ Ride the four Ladin Valleys

The Dirt on the details

2025 September 7th - 14th

ARRIVAL

We have a pick up time at Venice airport at 12.30pm on Day 1 of the trip, if you are flying in on this day. We recommend, however, that you fly in a day before. We can recommend hotel options in Venice! If you are already in Venice, we will pick up from a Venice Mestre hotel (as long as it is NOT in old town Venice) at 12.00pm.

DEPARTURE

We recommend flights out on day 8 to be no earlier than 1pm! We will drop you at the airport on this day.

Fare per person: US$4399

INCLUDES:

- All guiding

- All accommodation

- Meals as per itinerary

- All transport, including pick up and drop off from Venice airport

- Local taxes

- Uplift when using cablecars, gondolas and chairlifts

NOT INCLUDED:

- International flights

- Alcohol

US$2099 per person

INCLUDES:

- All accommodation

- All breakfasts and dinners

- Pick up and drop off from Venice airport

- Local taxes

NOT INCLUDED:

- International flights

- Alcohol

- Lunches

The Dolomites is a stunning place, and Corvara is a great place to base yourself for adventures if you're not riding. Our guides will advise you with options for great hikes and activities for the duration of the trip, so you'll be able to experience the Dolomites to the fullest.

You're generally comfortable riding all types of terrain in the singletrack realm. Technical features are common here, along with rock gardens and some steeper sections.

There is some climbing on this trip, so make sure you're comfortable with a couple of 500 metre climbs thrown in the mix.

Due to the varied terrain and mix of tech, flow and occassional climb, 150mm of travel front and back is best, with descending focused geometry while still allowing for a comfortable climb. Our pick - A Zerode Katipo!

No worries! We have bikes available if you don't want to bring a bike. They include...

2023 Santa Cruz Nomad, 27.5'' - $110 per riding day

2023 Santa Cruz Hightower. 29'' - $110 per riding day

A mix of single track - forest and ridgeline. Some sections of trail are rocky, with stones, and there's some bike park flow thrown in for good measure.

Some sections of trail in this area (in fact all areas of the Dolomites) are hundreds of years old - orginally put there as narrow, steep and traversing walking trails.

This trip starts and ends in Venice. We recommend coming in the night before Day 1 and stayin in Venice, so that you're ready for a 12pm pick up, and the spectacular drive into the Dolomites.

For flights home, we recommend booking them no earlier than 4pm on the last day.

Visas are currently not required for Australian, New Zealand, US, Canadian or UK/EU passport holders wishing to visit Italy. If you are outside these regions, please check with your embassy. You can also check the Visa HQ website for up todate information.

Some EU nationals may travel in Europe using only an identity card, however please check with the relevant authorities if this applies to you.

A good guide makes a trip great - a first class guide creates memories that last lifetime. You'll experience your trip with a leadership team who are local, experienced and know more than simple where to go and what to ride. We make sure our trip leaders are engaging, pro-active, passionate, can read the room and are simply a whole lot of fun to be around.

Your head guide for this trip is Stefano Ude. He built a couple of the trails on this trip, and is pretty famous in the Italian mountain bike scene for pioneering new trails in the Dolomites.

Thankfully for us, we reckon they've got the whole star rating thing a bit mixed up in the Dolomites. Technically, we stay in locally owned 3-star rated hotels, but they of a MUCH higher standard than that. Super comfortable, bike friendly, great communal areas to hang out in and tell lies about the lines you took, and awesome hosts who can tell you a few stories about the history of their establishment.

Rifugios - We spend one night high in the mountain in a Mountain Inn. These places, while a little less sofisticated than the hotels we stay in, are simply amazing - cosy, warm, cool dining/lounge areas and a deck with killer views to kick back and have a beverage.

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Testimonials

★★★★★

What an incredible trip! Great trails and impeccable organisation. I've taken mtb trips all around the world and they've proven that they really care about every last detail.

BKXC - Brian Kennedy
Vallejo, CA
★★★★★

My trip with Phil and his team was THE best mtn biking trip I've ever taken. Wherever they go next - I'm going.

Jeff Cayley - September 2023 - Worldwide Cyclery
Los Angeles, CA
★★★★★

Man, now THAT was a mountainbiking trip! This was an absolute trip of a lifetime with epic 8 days of riding, food, great lodgings and epic banter. Thanks Phil!

Jon Georgopulos - September 2023
Pennsylvania, USA
★★★★★

A truly amazing trip with an incredible group of people. Our guides were our riding buddies and their enthusiasm matched ours. Felt like a locals ride in the best place on the planet! Help me convince my wife that I need to do this every year!! For my mental well-being, of course.

Ted Ventre - September 2023
Pennsylvania, USA

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