On Sunday 13 December 2026, from 11:00 to 15:00, five Alta Badia mountain huts serve dishes by five chefs and you ski from one to the next. The day opens the valley's winter food season.
According to the tourist board, the Gourmet Skisafari opens Alta Badia's food season. You ski from hut to hut and in each one taste a dish by a guest chef. The 2026 edition is on Sunday 13 December, from 11:00 to 15:00.
The chefs and dishes are already published. At Ütia Piz Arlara the dish is by Cesare Battisti (Ratanà, Milan): onion soup with alpine pasture cheese and rye bread. At Ütia Pralongiá it is by Simone Cantafio (La Stüa de Michil, Corvara): a small pasta frittata with sautéed artichokes, mint and pecorino, with a cloud of grilled guanciale. At Club Moritzino, at 2,100 metres, it is by Tomaž Kavčič (Gostilna Pri Lojzetu, Dvorec Zemono, in Slovenia): an Adriatic garden of cauliflower and cheese from Maso Ruances. At Ütia I Tablá it is by Riccardo De Pra (Dolada, Alpago): leek and mountain potato velouté with Edelblu cheese and buckwheat crumble. At Ütia Bioch it is by Massimiliano Alajmo (Le Calandre, Rubano): a beetroot dumpling, or canederlo, in celeriac broth.
The same theme runs through the winter. On Sommelier on the slopes you taste six South Tyrolean wines with a sommelier and a ski instructor, in huts you can only reach on skis, on seven Tuesdays from 13:45 to 16:00: 15 December 2026, 19 and 26 January, 16 February, and 2, 9 and 30 March 2027. The Wine Skisafari De dl vin is on Sunday 21 March 2027, from 10:00 to 15:30, in four huts (I Tablà, Pralongià, Bioch and Piz Arlara) with South Tyrolean wines and Alto Adige DOC sparkling wine. From 14 to 21 March 2027, 12:00 to 15:00, Roda dles Saus brings Ladin dishes to the huts on the Skitour La Crusc in Badia, with an opening party and show cooking in the huts.
Where Gourmet Skisafari in Alta Badia falls in the Dolomites year, and what happens in the other weeks: Best time to visit the Dolomites: a month-by-month guide.
Good to know
- Admission: The price is not published on the event page. You book a voucher online at altabadia.org and exchange it for tickets at the Alta Badia tourist offices or, on the day, at the participating huts. You reach the huts on skis.
- Book the voucher online from the event page at altabadia.org. You exchange it for tickets at the Alta Badia tourist offices or, on 13 December, directly at the huts.
- The five huts are Ütia Piz Arlara, Ütia Pralongiá, Club Moritzino, Ütia I Tablá and Ütia Bioch, and you reach them on skis.
- Sommelier on the slopes meets at the top station of the Piz La Ila gondola, and you need to be able to ski red runs with parallel turns. The Wine Skisafari De dl vin is booked online.
Official website (tickets & info) ↗
Dates, times and prices change every year: always check the official pages before you go.