European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                This skier pauses to enjoy the breathtaking View at Sella Honda. Can shift from Reddish yellow to Salmon Pink to Rose and end with a violent lobster Sunset. Nowadays skiing the Sella Ronda is a rather tame although somewhat grueling Daylong journey that any competent intermediate can handle. That was t always the Case. Quot it was quite dangerous up until a dozen or so years ago Quot recalls Rex scribble who first skied the Sella Ronda in the 1960s, Quot it was arduous too. It was t completely linked up and at one spot you had to take either a bus or a cab to continue. You had to do some walking and there were some particularly dangerous spots with drop offs of a couple of thousand feet from narrow catwalks Quot remembers scribble the retired chief of the . Army Europe s Public information div in Heidelberg Germany. The 73-year-old scribble who still spends Many a Day skiing the Alps says the most notorious Section it now can be avoided was the so called Moon walk the Moon walk is a ski Trail through a Maze of tall Rock outcroppings featuring narrow chutes unmarked curves gullies climbs and hairpin turns. Safety was hot a High priority some years Back in the dolomites runs were poorly marked or were not classified according to difficulty. All that has changed and signposting of tin Sella route is quite Good. The Sella Ronda connects four valleys Fassa Gardena Liadis and Tavina Lungo. The ski resorts around the Rock formation could Lay claim to being one of the largest interconnecting ski systems in the world. It is said that if you have the stamina an Early Start and no lift lines it is possible to ski 90 Miles in one Day using 50 different lifts around the Massif. Formerly it was possible to make the Sella circuit Only in a counterclockwise direction. Now skiers can ski the counterclockwise route marked Green or a different and less difficult clockwise route marked Orange. We chose the clockwise route because it reportedly had better Snow and taking it meant less time spent on lifts. We started off on a Day Early in february from Arabia a Gem of a ski Village 22 Miles West of Cortina. Arabia is known for having the Best skiing on the Sella Ronda and although the entire Region had had no snowfall since dec. It skiing in the Arabia area w As Coati Fiji d on pug o i by j. King Cruger Northern Italy Bureau for Scenic splendor the dolomites the spectacularly craggy part of the italian Alps Are rivalled Only by the Himalayas but the Sella Ronda a ski circuit of the dolomites vast Sella Massif has no rivals. The Sella Ronda is the inner ring at the heart of the Dolomite Superski Region. The area near the austrian Border is famed for having More ski lifts than any other ski area anywhere roughly 450 at last count. The Sella Ronda is a 28-mile piste and lift circus that lets skiers roam right round the dreaming Spires of the fairytale Massif a Miles Long Rock formation. The Pinnacles of the Limestone dolomites Are loaded with magnesium Carbonate giving them extraordinary color. Through the Day their jagged terraces and canyonsdolomites9 Beauty distracts from the skiing March it 1993 stripes Magazine 3