Santa Caterina Valfurva (1738m), host town (together with Bormio) to the 2005 Alpine Ski World Championships, has been a winter sport resort since 1961. It is an intimate village at the end of Alta Valtellina, in the heart of Stelvio National Park. It is located in a wide and green valley, encircled by the high peaks of the Ortles-Cevedale group, a huge amphitheatre of mountains, many over 3500 meters above sea level, among those the biggest glacier of the Italian Alps, Ghiacciaio dei Forni.
Santa Caterina Valfurva is a paradise for those who love the mountains: in winter you can ski, in summer hiking and mountain biking, always surrounded by the wonderful landscape of one of the biggest protected areas in Europe.
Santa Caterina offers more than 40 km of ski tracks for alpine and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, ski touring and telemark. Winter walking on the many trails with the "ciaspole", the typical snowshoes, is also popular.