However Cinque Torri-Lagazuoi has visible evidence of war-time emplacements, and is part of an extensive First World War ski tour marked on a dedicated piste map. Cortina’s three main ski areas ...

And it’s getting ready to relive its glory days as it gears up, along with Milan, to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, a redux of the 1956 games that put Cortina on the international ski map.