#cortina

#cortina

On the foothills of the mountains, by the banks of the river in Cortina, there was a forest. It was full of tall larch trees. Arborists said the oldest of them had been there for 150 years and dendrologists that it was unique because it was unusual to find a monocultural forest growing at such a low altitude in the southern Alps.

After the men in Bormio had raced the Super-G under sunshine, the women faced fog and steady snowfall on the Tofane in Cortina. But just like the men, the Super-G was everything one could hope for in ski racing: drama, excitement, and an underdog taking the win. Italy's Federica Brignone, who had not raced a single Super-G in the 2025-26 World Cup season due to niggling pain from her leg fracture at the end of last season, took the victory by nearly half a second.