Editing Dolomites (section)

== Tourism and sports ==
[[File:Sciatori a Cortina1.jpg|thumb|upright|Skiers in Cortina in 1903]]
The Dolomites are renowned for [[skiing]] in the winter months and [[mountain climbing]], hiking, cycling and [[BASE jumping]], as well as paragliding and hang gliding in summer and late spring/early autumn.<ref>{{cite web |author=Draper |first=Robert |date=2015-08-16 |title=In Italy, Hiking and Haute Cuisine in the Dolomites - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/travel/italy-dolomites-hiking-trekking-camping.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |access-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326232120/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/travel/italy-dolomites-hiking-trekking-camping.html |archive-date=26 March 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Williams |first=Ingrid K. |date=2018-08-30 |title=36 Hours in the Dolomites |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/travel/what-to-do-in-the-dolomites.html |access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> [[Free climbing]] has been a tradition in the Dolomites since 1887, when 17-year-old Georg Winkler soloed the first ascent of the pinnacle of the [[Vajolet Towers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockandice.com/inthemag.php?id=15&type=news |title=The Perfect Perfume |last=Huber |first=Alex |work=Rock and Ice Magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215155815/http://www.rockandice.com/inthemag.php?id=15&type=news |archive-date=2008-02-15 }}</ref> The main centres include: [[Rocca Pietore]] alongside the [[Marmolada]] Glacier, which lies on the border of Trentino and Veneto, the small towns of [[Alleghe]], [[Falcade]], [[Auronzo]], [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]] and the villages of [[Arabba]], [[Urtijëi]] and [[San Martino di Castrozza]], as well as the whole of the Fassa, Gardena and Badia valleys.<ref>{{cite news |author=Koch |first=Amy Tara |date=25 November 2019 |title=Hut Skiing in the Dolomites: Storybook Scenery and Grappa Included - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/travel/ski-safari-dolomites-italian-alps-rifugios.html |language=en-US |access-date=4 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402195720/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/travel/ski-safari-dolomites-italian-alps-rifugios.html |archive-date=2 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The ''[[Maratona dles Dolomites]]'', an annual single-day road bicycle race covering seven mountain passes of the Dolomites, occurs in the first week of July.

Other characteristic places are:
* Mount [[Pasubio]] and [[Strada delle 52 Gallerie]] (a military mule road built during [[World War I]] with 52 tunnels)
* [[Altopiano di Asiago]] and [[Calà del Sasso]], with 4,444 steps, the world's longest staircase open to the public.