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Will you be part of the festivities in Cavalese next winter? Reach out to receive an itinerary for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games trips (filling fast), Tour de Ski, Dolomitenlauf & Marcialonga or Marcialonga & König Ludwig Lauf trips. Reserve your spot before March 31 to receive the $300/person early booking discount, although some trips will likely fill sooner.
Read MoreLumi Experiences founder Garrott Kuzzy shares his road to becoming an Olympian and how you can experience the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games. Learn more, express interest and reserve your spot by Friday, January 31.
Read MoreGuests on Lumi’s Tour de Ski and Seefeld & Seiser Alm trips have been enjoying an excellent start to the winter in the Alps. Do you want to be trailside for the racing in Cavalese, Italy in 2026? Next winter Cavalese will host the final stages of the Tour de Ski races (like this year!) and the cross-country ski events for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games (next year ONLY!).
Read MoreHappy New Year! A big snowfall in the Alps on Christmas Eve brought a winter wonderland to Nordic trail networks across Europe, where ski areas like Seefeld, Austria have over 200 km of trails open. The first Lumi trip of the 2025 winter season – the Tour de Ski trip – kicked off in Cavalese, Italy yesterday!!
Read MoreWe’re thrilled to announce the 2026 Lumi Tour de Ski trip to cheer on athletes in Val di Fiemme and up the famous Hill Climb in Cavalese, Italy — the cross-country venue for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Learn more about why our trip leaders are so excited to share the Tour de Ski experience with Lumi guests. Sign up before March 31st to save $300!
Read MoreLumi Experiences trips for the 2025 cross-country ski season are nearly full or already sold out. If you're interested in a Lumi ski trip for the winter ahead, there are just one or two rooms left on a handful of trips – see the trips below and reach out to secure your spot while there is still space: info@lumiexperiences.com This is the last chance to sign up for a 2025 Lumi trip!
Read MoreIt’s harvest season in South Tyrol, also known as the Alto Adige region in northwestern Italy. If you’ve traveled on a Lumi trip to Cavalese or Seiser Alm, or if you’ve skied the Marcialonga (bookings for these January 2025 trips close next week!), do you remember traveling through a winding river valley and seeing neat rows of fruit growing up the hillsides all around? Learn more about the trellised slopes of South Tyrol and how you can taste their fruits in winter inside!
Read MoreHappy solstice!! This week, Scandinavians are celebrating Midsummer: what Europeans in more temperate, northern places like Finland and Norway celebrate in lieu of the Summer Solstice. However, during the winter, when the daylight hours are at their darkest in December and January, can you guess where Scandinavian sunseekers go to cross-country ski? Find out inside!
Read MoreThe Tour de Ski starts tomorrow in Toblach, Italy and will continue in Cavalese, Italy later in the week! If you’ll be rising early to watch the Tour de Ski live from the US, how about traveling to watch it live on Lumi’s Tour de Ski Trip next winter? Check out the trip highlights inside.
Read MoreLeading up to Mother’s Day, we’re taking an opportunity to reflect on the special time that adult children and parents can spend together on a ski vacation and wanted to share some reflections from Katie who traveled with her mom Francie to Austria & Italy on the Seefeld & Seiser Alm Sight-Skiing trip last winter. Do you want to take a special ski trip with your or parent(s) or adult child(ren) this winter? Sign up for a 2025 Lumi trip that still has availability before Father’s Day on Sunday, June 16 and save $300 per person!
Read MoreLumi guest Jeff Wilhelm reflects on his and his wife Peggy’s 2024 Marcialonga & König Ludwig Lauf trip experience in this post… check it out! There’s one more week to receive guaranteed entry in the Marcialonga when you save your spot on Lumi’s 2025 Marcialonga & König Ludwig Lauf trip by next Sunday, May 12.
Read MoreLumi Experiences guests JoAnn and Jim from Greensboro, Vermont recall their self-guided skiing adventures in Seefeld, Austria and Seiser Alm, Italy last winter: “All we had to do was show up.” Read more about their adventures here!
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