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Valfurva Valfurva (''Valforba'' in lombard) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Sondrio, in the Alps. As of 31 December 2004, it had a pop ...

, in the northern

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province of Sondrio The Province of Sondrio ( it, provincia di Sondrio) is in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Its provincial capital is the city of Sondrio. As of 2017, it has a population of 181,403. History The Province was established in 1815, within ...

. It is home to a popular

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, which has held numerous FIS World Cup

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races; Santa Caterina co-hosted the

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with

Bormio Bormio ( lmo, Bormi, rm, italic=yes, , german: Worms im Veltlintal) is a town and ''comune'' with a population of about 4,100 located in the Province of Sondrio, Lombardy region of the Alps in northern Italy. The centre of the upper Valtellina ...

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. The highest point of the resort is on the

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Geography

The village is in the Parco Nazionale di Stelvio, and is from Bormio, from Sondrio, and from Milan. It is only accessible by road, via Bormio year round, and in the summer by the Passo Gavia, which connects to the Passo Valcamonica.

Climate

Lying at the base of an alpine valley, it has a typical alpine climate. Winter temperatures can fall to , while summer temperatures can rise to .

Notable people

Achille Compagnoni Achille Compagnoni (26 September 1914 – 13 May 2009) was an Italian mountaineer and skier. Together with Lino Lacedelli on 31 July 1954 he was in the first party to reach the summit of K2. Biography Compagnoni was born in Santa Caterina d ...

, first man to reach the summit of K2. *

Deborah Compagnoni Deborah Compagnoni (; born 4 June 1970) is an Italian former Alpine skier who won three gold medals at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics. Biography Deborah Compagnoni was born in Bormio, northern Lombardy, and skied with the G.S. Fore ...

, triple Olympic gold medalist.

References

External links

Official homepage
{{authority control Frazioni of the Province of Sondrio Ski areas and resorts in Italy