Passed down over generations, the legends of the Dolomites read like fairytale accident reports.

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It was against this backdrop of fear that legends of the Dolomites took root.

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And yet somehow, amid the fantastical landscapes of the Dolomites, this eccentric behaviour seems to have its own curious logic.

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Since tourism came to the Dolomites in the 19th century, skiers have displaced sorcerers and elves have lost ground to exclusive resorts.

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Few regions wear their winter guise as well as the Dolomites.

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Second, it has to be a convertible, especially this time of year, when a dry, cold crown of air settles on the Dolomites.

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Though virtually unknown compared to the likes of the Alps, Pyrenees and Dolomites, there is much to prove the Picos worthy of their grand name.

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There was tragedy in Italy in February as a US military jet cut the wire of a cable car in the Dolomites, killing 20 skiers.

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Seeing the phantom-like outline of the Dolomites against the night sky, it feels harder to sneer at stories of witches, sorcerers and secret gates to the underworld.

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Its high-wattage members still ride together each year to exotic destinations, cruising at breakneck speeds to the Austrian Tyrol and the Italian Dolomites, stopping at castles for lunch.

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Titian, who came from a peasant community high in the Dolomites close to the Austrian border where the living was always tight, was acutely conscious of his finances.

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