In reply to Mark020:
Hi Mark,
firstly the Dolomites are in pretty awesome shape at the moment. Lots of snow don to a certain level just about everywhere. Quite a lot of the pistes are already made up and ready to go. Marmolada and Arabba is the most reliable but Marmolada still has a little while before it opens, god only knows why as the snow is basically all the way down to the lift house.
For the central Dolomites on the Italian side Venice is the right plac to go, South Tirol look at Innsbruck, a bit more pricey but the cars are better prepared and you have to bear in mind that there are quite a lot of passes closed at the moment!
As for somewhere to stay, take a look at my profile. I am utterly biased. The only issue is that the lift over to Arabba is closed until I believe the 5th, but we have Civetta 10 minutes down the road, Falcade, Falzarego and Arabba are all around half an hours drive. We are 2 hours from Venice... plus if you want to add ski hosting we can do that for you through our website...
Post edited at 12:54
