Tablanata, cross-country, downhill and ski-mountaineering relay

Each team fields three athletes, one per discipline, who hand over to each other: a cross-country skier, a downhill skier and a ski mountaineer. The sources we read do not publish the course, rules, entry fees or the organiser of the winter edition; the closest reference is the Sci Club Valserina, which manages the Conca trails and runs the summer version.

The date depends on the snow and on the end of the season. In 2026 the race fell on the last weekend the Oltre il Colle slopes were open, after a March in which cross-country and downhill had stayed closed on the 14th and 15th because of bad weather forecasts.

In summer the relay is held without snow. On Saturday 30 August 2025 the summer Tablanata was a non-competitive two-discipline relay, roller skis and running, on the road from Pian della Palla to the Conca dell'Alben and on the cross-country trail: meeting at 9 am for bibs and meal vouchers, start at 10, then lunch with cotechino sausage, bread, cheese and chips and a raffle draw. You entered alone or in pairs, by the Friday, for 15 euros.

In the Pro Loco's 2026 summer programme the summer Tablanata was scheduled for Sunday 30 August at the Conca dell'Alben, «run by the Sci Club Valserina»; we have not found times and fees for 2026.

The Conca dell'Alben and Pian della Palla are the meadow basins above the main village, below the north face of Monte Alben: Pian della Palla is about 800 metres as the crow flies from the centre of Oltre il Colle, the Conca about 1.2 kilometres. By car you drive up from Oltre il Colle along via Drago to the car parks at Pian della Palla; in winter the dirt road from the Colle di Zambla is a cross-country trail, closed to traffic.

In summer the same dirt road is the CAI's barrier-free walk from the Colle di Zambla to Pian della Palla, about 45 minutes each way: those accompanying the athletes of the summer Tablanata can also arrive on foot from the Colle.

For Zambla Alta the 1991-2020 averages of the ERA5 reanalysis, in the hamlet's page, give March minimums of about −4 °C and maximums of 6 °C, with about 35 centimetres of fresh snow in the month; August 11 and 20 °C, with about 240 millimetres of rain, the highest monthly value in the series. At the end of March 2026, Valbrembanaweb wrote, the valley's ski areas still had a good amount of snow and cold temperatures.