The cable
A snowpark
that floats
Two hundred and thirty metres of cable, six obstacles and a mountain lake inside a protected area. Built by three companies from the valley.
- System
- two-tower
- Line
- 230 m
- Obstacles
- 6
- Session
- 10 min
- In the water
- one at a time
- Minimum age
- 6 years
How it works
A ski lift,
but on water
Instead of a boat there's a cable strung between two towers. You grab the handle and it pulls you: same principle as a ski lift, minus the snow.
It's a two-tower System 2.0. The line is straight: you go one way, set up the turn at the end and come back. It takes one rider at a time, which is why a session lasts ten minutes: they're all yours, not shared with seven other people.
The instructor adjusts the speed with a remote from the dock, watching you. It starts slow and speeds up when you're ready — not before.
The line
Two hundred and thirty metres,
then back
The features aren't lined up along the cable: they're scattered on both sides of it, at different distances. If you're learning you ride straight through the middle and touch none of them — you don't dodge them, you go looking for them.
There are six, over three distances, and they get more demanding the further you go from the dock.
Scroll the diagram to see the whole line.
Two M kickers
Near the start, one on each side, facing the dock. Medium size: enough to leave the water for the first time, not enough to frighten you.
Funbox and box
On the right the funbox: wide, on two levels, with several possible lines — it's the one you try your first press on. On the left a low, easy box, the first obstacle anyone tries, because the entry is hard to get wrong.
Rails and transfers
On the right a mellow kicker with a built-in rail: it's there for transfers, and it's advanced stuff. On the left a long rail, for anyone who enjoys ollieing onto it.
The place
Still water,
forest around
Lake Terlago sits inside a protected biodiversity area. No motorboats, no waves: the water is flat almost all the time, which is exactly what you want when you're learning.
We're at the foot of Monte Bondone and the Paganella, nine kilometres from Trento and thirty from Lake Garda. If you kite or windsurf on Garda, this is where you go on a no-wind day: here you don't need it, the cable does the pulling.
How to get hereWho's with you
Federation instructors
The school is affiliated to the Italian Surfing, Water Ski and Wakeboard Federation. Rounds of the national Cable Cup have been raced here.
In practice that means two things: whoever puts you in the water on day one knows what they're doing, and if wakeboarding gets serious for you, you can start racing without changing venue.