LAREFA guides and instructors

LAREFA's sports disciplines have grown over time, along with the team of collaborators. From the beginning in 2020 until today, new activities have been introduced with each passing season, as new, talented and qualified professionals in the disciplines have enthusiastically decided to organize and lead experiences together.

All the instructors and guides who collaborate on the experiences and services offered are qualified professionals, regularly enroled in the national registers of the following bodies, associations, and organizations: Collegio Guide Alpine Veneto e Alto Adige, UIAGM, UIMLA, Collegio Maestri di Sci Veneto, AMSI, Scuola Italiana E-Bike, ACSI. Here's who you will meet in one of your next adventures!

Luca Ganz

Ski instructor
Accompagnatore di media montagna
International mountain leader
MTB guide

Born and raised on "bread and mountains" in Falcade, in the magical Biois Valley, thanks to the teachings of his father, who from an early age instilled in him a love and passion for the nature of these places. He continued and completed his education in Italy and internationally, traveling, discovering, and exploring the mountains of Scotland, Wales, England, Finland, France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Corsica, Portugal, and Cyprus, before returning to his home in the Dolomites with a backpack ("refa") full of passion and lessons to pass on to those he accompanies on hikes, lessons, and other activities in all seasons. Throughout the year, he also alternates days spent working in the mountains with his work as an IT Technical Architect for Microsoft ERP systems. In 2023, after many years of experience and work in the sector, he conceived and founded LAREFA, with the love, dream, and goal of being able to convey, share, and offer an alternative, personal, and accessible idea of the mountains.

Barbara Gentilini

Accompagnatrice di media montagna
International mountain leader

She also grew up in Falcade, in the beautiful Biois Valley, where her father took her every year to the Mulaz as a child: it was a ritual outing! It was inevitable for her to fall in love with the mountains! She now lives in Brunico, a good base for reaching various mountain ranges. She has climbed numerous peaks and hiked high routes in Veneto, Trentino, and Alto Adige. She also enjoys climbing and ski mountaineering! She chose this profession because she wants to bring people closer to the mountains and, above all, to share her love for these places!

Giovanna Costa

Snowboard instructor
Snowboard trainer
MTB guide

She has lived in Canale d'Agordo since she was born, except for a few periods of emigration around the world for study, work, or her great passion for travel. She has worked as a kindergarten support teacher for about ten years, and as a snowboard instructor since 2008. She grew up skiing, but at twelve she approached this sport out of pure curiosity. After a few years, she joined the first snowboard group at the Ski College Veneto, participating in several national and international competitions, favoring boardercross. She then became a coach, leaving the competitive life behind to dedicate herself to what had begun to give an even greater meaning to her life: teaching this wonderful sport! In 2012, she created the snowboarding section for boys and girls at the Sci Club Val Biois, from 2015 to 2017 she was a coach for the Veneto Committee, and in 2021 she spent 5 months in China as a private coach for a Chinese athlete. Her passion for snowboarding and teaching, combined with her love for the mountains, make this the best job in the world!

Olaf Lovat

Alpine guide

Born in 1993, he grew up in the Zoldo mountains, and from an early age found his second home in the snow and ice. At the age of three, he put on his first skis and skates; hockey, in fact, was his first great sporting love. In high school, he discovered climbing, a passion that changed everything: from then on, he left the ice to pursue the vertical lifestyle of the rock faces. Over time, this passion has taken him ever higher, literally, from the great Alpine walls to the most distant routes in the world, rediscovering each time the allure of mountain adventure. From the granite of Yosemite to the glaciers of Kyrgyzstan, from the mountains of the Sahara to the descents of Georgia's volcanoes, each trip has been a step forward in his journey. Today, as an "aspiring" mountain guide (qualified in 2024), he seeks to share all this with those who wish to discover, or rediscover, the magic of the mountains. A world of hard work, freedom, and authentic beauty.