Cavalese is a
comune of 4,004 inhabitants in
Trentino, northern
Italy, a ski resort and the main center in the
Fiemme Valley. It is part of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme (Magnificent Community of Fiemme) and, together with
Predazzo, is the administrative, cultural and historical center of the valley. The town is a renowned tourist location, during winter for cross-country and alpine sky, and during summer for excursions. The town was the site of the
Cavalese cable car disaster in 1998, when an US aircraft tore down the cable-car connecting the town to the near
Cermis mountain during a training exercise, killing 20 people.