Ski Italy

Welcome to the Ski Italy page, providing a regular round-up of the skiing conditions and current snow reports for the main ski resorts in the Dolomites and Italian Alps. Over recent years some of the most favourable piste conditions throughout the season have been reported at Cervinia, Cortina, Val Senales, La Thuile and Livigno although in any given week or season the best slope conditions may be found at any of the other high Italian resorts or at lower elevation ski stations among the trees in poor weather.

For off-piste powder, resorts such as Selva Gardena, Livigno, Chiesa, Madesimo, Arabba have proven among the most consistent either for fairly regular snowfalls, northerly aspect or for not getting tracked out quickly but check out the reports below for the latest news.

Although there is excellent terrain for skiing and snowboarding in Italy, the scope for freeriding is a little limited because going into forbidden areas can land you with a €50 fine plus it is illegal to go off-piste without an avalanche beacon and rescue equipment. This policy means that secret snow spots are very well guarded but check out friendly snowboard shops for some useful advice.

While the snowfalls experienced by most Italian ski resorts are generally no match for those resorts on the northern side of the Alps they feature strongly in the record snowfall events for most seasons. Snowfalls of up to about 1m (3ft+) often occur during single storm events late in the Italian season and resorts including Cervinia, Madonna di Campiglio, La Thuile and the Monterosa ski stations (Gressoney, Alagna) commonly figure in those records. Italy is more temperate than its northern neighbours and the tree line often reaches over 2000m, which is great skiing or boarding in flat light.

Italy has one of the most diverse selections of ski areas of any country in the world with Italian ski resorts ranging from Courmayeur in the country’s North West by the slopes of Western Europe’s highest mountain, to ski areas on the slopes of Mount Etna on the southern island of Sicily in the Mediteranean.

You can ski Italy in almost every part of the country too, with resorts offering cross-border skiing in to Slovenia in the North East, as well as ski areas inland from Rome in the south of the central mainland and in the Apennine mountains further north.

There is a great variety in the types of resorts you’ll find when you’re skiing in Italy too.  One of the most famous areas, the Via Lattea, or Milky Way, in the North West of the country, was host to most of the on-snow events for the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics. It includes cross border skiing to Montgenevre in France, is home to Sestrière (Via Lattea), which was one of the world’s first purpose built ski villages, created by the family than ran the Fiat car company in the 1930s, long before the first French purpose-built ski areas were constructed, and only a few decades after the first Italian ski resort started at Claviere (Via Lattea), another part of the Milky Way only a few kilometres away.

In the north eastern side of the country the Dolomiti Superski region contains more than 50 individual ski villages spread between a dozen valleys which together offer more than 1,200km of piste.  These resorts are however more like traditional Austrian villages on the whole, as much of the pass, which takes 25% of the entire Italian ski market on its own, is in an area called the South Tyrol which was once part of Austria.

The Dolomiti Superski area is one of the largest passes in the world and remains the biggest to offer a fully inter-changable lift pass from day one (larger coverage areas that have developed recently in Austria have more usage restrictions). It also contains the world’s second largest lift/piste inter-connected ski region after the 3 Valleys – the Sella Ronda. This is a famous 23km circuit around the huge Sella mountain massif from which valleys radiate off, such as the famous Val Gardena, as well as Badia – famous for its gourmet food, and Fassa. Altogether more than 500km of piste is linked, putting it ahead of the Milky Way.

Italian skiing is also famous for its value – typically 10 or 20% below the average price for resorts in each size category, and even more so for dining out and drinking on and off the mountain. The price saving is most marked on the shared ski area of Cervinia in Italy and Zermatt in Switzerland which can be skied for substantiually less if you buy your pass on the Italian rather than the Swiss side. You’ll also pay up to 75% less for a nice handmade espresso on the Italian side than for a self service machine produced beverage in Switzerland.

Mountain scenery is another Italian forte – from the rugged Alpine mountains of the Aosta Valley in the West to the spectacular pink precipices of the Dolomites, now a UNESCO World Heritage site.
And there’s also that famous Italian sense of style epitomised by the country’s more exclusive resorts including Madonna di Campiglio and Cortina d’Ampezzo, but visible almost everywhere.
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Italy: latest snow conditions round-up


ITALY REPORT It's been a third snowy week in Italy, if anything, the snowiest yet in fact, but most of it has been falling on the upper half of ski slopes, with some rain and certainly much less snow in lower areas. But that said, resorts further south like Abetone (30/30cm / 12/12") in Tuscany and Cimone (30/50cm / 12/20"), which have suffered from warm weather and little snowfall all winter, are in much better shape after fresh snow there and have 20-30% of their runs open at last.

But at the bigger, more northerly areas, we've seen another metre of snow over the last 7 days for resorts like Livigno (94/174cm / 38/70") and Cervinia (0/260cm / 0/104") this week, and most slopes remain open with fresh snow lying deep.

Summary of forecast snowfall and ski conditions for resorts in Italy. Fresh snow is forecast at 2 resorts. Powder is reported at 0 resorts and 5 are reporting good piste conditions.

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Recent Eyeball Snow Reports for Italy

A–B

C–E F–L M–O P–Q R–R S–U V–Z Best piste conditions (5)

Ski resorts in Italy from A to B

Resort
snow depth
top and bottom

on-piste

off-piste

Last Snow

Next 9 Days
0–3 | 3–6 | 6–9
snow (cm)
Next 5 days weather forecast.
Freezing level (m)
Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

(1240m — 1892m)

snow report yesterday

55
10
Artificial snow cover 1.0 cm
8 days ago
2.0
rain showers part cloud part cloud rain showers rain showers
Mid station 1566 m
2450m 2500m 2650m 2600m 2100m

(1076m — 1951m)

snow report 9 days ago

18 cm
9 days ago
2.0
part cloud part cloud rain showers rain showers snow showers
Mid station 1514 m
2600m 2550m 2650m 2550m 1300m

(1212m — 3275m)

snow report yesterday

100
35
Packed powder and groomed snow 1.0 cm
2 days ago
5.0
4.0
part cloud part cloud light rain cloud snow showers
Mid station 2244 m
2450m 2550m 2600m 2650m 1400m

(1502m — 2441m)

snow report yesterday

18 cm
9 days ago
50.0
2.0
snow showers part cloud rain showers part cloud light snow
Mid station 1972 m
1450m 1500m 2250m 2150m 1300m

(1000m — 2100m)

snow report yesterday

150
50
Packed powder and groomed snow 23 cm
9 days ago
37.0
2.0
rain showers part cloud rain showers part cloud mod rain
Mid station 1550 m
1700m 1850m 2350m 2250m 1400m

(860m — 2267m)

snow report yesterday

80
40
Artificial snow cover 17 cm
9 days ago
35.0
1.0
part cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud light rain
Mid station 1564 m
1700m 2100m 2450m 2400m 1250m

(1640m — 2212m)

snow report yesterday

2.0 cm
2 days ago
10.0
3.0
part cloud part cloud rain showers clear mod snow
Mid station 1926 m
1550m 2400m 2450m 2500m 850m

(1600m — 2210m)

snow report yesterday

100
15
Artificial snow cover 12 cm
9 days ago
39.0
2.0
part cloud part cloud rain showers clear light snow
Mid station 1905 m
1600m 1800m 2350m 2250m 1200m

(1042m — 2125m)

snow report yesterday

170
40
Packed powder and groomed snow 28 cm
9 days ago
21.0
1.0
part cloud part cloud rain showers clear mod rain
Mid station 1584 m
2050m 2200m 2550m 2600m 1150m

(1126m — 1710m)

snow report 8 days ago

Antagnod webcam
30 cm
9 days ago
1.0
clear part cloud rain showers part cloud snow showers
Mid station 1418 m
2300m 2500m 2500m 2600m 1250m

(1120m — 1630m)

snow report 8 days ago

1.0 cm
9 days ago
29.0
1.0
clear part cloud rain showers clear light snow
Mid station 1375 m
1400m 1450m 2150m 2150m 1150m

(1074m — 1200m)

snow report 8 days ago

5 cm
9 days ago
clear part cloud rain showers clear rain showers
Mid station 1137 m
2300m 2450m 2500m 2550m 1200m

(1151m — 2270m)

snow report yesterday

Aprica webcam
230
50
Spring snow 22 cm
9 days ago
38.0
1.0
part cloud part cloud light rain clear mod snow
Mid station 1710 m
1750m 2250m 2550m 2550m 1100m

(1446m — 3269m)

snow report yesterday

170
80
Packed powder and groomed snow 1.0 cm
3 days ago
60.0
2.0
snow showers part cloud snow showers part cloud light snow
Mid station 2358 m
1400m 1500m 2250m 2150m 1250m

(1000m — 2000m)

snow report 9 days ago

23 cm
9 days ago
19.0
1.0
rain showers part cloud part cloud light rain light rain
Mid station 1500 m
2150m 2250m 2550m 2650m 1850m

(979m — 1585m)

snow report 9 days ago

13 cm
9 days ago
34.0
2.0
rain showers part cloud rain showers part cloud mod rain
Mid station 1282 m
1450m 1600m 2200m 2100m 1250m

(1295m — 2300m)

snow report 9 days ago

14 cm
9 days ago
21.0
2.0
clear part cloud cloud clear mod snow
Mid station 1798 m
1800m 2000m 2400m 2400m 1200m

(1324m — 2778m)

snow report yesterday

80
15
Artificial snow cover 16 cm
9 days ago
49.0
2.0
part cloud part cloud rain showers part cloud light snow
Mid station 2051 m
1350m 1450m 2200m 2150m 1250m

(1312m — 2750m)

snow report yesterday

110
20
Packed powder and groomed snow 1.0 cm
8 days ago
2.0
part cloud part cloud rain showers clear snow showers
Mid station 2031 m
2450m 2350m 2500m 2450m 900m

(1259m — 1664m)

snow report 7 days ago

9 cm
8 days ago
2.0
light rain part cloud rain showers rain showers rain showers
Mid station 1462 m
2050m 2300m 2550m 2800m 2400m

(1225m — 3012m)

snow report yesterday

Bormio webcam
210
25
Packed powder and groomed snow 1.0 cm
6 days ago
42.0
1.0
part cloud part cloud light rain clear heavy snow
Mid station 2118 m
1400m 2200m 2400m 2400m 1000m

(1000m — 1700m)

snow report 9 days ago

17 cm
9 days ago
23.0
1.0
part cloud cloud light rain part cloud heavy rain
Mid station 1350 m
2000m 2350m 2650m 2600m 1150m

(1200m — 1700m)

snow report 9 days ago

21 cm
9 days ago
22.0
1.0
part cloud part cloud part cloud part cloud mod rain
Mid station 1450 m
2200m 2200m 2600m 2650m 1450m

(1524m — 3480m)

snow report yesterday

250
30
Packed powder and groomed snow 3.0 cm
2 days ago
1.0
8.0
2.0
part cloud part cloud light snow clear light snow
Mid station 2502 m
2200m 2600m 2400m 2550m 900m

(1569m — 1824m)

snow report 7 days ago

2.0 cm
8 days ago
clear rain showers clear cloud clear
Mid station 1696 m
3000m 2900m 3150m 2800m 2650m

(950m — 2275m)

snow report 11 days ago

9 cm
9 days ago
34.0
1.0
clear part cloud rain showers clear light snow
Mid station 1612 m
1300m 1350m 2100m 2200m 1200m

(950m — 2275m)

snow report 11 days ago

8 cm
9 days ago
1.0
32.0
3.0
clear part cloud rain showers clear mod snow
Mid station 1612 m
1300m 1350m 2100m 2200m 1200m

(1803m — 2235m)

snow report yesterday

Brusson webcam
1.0 cm
8 days ago
1.0
2.0
clear part cloud thunderstorm part cloud snow showers
Mid station 2019 m
2350m 2450m 2600m 2550m 1400m