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Resort dossier

Val Gardena

IT·South Tyrol◇Part of Sellaronda (Dolomiti Superski)· 175km

Weeks 7–10

Typically +1.8°C · 12cm fresh / week · powder day 25% · mixed 34%

Top elev.

2518m

Base elev.

1236m

Pistes

175km

Lifts

Piste mix334km mapped

Blue37%

Red39%

Black8%

Other15%

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What to expect

What to expect in weeks 7–10

Based on 40 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2818m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically warm and wet, around +1.8°C, with 12cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 25% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.

Icy mornings

3.3 days/week

spring-like in 45% of years

Snow texture

Settled

packed, predictable piste

Typical wind

1.9 m/s

peaks to 4 m/s

Typical Freezing level

2150 m

0°C isotherm

Powder days

25%

of years see 10cm+

Rain at base

3.5 days

per week

Storm

15%

of years

Bluebird

of years

Thaw

46%

of years

Mixed

34%

of years

Climatology

What a season here looks like

Each track shows the typical range across 40 winters. The marker shows where your selected weeks sit.

Reliability60cm+

76%

Depth

70cm

Temperature

+1.8°C

Fresh snow

12cm

Snow line

2151m

Wind

1.9 m/s

Transfers

Airport	Drive	Train
Innsbruck (INN)	178 min
Salzburg (SZG)	294 min
Venice Marco Polo (VCE)	216 min
Verona (VRN)	230 min

Method & sources

The composite score weights snow reliability against the historical baseline, pulls in live conditions where available, then adjusts for how much hassle the trip actually is for your group.

01ERA5-Land hourly grid → daily SWE & snow depth at the resort cell.
02Bias-correct against ground stations (SLF / Météo-France nivôse).
03Build per-week climatological percentile · 35 winters.
04Anomaly = current week vs. cell's own 30-year baseline.
05Snow-sure read at the highest-snow cell within ~15km. When most resorts are bare, ranking shifts toward this, surfacing glaciers in shoulder seasons.
06Weight + rank against your origin & vibe profile.