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Val Gardena

iconic-viewtraditionalfamily-friendlyExpert terrainIntermediate paradise
Weeks 49–53

Typically -0.1°C · 11cm fresh / week · powder day 20% · mixed 38%

Top elev.
2518m
Base elev.
1236m
Pistes
175km
Lifts
40
Piste mix334km mapped
Blue37%
Red39%
Black8%
Other15%
COMPOSITE SCORE
31
Snow20
Typically 50cm
Typical depth50cm
16cm80cm
Travel1
From your origin
Size81
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect

What to expect in weeks 49–53

Based on 29 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2818m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -0.1°C, with 11cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 20% of the time. Other weeks run warm and wet.

Icy mornings
2.2 days/week
spring-like in 28% of years
Snow texture
Powdery
soft, easy turns
Typical wind
1.4 m/s
peaks to 3 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1864 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
20%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
2.8 days
per week
Storm
18%
of years
Bluebird
13%
of years
Thaw
32%
of years
Mixed
38%
of years
Climatology

What a season here looks like

Each track shows the typical range across 29 winters. The marker shows where your selected weeks sit.

Reliability60cm+
33%
Depth
49cm
Temperature
-0.1°C
Fresh snow
11cm
Snow line
1864m
Wind
1.4 m/s
Trend · 76 winters

Thinner snow, and warmer air

Val Gardena's typical base has been getting slightly shallower, by 4cm a decade across 76 winters. The winter freezing level has climbed 53m a decade.

73cm
82cm
81cm
65cm
55cm
64cm
62cm
54cm
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–2025
Winter to winter
13–146cm

Across single winters (2016–17 to 1950–51).

Typical base
−19cm

1950–1959 to 2020–2025. The Other Italian Alps region moved −21cm.

Freezing level
+53m

Per decade. 1990m in 1950–1959, 2387m now.

Calibrated reanalysis, 1950–2025. Bars are each winter's mean base, rules each decade's mean. 2020–2025 holds 6 winters, not ten. Every figure here averages a full season, so none of them will match the readings for your chosen weeks above.

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Transfers

Transfers

AirportDriveTrain
Innsbruck (INN)178 min
Salzburg (SZG)294 min
Venice Marco Polo (VCE)216 min
Verona (VRN)230 min
Method & sources

We weigh snow reliability against this resort's own history, add live conditions where we have them, then adjust for how hard the trip is for your group.

  1. 01ERA5-Land hourly grid → daily SWE & snow depth at the resort cell.
  2. 02Bias-correct against ground stations (SLF / Météo-France nivôse).
  3. 03Build per-week climatological percentile · 30 winters.
  4. 04Anomaly = current week vs. cell's own 30-year baseline.
  5. 05Snow-sure read at the highest-snow cell within ~15km. When most resorts are bare, ranking shifts toward this, surfacing glaciers in shoulder seasons.
  6. 06Weight + rank against your origin & vibe profile.