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Madesimo - ski resort in Italy. Ski area from 1,550 to 3,000 m, vertical drop 1,398 m. 11 lifts. Trail map, weather and snowfall.

Trail information

Altitude and trails
Madesimo, Italy
3,000 m
top
1,450 m
Vertical drop
1,550 m
base
Total slopes
37 km
Lifts
11
Vertical drop
1,450 m
Trails by difficulty - 37 km total
Easy38 runs15 km · 41 %
Intermediate27 runs19 km · 51 %
Difficult4 runs3 km · 8 %
Data verified on 28 October 2026. Source: the resort's own website, skiareavalchiavenna.it.

Madesimo is a ski resort in the Lombardia region (Italy). Gentle runs predominate, so the resort suits beginners and families with children.

Worth knowing

The ski area rises from 1,550 to 3,000 m, with a vertical drop of 1,450 m. This vertical drop allows you to ski from top to bottom without changing lifts and noticeably changes the conditions during the descent. The upper pistes are high, so snow lasts longer than on the nearby lower slopes. The season usually runs from 28 November to 11 April.

Snowparks

The resort has a snowpark.

Maps

Madesimo ski resort trail map

Video

Contacts and opening hours

Resort contacts
Phone
+39 0343 55311
Coordinates
46.42810, 9.34281
Countries
Lift opening hours
Opening hours
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Typical season
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Season
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Average monthly snowfall at Madesimo

Snowiest month:January- 78 cm
78Jan6 days
64Feb5 days
67Mar5 days
17Apr2 days
41Nov3 days
69Dec5 days

Snowfall per month - cm. Below each bar - how many days it snowed that month. Observation data for the last 3 completed seasons.

Accommodation

Hotels and apartments in the resort towns

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Prices are per night for a stay in high season. Last checked: 26 October 2026.

What visitors say about the resort

The praise is for a resort that has stayed off the international radar: midweek there are no queues at all, the pistes are quiet and lodging and food prices come as a pleasant surprise. The vertical is substantial for the size of the place, so descents run long. The real magnet is the off-piste, above all the Canalone del Groppera couloir, reason enough on its own to come. Altitude and snowmaking keep cover dependable.

Grooming is where the criticism lands, with frequent complaints about hard, frozen surfaces and runs left untouched by the machines for days. Visitors describe lifts closing early, closed signs posted on runs that were open, no visible patrol on the hill and reckless skiers cutting across. At weekends Milan arrives and the quiet disappears. The choice of pistes is modest, the same lines repeat by the end of a week, and nightlife amounts to a couple of bars.

An editorial summary of public reviews on specialist sites. This is not a visitor review: we retell what is written about the resort most often, both praise and criticism.

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