San Domenico di Varzo is a ski area in Italy, on slopes between roughly 2,111 and 2,111 m. Its mapped area is about 13 km across, with 45 marked runs and 7 lifts (about 20 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 322 cm of snowfall a season, 393rd (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 11th in Italy. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (588 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2021/22 (175 cm). December brings as much snow as January here (79 and 79 cm on average).
The nearest city of any size is Como, about 84 km away. Below is a link to its official live camera.
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
We do not show a snow depth here. The weather model we use reports snow lying on the ground — it knows nothing about grooming or snowmaking, and it is not the base depth a ski area publishes. In Japan we can check our figures against 234 weather stations. Outside Japan there is nothing to check them against, so we do not print a number we have not verified. Snow report on the official site ↗
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌧️ 8 Oct | 0 | 2.8 / 7.6 | 24.2 |
| 🌤️ 9 Oct | 0 | 2 / 9 | 21.4 |
| 🌧️ 10 Oct | 0 | 3.6 / 8.2 | 16.5 |
| ☁️ 11 Oct | 0.2 | 1.3 / 7.5 | 15.8 |
| ☀️ 12 Oct | 0 | 1.1 / 9.9 | 17.8 |
| ☁️ 13 Oct | 0 | 2.4 / 12.8 | 10.6 |
| ☁️ 14 Oct | 0 | 5.3 / 12.3 | 11.8 |
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
The figures are for the whole of “Skiarea San Domenico”, which the map draws as one ski area.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
Only 32% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift4
- Magic carpet2
- Gondola1
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Live Cameras
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How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpe Devero | 6.5 km | 322 cm | 393 |
| Wilern | 12 km | 322 cm | 393 |
| Rothwald/Wasenalp | 12 km | 316 cm | 423 |
| Rosswald | 13 km | 308 cm | 453 |
| Domobianca | 18 km | 341 cm | 303 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 102 cm, more than the median of 48 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 322 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2021/22 with 175 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 588 cm (3.4 times as much). For 55% of the 177 ski areas in Italy, the leanest winter was the same 2021/22: bad winters tend to hit a whole region at once.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗More places to look
Guides covering Italy
- How Much Does Snowfall Change From One Winter to the Next? Country by Country Over twelve winters, the typical Japanese ski area's best winter was 2.3 times its worst. In Italy and Chile it was 4.6 times, in New Zealand 4.2. Canada, Finland and Sweden come out steadier than Japan.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52