San Simone is a ski area in Italy, at about 1,804 m. Within 2.5 km of its centre the map shows 13 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 8.2 km of piste).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 215 cm of snowfall a season, 995th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 49th in Italy. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2023/24 (375 cm), brought more than 5 times as much as the leanest, 2021/22 (68 cm). December brings as much snow as January here (46 and 45 cm on average).
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
Elevation of the ski area’s centre point, taken from a digital elevation model. It is not the base-to-summit range.
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 ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foppolo-Carona | 6.1 km | 220 cm | 953 |
| Pescegallo | 9.9 km | 193 cm | 1217 |
| Piani di Artavaggio | 18 km | 193 cm | 1217 |
| Piani di Bobbio - Valtorta Skiarea | 18 km | 193 cm | 1217 |
| Spiazzi di Gromo | 22 km | 170 cm | 1416 |
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 63 cm, more than the median of 48 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 215 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2021/22 with 68 cm; the biggest was 2023/24 with 375 cm (5.5 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.
Runs and lifts
Counted from the marked runs and lifts on the map, within 2.5 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift3
- Drag lift2
- Platter1
Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Difficulty uses the European grades, which do not map onto North American green / blue / black.
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