How to read these numbers
Each row is a measuring station of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano. The figure is the depth of snow on the ground where the station stands, not on the pistes and not on the summits: on the same day there are almost always more centimetres at 2,300 metres than at 1,700.
The “over seven days” column shows how much the reading has changed compared with a week earlier. A negative number does not mean there is no skiing: it means the snow has settled or melted at that spot.
We only show stations in the valleys we cover: the provincial network also reaches the Venosta and Ultimo valleys, which are not the Dolomites. When a station does not measure, the row does not appear: we prefer a gap to an invented zero.
What these numbers do not tell you
The stations are those of South Tyrol: Val di Fassa, Val di Fiemme, San Martino, Cortina and the Belluno valleys have no readings in this series. Averaging them and calling it “snow in the Dolomites” would be dishonest.
This is not the state of the pistes. Ski areas make snow and groom the runs: a piste can be perfect with little natural snow around it, and the other way round. Lift opening dates are in the dedicated guide.
This is not an avalanche bulletin. That is the province’s official service, a different thing, and it is what you read before leaving the pistes.
Sources
- Open Data Hub South Tyrol, real-time weather stations
- Autonomous Province of Bolzano, weather service and avalanche centre