Cervinia
Slope Breakdown
Cervinia at a glance
Cervinia is a ski resort in Italy, part of the Zermatt-Cervinia area. It offers 322 km of slopes served by 52 lifts, with skiing between 2,050 m and 3,883 m (1,833 m vertical). That makes it the 3rd largest of the 30 ski resorts in Italy listed on Intski. The season usually runs from November to May. Cervinia is an intermediate's mountain: roughly 68% of the slopes are red runs. Freestylers get 2 snow parks.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 12 cm of new snow at the top (3,883 m) in the next 3 days, 11 cm at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Cervinia, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Turin (TRN) — about 82 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 63 EUR (2026/27 season). Breuil-Cervinia/Valtournenche day pass (Italian side only), high season rate.
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Cervinia
Rules for a car in Italy, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
Motorway tolls by distance
Winter tyres
Winter tyres or chains on board, 15 Nov to 15 Apr, on signed roads (Valle d'Aosta from 15 Oct)
Studded tyres
Unclear: allowed up to 3.5 t; the period is not confirmed on an official page
Cervinia resort facts
These figures cover the whole Zermatt-Cervinia area, which Cervinia shares with 1 other resort on Intski, not Cervinia's own sector. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About Cervinia
Breuil-Cervinia, usually shortened to Cervinia, is a frazione of the comune of Valtournenche in Italy and a tourist resort in both winter and summer.
Resort Highlights
High, wide and open
Breuil-Cervinia, usually shortened to Cervinia, is a frazione of the comune of Valtournenche in Italy and a tourist resort in both winter and summer. In our data it is listed under the Cervinia-Zermatt ski area, which means its lift network is linked with Zermatt, and the figures below describe that combined area.
The numbers
The linked area offers 322 km of pistes with a rare, published difficulty split: 75 km easy, 220 km intermediate and 27 km expert, served by 52 lifts and complemented by two terrain parks. The picture is of a big area weighted towards intermediates. Just under a quarter of the terrain is easy, which still gives beginners and cautious intermediates 75 km of gentle runs at altitude; 68 per cent is intermediate, the clear majority; and only 8 per cent is expert, so the black runs are a small part of the whole. Two terrain parks add a freestyle option.
Altitude is the resort’s trump card. The base sits at 2,050 m, the top at 3,883 m, and the vertical is 1,833 m. A summit close to 3,900 m is about as high as lift-served skiing gets, and the entire area lies above the 2,200 m threshold where snow reliability improves markedly. The consequences show in the calendar: the season runs from November to May, two months longer than the December-to-April norm, and the resort is listed as snow-sure. The lift system is listed as modern, which matters when the distances are this large; 52 lifts across 322 km means each one covers a lot of ground.
Who it suits
With a base above 2,000 m, even the lowest runs sit at an altitude many resorts never reach, so early-season and late-season trips are far less of a gamble here than in lower villages. There is terrain for every level, so a mixed-ability group can still share the mountain: beginners on the wide easy runs, intermediates covering distance on 220 km of red pistes, experts on the 27 km of harder pistes and beyond.
Village and setting
Cervinia functions as a resort in both seasons, and scenic views from its high slopes are among its listed strengths. As a frazione, a hamlet within the larger comune of Valtournenche, it is small in its own right, and its identity is bound up with the ski area above it.
Getting there
Turin airport is roughly 82 km away as the crow flies. The resort’s official website has lift status and pass details.
Frequently asked questions about Cervinia
Cervinia is listed under the Cervinia-Zermatt ski area, a linked network of 322 km of pistes and 52 lifts shared with Zermatt.
75 km easy, 220 km intermediate and 27 km expert across the linked area, plus two terrain parks. That is 23 per cent easy, 68 per cent intermediate and 8 per cent expert.
The base is at 2,050 m and the top lift at 3,883 m, so the whole area sits well above 2,200 m. That altitude allows a season from November to May.
Breuil-Cervinia is the full name of the resort, a frazione (hamlet) of the comune of Valtournenche, Italy, used as a tourist resort in winter and summer.
Cervinia has 322 km of marked slopes: 75 km easy (blue), 220 km intermediate (red), 27 km expert (black), served by 52 ski lifts.
The skiing in Cervinia ranges from 2,050 m at the base to 3,883 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,833 m.
The ski season in Cervinia typically runs from November to May. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Cervinia is better suited to confident skiers — only around 23% of the slopes are rated easy.
Cervinia has 27 km of expert (black) slopes — about 9% of the total. There are 2 snow parks for freestylers.
An adult day pass in Cervinia costs around 63 EUR (2026/27 season). Breuil-Cervinia/Valtournenche day pass (Italian side only), high season rate.
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