La Villa
Slope Breakdown
La Villa at a glance
La Villa is a ski resort in Italy, part of the Dolomiti Superski ski area. It offers 130 km of slopes served by 53 lifts, with skiing between 1,433 m and 2,778 m (1,345 m vertical). That makes it the 12th largest of the 30 ski resorts in Italy listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. La Villa is particularly beginner-friendly: about 57% of its slopes are easy blue runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 15 cm of new snow at the top (2,778 m) in the next 3 days, 3 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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Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Bolzano (BZO) — about 39 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 80 EUR (2025/26 season). Alta Badia local day pass.
About €0.62 per km of piste the pass covers (130 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to La Villa
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
La Villa resort facts
These figures cover the lift network La Villa shares with Corvara and Alta Badia on Intski: one sector of the Dolomiti Superski pass, not the whole pass. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About La Villa
La Villa is a resort in the Italian Dolomites whose skiing is sold under the Dolomiti Superski pass. The local numbers are substantial on their own: 130 km of pistes and 53 lifts between 1,433 m and 2,778 m.
Resort Highlights
A Dolomites base inside the world’s largest ski pass area
La Villa is a resort in the Italian Dolomites whose skiing is sold under the Dolomiti Superski pass. The local numbers are substantial on their own: 130 km of pistes and 53 lifts between 1,433 m and 2,778 m. But the context matters more here than at most resorts, because Dolomiti Superski is, by Wikipedia’s account, the largest ski area in the world.
What the Superski pass means
Created in 1974, Dolomiti Superski spreads across roughly 3,000 km² of north-east Italy and takes in most of the winter ski slopes of the Dolomites. It comprises 12 ski areas with a combined 1,246 km of pistes and 450 lifts, all usable on a single pass; about half of the kilometres are directly connected to each other by lift and piste. Snowmaking covers around 1,160 km, or 97 per cent of the total, and skiability is guaranteed from December to April even without snowfall. The high point of the whole system is 3,269 m in the Arabba/Marmolada sector. The area regularly hosts World Cup alpine skiing and snowboarding races, and it is an affiliate of the Ikon Pass. The Dolomites themselves were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009.
The local skiing
Back at La Villa, the 1,345 m of vertical is generous, and a top station at 2,778 m sits well above the 2,200 m mark where altitude begins to help snow reliability, before the Superski-wide snowmaking is even counted. Fifty-three lifts for 130 km is a dense network, roughly one lift for every 2.5 km of piste, which tends to mean short waits and easy movement around the mountain. No split between easy, intermediate and expert terrain is published for the local area in our data.
Village and views
The site rates La Villa for traditional charm and for scenery. The Wikipedia material available to us covers the wider ski area rather than the village itself, so we cannot add historical detail here; what the numbers and the location do say is that this is a valley base at 1,433 m in a UNESCO-listed mountain landscape, which is reason enough for the scenic rating.
Practical
Bolzano (BZO) is the nearest airport, roughly 39 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April, backed by the Superski snow guarantee. Pass details are on the Dolomiti Superski official website.
Frequently asked questions about La Villa
Dolomiti Superski. One pass is valid across 12 ski areas with 1,246 km of pistes and 450 lifts.
The local top station is at 2,778 m, and across Dolomiti Superski snowmaking covers about 97 per cent of the slopes, with skiability guaranteed from December to April even without snowfall.
About half of the Dolomiti Superski kilometres are directly connected to each other; the rest are on the same pass but not lift-linked.
Dolomiti Superski is listed as an Ikon Pass affiliate; check the current terms before travelling.
La Villa has 130 km of marked slopes: 74 km easy (blue), 47 km intermediate (red), 9 km expert (black), served by 53 ski lifts.
The skiing in La Villa ranges from 1,433 m at the base to 2,778 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,345 m.
The ski season in La Villa typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Yes — La Villa is well suited to beginners. About 57% of the slopes (74 km) are easy blue runs.
La Villa has 9 km of expert (black) slopes — about 7% of the total.
An adult day pass in La Villa costs around 80 EUR (2025/26 season). Alta Badia local day pass.
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