Italy · Europe · northern hemisphere
The Dolomites is at its best for hiking in July to August. Good but not prime in June and September. Crowds peak in July and bottom out in April.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skiing | 90 | 67 | 67 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 42 |
| Hiking | 14 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 65 | 88 | 92 | 69 | 19 | 8 | 15 |
| Crowds |
Swipe the table sideways for the rest of the year.
One pass covers 1,200 km of piste across twelve valleys, and the Sellaronda circuit laps four of them in a single day
Day walks with lift access, or hut-to-hut on the Alte Vie. No guide needed; the via ferrata routes are a different sport.
Christmas week to Epiphany, 6 January. Italian schools close around 24 Dec – 6 Jan and it is the most expensive fortnight in the country — the weeks after it are the same mountain for about 10% less.
Christmas and New Year, then the rolling Carnevale weeks through February; summer is busy too
Minimal — ski schools and gentle valley floors. Via ferrata is emphatically not a family activity.
Val Gardena and Cortina charge the name premium. Val di Fassa, the smaller Alta Badia villages and the Val Pusteria side sit on the same pass for noticeably less.
The Dolomites invented the via ferrata, and several hundred protected climbing routes sit above the ordinary walking paths.
0 is this destination’s own quietest month and 100 its busiest. The scale never compares one destination to another. Source: Wikipedia — Dolomites
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