What's on in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy through the year

Peak crowds — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays in Italy

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Ski season (5 Dec – 12 Apr (usually)), Christmas to Epiphany (22 Dec – 7 Jan)

Busy — Carnevale Asburgico, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Carnevale Asburgico

  15–20 FebCarnivalCrowded

  A week of period costume marking the Habsburg court's visits in the 1890s: skiing in tailcoats, a torchlit arrival and a grand ball in the Hofer hall to close it. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (5 Dec – 12 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Carnevale Asburgico (15–20 Feb), Ski season (5 Dec – 12 Apr (usually))

Busy — Easter holidays in Italy, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Ski season (5 Dec – 12 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Busy — Summer holidays in Italy, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Brenta via ferrata season

  25 Jun – 20 Sep · usuallyTrail seasonBook early

  The rifugi on the Brenta traverse and the Bocchette ferrate open once the couloirs clear, usually from the last week of June. Hut beds are the constraint, not the weather.

Busy — Summer holidays in Italy, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Brenta via ferrata season (25 Jun – 20 Sep (usually))

Peak crowds — Ferragosto, Summer holidays in Italy

• Holiday

  Ferragosto

  5–25 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Italians escaping the heat of the plain fill the valley in the middle of August, and the cable cars and the road up from Pinzolo queue with them. Source ↗

Still on: Brenta via ferrata season (25 Jun – 20 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Italy, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Brenta via ferrata season (25 Jun – 20 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Between seasons

  1 Oct – 30 NovOff-season shutdownClosures

  Lifts stop and most hotels and restaurants close for two months, the same again in May. What is open in autumn is the valley below, not the resort itself.

• Nature

  Larch turning

  5 Oct – 5 Nov · usuallyAutumn colour

  The larch woods around Lake Tovel and up the Val Genova go gold for about three weeks in October, with the first snow already on the Brenta above them.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Between seasons (1 Oct – 30 Nov), Larch turning (5 Oct – 5 Nov (usually))

Peak crowds — Christmas to Epiphany, Christmas holidays in Italy

• Season

  Ski season

  5 Dec – 12 Apr · usually

  Lifts run from the first week of December to just after Easter, linking Pinzolo and Folgarida under the Brenta walls. Snowmaking covers most of the map when the season starts dry. Source ↗

• Holiday

  Christmas to Epiphany

  22 Dec – 7 JanChristmas & New YearCrowdedBook early

  Milan arrives for the fortnight and this is not a cheap resort in a cheap week. Early December has the same pistes with none of the queue. Source ↗