Sondrio · Italy · ski area
Valmalenco Bernina ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Valmalenco Bernina is a ski area in Sondrio, Italy with 23 km of mapped downhill runs and 10 lifts, between 1,525 m and 2,350 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 23 km
- Lifts
- 10
- Top elevation
- 2,350 m
- Vertical drop
- 825 m
- Cross-country
- 6.0 km
- Nearest airport
- BGY · 71 km
Slopes by difficulty
44 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 6 Chairlifts
- 2 Magic carpets
- 1 Cable cars
- 1 Funiculars
Valmalenco Bernina is a ski area in Sondrio, Italy. Its 44 mapped downhill runs add up to 23 km, which ranks it #61 of 277 ski areas in Italy and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 516 m long.
Slopes at Valmalenco Bernina
About 46% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 37% intermediate and 16% advanced or expert, which makes Valmalenco Bernina a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 10 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets, 1 cable car, 1 funicular. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,525 m up to 2,350 m, a vertical drop of 825 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring. Cross-country skiers get 6.0 km of nordic trails.
Getting to Valmalenco Bernina
The nearest airport is Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY), about 71 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 32 min by car; Lugano Airport (LUG) is 81 km away. Nearby ski areas include Lanzada - Pradasc, Centro Sportivo Isola Valmalenco, Alpe Teglio (7.8 km) and Aprica (38.3 km), which together add 145 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Valmalenco Bernina
- 1Il Caravaggio International AirportBGY71 kmstraight lineOrio al Serio (BG), Italy
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- 2 LUG81 kmstraight line
- 3 VBS103 kmstraight line
- 4 LIN105 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Valmalenco Bernina
- 3 kmLanzada - Pradascup to 1,113 m
- 4 kmCentro Sportivo Isola Valmalencoup to 1,645 m
- 16 kmCorvatsch-Furtschellas
Switzerland40 km of slopes · 15 lifts · up to 3,296 m - 17 kmDiavolezza-LagalbSwitzerland19 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 3,003 m
- 17 kmMalojaSwitzerland3.1 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 2,133 m
- 17 kmAlpe Teglio7.8 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 2,480 m
- 19 kmCasacciaSwitzerland0.6 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,598 m
- 22 kmPontresinaSwitzerland0.4 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,925 m
- 24 kmCorvigliaSwitzerland68 km of slopes · 49 lifts · up to 3,020 m
- 25 kmBivioSwitzerland15 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 2,541 m
- 29 kmAprica38 km of slopes · 15 lifts · up to 2,254 m
- 29 kmAversSwitzerland6.5 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 2,515 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.