Skiing in Abruzzo – snow report
The most popular ski resorts, the updated snow report and useful information on how to find lifts or book accommodation for your winter holiday
Winter December – March
Snow on the highest mountains of the Apennines: ski slopes, snowshoe walks in the woods, sledges for children and villages under the snow. It is also the season of Christmas and Carnival sweets.
More photos: the colours of winter ›
Skiing and snowboarding
From the large areas of Roccaraso and Campo Felice to the small lifts: check the snow report before you go.
Snowshoes and ski touring
Wide plateaus for beginners, valleys and ridges for the experienced: after fresh snow always carry avalanche gear.
Sledging, skating and the snow train
Sledging areas, ice rinks and the historic train across the snowy plateaus: snow for non-skiers too.
Snow webcams
See live how much snow there is and what the weather is like before you set off.
Huts and bivouacs in winter
The staffed high-altitude huts open in summer. In winter only the always-open, unstaffed bivouacs remain: for experienced people with snow gear only. Always check with the manager or the park.
Winter food
Mountain pulse soups, black truffle and festive sweets, from Christmas to Carnival.
Spring March – May
The snow melts, waterfalls and springs are at their fullest, meadows fill with flowers: the time for easy low-level walks, nature reserves and Easter festivities.
More photos: the colours of spring ›
Flowers, waterfalls and springs
With the snowmelt the waterfalls are running and the beech woods fill with flowers.
Easy walks
Gorges, valleys and mid-level trails, while there is still snow higher up.
Spring food
Zeppole for 19 March, Easter fiadone, the virtù soup of 1 May and the Cupello artichoke.
Summer June – September
The sea and beaches of the coast, mountain lakes, open huts and trails to the highest peaks: in a few hours you go from the sand to the 2,912 m of Corno Grande.
More photos: the colours of summer ›
Lakes
Lake Scanno is open for swimming; in the others swimming is not allowed or not advised: read the pages before going in.
Sea and coast
Wide beaches and shallow water to the north, trabocchi and coves on the Trabocchi Coast, the Punta Aderci reserve at Vasto.
High-level trekking
From June to October the summit trails are free of snow: start early, carry water and check the forecast for afternoon storms.
Huts open in summer
The staffed huts open roughly from June to September: always check with the manager.
Cycling, caves and cool gorges
Mountain biking on the park routes, or somewhere cool: in the caves it stays chilly even in summer.
Summer food
Grilled arrosticini, red garlic harvested in June, Santo Stefano lentils cut at the end of July and Altino peppers from August.
Autumn September – November
The beech woods turn red and yellow, and the villages harvest saffron, truffles and mushrooms: the season for quiet walks and good food.
More photos: the colours of autumn ›
Autumn foliage
The beech forests of the Abruzzo National Park, among the UNESCO-listed old-growth forests, are the finest sight of autumn.
Villages
Without the summer crowds, the stone villages can be explored at leisure: castles, churches and workshops.
Saffron, truffles and mushrooms
Between October and November the Navelli saffron flowers; in autumn white truffles are hunted and Paganica beans are harvested.
All year round
Before you go, in every season.
