Arabba
Arabba is the steepest, most advanced base on the Sella Ronda lift-linked circuit. The village sits at 1,602 m on the Belluno side of the Dolomites, with the Marmolada cable car climbing to 2,950 m on the area's south flank, the highest piste on the loop. Trails skew intermediate-to-advanced, and the village stays small and ski-focused, with none of the boutique-village polish of Cortina or Alta Badia.
Key Stats
Terrain Breakdown
The percentage of marked trails in each difficulty level. A higher beginner percentage means more terrain suitable for novices and families; a higher advanced percentage means more challenge for experts.
When to go
Average snowpack depth, by month.
Arabba's snowpack peaks in May.
- Snowpack
- peaks May
Snow depth: GeoSphere Austria, gridded climate data (1994–2023).
Location
Arabba sits in the Dolomites of northern Italy's Veneto region, in the mountainous Belluno province near the Pordoi pass. It is high-alpine and continental, ringed by the steep limestone peaks and high passes that define this corner of the eastern Alps.
Getting there
Fly into Venice (VCE), about 2.5 hours from the resort by road.
- Venice (VCE)2.5 hoursDirections
- Bolzano (BZO)2 hoursDirections
- Innsbruck (INN)2.5 hoursDirections
- Lift-linked with Alta Badia (Italy) — Lift-linked on snow across the Passo Campolongo leg of the Sella Ronda loop. (via the Dolomiti Superski / Sella Ronda)
- Lift-linked with Canazei (Italy) — Lift-linked on snow across the Passo Pordoi leg of the Sella Ronda loop. (via the Dolomiti Superski / Sella Ronda)
- Lift-linked with Val Gardena (Italy) — On-snow connected via the Sella Ronda loop (through Alta Badia or Canazei). (via the Dolomiti Superski / Sella Ronda)
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