The highest village in the Bergamo Alps at 1,515 m, an hour and a half from Milan, where Lombardy's locals cash in their weekends on motorway-wide pistes.
Foppolo is a ski-in/ski-out resort (most of the village is genuinely on the snow) in Italy, in the Italian Alps. The village sits at 1515 m and the lifts top out at 2160 m, with 56 km of pistes and 14 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 74/100, and the season usually runs Dec 7 → Apr 7.
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Run counts and piste kilometres are indicative. Green runs only exist in France, Spain, Andorra, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, the United States, Morocco, Algeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Egypt, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Chile; Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany start at blue. Indicative average snow depth near the top of the resort, in cm.
A handful of well-rated hotels in and around the resort. Pick one, then compare live prices across Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
Very good · 1.3k reviews
Strong value for Foppolo, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Guests rate this hotel as very good (4.4/5 from 1,280 reviews). A mid-range option for Foppolo, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
Excellent · 223 reviews
Strong value for Foppolo, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Very good · 198 reviews
Strong value for Foppolo, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Very good · 134 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Foppolo.
Good · 139 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Foppolo.
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Most hotels are built around the base lifts at 1,515 m, so ski-in/ski-out is the norm rather than the exception. A handful of properties on the Carona side are a short shuttle away.
Foppolo sits at the head of the Brembana valley at 1,515 m, the closest reliable high-altitude ski address to Milan. Over the Montebello pass the lifts spill down into Carona on the other side, and the two together carry the Brembo Ski banner with 56 km of piste and 14 lifts. The character is unmistakably Milanese: lively on Saturdays and Sundays, quieter mid-week, with a fan base that has been coming up the SS470 for forty winters. The piste book reads 15 blues, 10 reds and 5 blacks, but the experience is dominated by the wide, north-facing motorways under the Quarta Baita ridge, where the snow holds well and the runs are long enough to settle into a rhythm. The snowpark on the Montebello side is the freestyle hub for the Bergamo plain, busy with teenagers from the city. Foppolo's village is small and functional rather than postcard, a row of hotels and bars built around the lift base, which is part of its honest, value-priced appeal. The season runs from December 7 to April 7. Snow score 74 reflects an altitude that needs a cold winter but rewards it.
Hotels and apartments around the lifts. Compare prices on Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
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Foppolo offers 56 km of pistes across 14 lifts, from 1515 m to 2160 m. Whether it suits beginners depends on the dedicated learner zones at the base of the slopes, so check the local ski-school options for green and blue run access.
The season runs from Dec 7 to Apr 7, with a snow score of 74/100. Snow is usually most reliable in the heart of that window, deep in winter, while the closing weeks bring longer days and softer afternoon snow.
Most hotels are built around the base lifts at 1,515 m, so ski-in/ski-out is the norm rather than the exception. A handful of properties on the Carona side are a short shuttle away.
Foppolo has 56 km of marked pistes served by 14 lifts, between 1515 m and 2160 m of altitude.
Foppolo counts about 30 marked runs in total. The colour breakdown above shows how they split by difficulty, a good guide to whether the resort fits your level.
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