Stelvio Pass (Passo dello Stelvio) reviews

Stelvio Pass, June 19, 2026

Stelvio is Italy’s only summer ski resort, offering skiing from 2,750 m (early in the season) to 3,340 m (not 3,450 m, which is the official figure!)
To get here, you drive up the highest road in the Alps to the legendary Stelvio Pass. The pass usually opens in late May, and crowds of motorcyclists, sports cars, and cyclists jostle for space on the hairpin curves. One tip is to drive up in the evening and stay at one of the hotels up on the pass.

There are about 10 hotels, almost all of which are closed, so you have about 2–3 hotels to choose from. I stayed at Hotel Pirvano, which offered good value and a decent breakfast. It’s a worn-out Italian-style hotel, but it’s nice to be within walking distance of the cable car!

The lifts consist of a first gondola that takes you up to an intermediate station with more hotels, where the next gondola takes over and goes up to Livorio. Up here at 3,000 meters, there’s another closed hotel.
The glacier has shrunk significantly, so you have to ski down to reach the T-bar lifts on the glacier (there’s a conveyor belt to get back up).

The two T-bar lifts, Gletscher 1 & 2, weren’t running (but the slope was groomed). Instead, we had to take a cat ski to the other side, where two more lifts are running.

The skiing: typical summer skiing on a glacier. Fairly flat with a maximum vertical drop of 200 meters. Almost exclusively ski clubs are here training. It’s wonderful to glide down on skis in the middle of summer! Early in the season, you can ski all the way down to the Stelvio Pass and get a maximum vertical drop of 600m.
The lifts are open from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Tip: Take a short summit hike up to Geitzerspitze (3,467 m), the peak above the T-bar lifts. Fantastic views!

Lift pass: official price is 61 euros/day, but I paid 52 euros (maybe because the glacier lifts were closed). NOTE! Return your keycard and you’ll get 5 euros back.

Is it worth going here?
Not really, but if you’re in the area anyway, it’s a fantastic experience. One or two days of skiing is enough.

After the resultless, stubborn information seeking about this summer ski resort, I gave up and went there instead. There is no good website. But do not be fooled for here, greats like Gustav Töhni, Tomba, Deborah Compagnoni, Marc Giardelli have been training in the summer. Even today, many national teams are doing their summer training here. Passo Stelvio has a myth stamp on it. Passo Stelvio is a sci estate. (Summer skiing.)

50 tornanti later you are at 2750m and surrounded by a stunning view, you take the cabin up to the glacier which is at 3150meters height. Up there are the tow lifts that apply. One can say that there are 8 lifts, 14 slopes, a park that is piste and most border between blue-red slopes. Late in the season (July), only the top slopes are accessible. (It is like in many other glaciers no marked slopes that are brighter than that due to increased risk of glacier cracks)

Here you will not have to go for a good and varied skiing for a week. Here you will go for a different experience for two to three days as a break on your summer break as a break from climbing the Dolomites, rafting in Val di Sole, sun and prayed in Lagi Di Garda etc. Or if you want to practice some of today's and tomorrow's cinderella stars. Go here if you want to get away from the heat in the valley and just have to ski in the middle of the summer. Skiing is available for rent so do not hesitate to drag the skis.

It is difficult to rate summer ski resorts. It should be matched only with other summer resorts but it will be 3/5 on the skiing. However, I want to put 5/5 for the experience and nature.