Madesimo has set its lift opening for Friday, November 27, followed on Saturday, November 28 by Livigno and Aprica, while Bormio and Santa Caterina Valfurva will return to the slopes on Friday, December 4, right on the eve of the Immaculate Conception holiday weekend. The 2026/27 calendar thus maps out a closely spaced start across Valchiavenna and Valtellina, accompanied in Aprica by the debut of the new four-seater chairlift toward Lago Palabione and, in the opening weeks, by official free-ski-pass promotions in Livigno and Aprica.
The first lifts to spin will be those of the Ski Area Valchiavenna on Friday, November 27, across a domain that at full capacity links around 40 kilometers of slopes on a single ski pass between Madesimo, Alpe Motta, Campodolcino, and Piuro. Day-trippers can choose whether to start directly from the center of Madesimo via gondola and chairlifts or stop lower down in Campodolcino, skipping the final mountain switchbacks by car thanks to the underground Sky Express funicular, which reaches the 1,721-meter elevation of Motta in about three minutes.
The following day, Saturday, November 28, both sides of Livigno will open—from Mottolino to Carosello 3000 and Sitas—for a season running through Sunday, May 2, 2027 and reaching 115 kilometers of runs at full capacity with lifts spread along the entire town at 1,816 meters. From November 28 through December 19, the resort also runs its official Skipass Free promotion, offering a complimentary pass for at least four days of skiing with a five-night hotel stay or six days of skiing with seven nights in participating apartments.
The promotion requires booking directly with the property or through the resort’s official portal; additional options are gathered on the page dedicated to ski holiday deals in Livigno, including the 3-star Mountain Chalet Remi with ski pass included (available here starting from 309 euros).
Also kicking off on Saturday, November 28 is the season in Aprica and Corteno Golgi, where construction wraps up by the end of October on the new four-seater chairlift heading up to Lago Palabione, serving the sector’s highest runs up to 2,300 meters at La Valletta. Alongside Palabione, the ski area features the Magnolta sector with the Pistone run, Baradello with the more than six-kilometer Superpanoramica, and the village-level Campetti area for beginners.
On the pricing front, alongside discounts of up to 30 percent on ski passes purchased in advance online, from the start of the season through December 26 (excluding the December 5–8 holiday weekend) the Hoteliers Association of Aprica and Corteno offers the official Free Skipass deal providing a complimentary pass for guests staying at least three nights when booking directly with the hotel, while the ski holiday deals in Aprica also include the 4-star Hotel Cristallo Club featuring a wellness center and included ski pass (see rates and dates here).
Finally, Friday, December 4 will be the turn of Bormio and Santa Caterina Valfurva, in time to link the first ski weekend with the Immaculate Conception holiday—which in 2026 falls on a Tuesday—while Cima Piazzi and San Colombano will open on December 19, with Bormio’s season scheduled through April 11, 2027. From the town, the gondola climbs to 1,945 meters at Bormio 2000, home to the beginner slopes, from where the cable car reaches the 3,017-meter summit of Cima Bianca across the 50 kilometers of runs and 1,817 vertical meters of the Vallecetta.
While single-day and four-hour tickets are valid in the individual ski area chosen, multi-day Bormio Skipass tickets allow skiers to travel by ski bus across all three Alta Valtellina ski areas, where visitors can browse ski holiday deals in Bormio, offers for Santa Caterina, or ski-pass-included packages at the 4-star Hotel Baita Clementi (starting from 404 euros on this page).
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