Mountain·Italy

Antelao

3,264m

Dolomiti Cadorine

Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,264m
Prominence: 1,735m
Isolation: 31km
Relief: 2,431mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 66°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: All yearSee month by month ↓
First ascent: 1860
Summit: 46.4522°N, 12.2606°E

Mountain

Antelao is a mountain in the Dolomiti Cadorine (Italy). Its summit stands 3,264 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 1,735 m, and the nearest higher ground is 31 km away. It was first climbed in 1860.

From the lowest point within 5 km (833 m), it rises 2,431 m. The steepest side is the south-west face: 50° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 66° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Borca, 4 km away at 942 m: 2,322 m below the summit.

Antelao for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

9.9/10

Difficulty to the top

Mountain walk

Most path sections around the top are T3 on the SAC hiking scale. Glaciers around the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

2.5/2.550 waymarked routes and 106 path sections nearby
1.5/1.518 huts and shelters
2.0/22,322 m of ascent from the valley
1.4/1.51,735 m of prominence
1.5/1.57 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
1.0/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

6.8/10

2.9/465 km of downhill runs
0.9/1.524 ski lifts
0.0/1.5lift station heights not mapped
3.0/35 months of snow at about 1,442 m

Runs by difficulty

Beginner 1 km
Easy 28 km
Intermediate 23 km
Difficult 7 km
Freeride 6 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,442 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from December to April (some years from November to April).

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

24 lifts · 11 km cross-country

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

Plan your visit

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Snow

When there is snow on Antelao

At the summit, snow all year round. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Summit3,264 msnow all year round	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up2,103 msnow from November to May (some years from October to May)	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow some of the time	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Borca942 msnow from December to March	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Antelao, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average July afternoon the summit reaches about 8 °C; on January nights it falls to about -22 °C. In 7 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 4,580 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, January is the driest month (52 mm) and August the wettest (146 mm).

0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Borca high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-13	-22	2	1,210	52	8	3.8
February	-12	-21	3	1,360	55	8	4.6
March	-8	-17	7	2,020	69	10	5.6
April	-3	-12	12	2,820	86	15	5.7
May	2	-8	17	3,560	118	20	6.2
June	6	-3	22	4,270	122	20	7.4
July	8	-2	24	4,580	129	21	8.3
August	8	-2	23	4,500	146	19	7.4
September	3	-6	18	3,790	111	15	5.9
October	-1	-10	14	3,070	113	12	4.6
November	-7	-14	8	2,130	116	12	3.1
December	-12	-20	3	1,410	74	10	3.4

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,439 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. True scale: no vertical exaggeration.

West – east

South – north

Steepness by direction

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Antelao

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

18mountain huts and shelters
Bivacco Fratelli Fanton (2,667 m), Bivacco Comici (2,000 m), Rifugio Vandelli (1,926 m), Bivacco Slataper (2,600 m) and 14 more
2cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
San Marco, Tambres
5ski areas
Cristallo - Faloria, San Vito di Cadore, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Dolomiti Superski and 1 more
50waymarked hiking routes
Alta via n. 3 delle Dolomiti - Dolomiten-Höhenweg Nr. 3, Alta via n. 4 delle Dolomiti - Dolomiten-Höhenweg Nr. 4 and 48 more
3via ferratas
2climbing crags and routes
Palestra di roccia di Cibiana, Falesia La Zoppa
3named glaciers
Ghiacciaio Superiore dell'Antelao, Ghiaccaiao Occidentale, Ghiacciaio Inferiore dell'Antelao
18viewpoints
Sebbie, Punto Essa and 16 more
2campsites
Campeggio "Alfonsine", Area sosta camper Valle di Cadore
99hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Belvedere, Hotel Antelao Dolomiti Mountain Resort, Hotel Boite Mercure, Hotel De Len and 95 more
72restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

106 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2T3T4T6

T1 hiking
T2 mountain hiking
T3 demanding mountain hiking
T4 alpine hiking
T6 difficult alpine hiking

Towns at the foot

Borca4 km · 942 m
Vodo4 km · 901 m
San Vito4 km · 1,010 m
Valle di Cadore7 km · 819 m
Cibiana7 km · 985 m
Pieve di Cadore8 km · 878 m
Calalzo di Cadore9 km · 806 m
Bortolot10 km · 1,443 m

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Antelao in gennaio — Pierluigimiglioli · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bastioni, Antelao and others from the mountainside of Monte Popena, Auronzo di Cadore, Veneto, Italy, 2025 October — Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991–2020 average	-13	-12	-8	-3	2	6	8	8	3	-1	-7	-12
2020	+3.2	+3.3	+0.5	+2.7	+0.6	−1.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.8	−1.9	+2.3	−0.3
2021	−2.0	+0.9	−1.3	−3.0	−2.6	+1.6	−0.3	−0.7	+2.4	−0.4	+0.6	−0.8
2022	+0.4	+1.7	+0.9	−0.6	+2.0	+3.1	+3.4	+1.3	−0.7	+4.0	+1.1	+0.4
2023	+1.0	+2.8	+2.0	−1.6	−0.8	+0.7	+0.5	+1.2	+3.8	+3.6	−0.5	+2.0
2024	+1.4	+4.3	+1.9	+1.0	−0.8	−0.7	+1.5	+3.5	−0.7	+1.2	+1.4	+1.7
2025	+1.9	+2.9	+1.9	+1.7	−0.1	+3.6	−1.0	+0.5	+1.1	−0.8	−0.6	+1.8

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q571759) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profiles	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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