That has been our observation the past 3 days, just wondering if it is usually that way. They would be out of this world if there was unlimited visibility.
They were good with the haze but not like they could be, but was curios what other's experience has been.
PS: There are some great passes, especially if you love driving switchbacks.
Humidity at 83%— which it is today in Ortisei—will make it hazy. And, yes, summers in Italy are very humid.
I live in the mountains not far away and yes, there can be a little haze in the summer but absolutely not like the last few days.
This 'haze' is all over northern Italy and no it is not normal.
Apparently it was (because the sky is clearer today) the 'cloud' of smoke from the wildfires in Canada.
https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2025/06/09/incendi-canada-fumo-alpi-valle-d-aosta
Tinac is right: Switzerland and Northern Italy are suffering from smoke haze.
We had the same in the Bernese Oberland, but it has gotten better today. And yes, the met office confirms that it is indeed Canadian in origin...
Shudder to think what it must be like over there.
It’s not the smoke, it’s the heatwave. In the mountains of Lecco and Bergamo, where temps have reached 35, at altitudes of 900+ meters it’s hazy because of the heatwave, not what tgsky is saying. Perhaps in Switzerland, yes, but every single time there’s a heatwave in this area it gets extremely hazy. This evening around 8:30 the haze was almost gone. I’m very sensitive to smoke snd this wasn’t smoke, it was haze caused by humidity and extreme heat. We live in the northeast USA and last year, when there was smoke because of the wildfires in California, I couldn’t go outside or work for three days because of it. This is much different. Again, don’t believe the hype.
Saw a photo of Lake Annency that looked like a San Francisco foggy day due to the fire.
