The abundant existence of permafrost in the Alpine region provokes the need to understand permafrost characteristics in the area, given the context of rapid climate change and its potential impacts on permafrost and its containing environments. Understanding the processes involved in permafrost degradation and active layer thickening requires studying the governing energy regime. This is done by properly tuning and applying physically based models to simulate the occurring processes and model the parameters of interest such as the snow cover and surface soil temperature. This research work aims to provide a better understanding of the role of the surface energy balance in a permafrost-dominated area in Passo del Monte Moro, Macugnaga, in the Italian Alps.