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Rome, November 20, 2020 – Ski safely with Covid it will be possible, but not everywhere: closed ski resorts in red zones, and with assistance limitations 50% in oranges. Green light for others, naturally with the necessary precautions and devices for health security. This is what the draft document is entitled: “Proposal of guidelines for the use of ski lifts in ski resorts and areas by amateur skiers”. The text will be exhibited at the Conference of the Regions next Monday, in order to present it to the opinion of the Government and CTS.
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“As a preliminary measure, it is necessary limit the number maximum daily attendance by entering a maximum number of daily skipases salable, determined according to the characteristics of the ski resort / area / area, with homogeneous criteria by Region or Autonomous Province or ski area to be defined later, after consulting the representatives of the category, agreed with the Prevention Departments of the competent Local Health Authorities in the territory “, reads the draft.
So in the areas of greatest risk (at the moment they are red zones Valle d’Aosta, Piedmont, Lombardy, the autonomous province of Bolzano and now also Abruzzo) Ski lifts closed for amateur skiers (“For the territories included in the scenario mentioned in article 3 of the Dpcm, the lifts will remain closed for the use of amateur skiers”). In the orange areas (at this time Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna, Liguria, Marche, Umbria and Sicily) you can ski, but few at a time with the assistance that will be reduced by half with respect to the capacity in the cable cars and gondolas (For the territories included in the scenario referred to in article 2 of the aforementioned Dpcm, the systems will remain active with a capacity reduction equal to 50 % for closed types of cable cars, cable cars, is … “).
In addition, the travel limits between municipalities should not be forgotten, so the possibility of practicing winter sports will be allowed, but “without prejudice to the travel limitations provided in the same article 2 of the aforementioned Dpcm”.
The document clarifies some points: “In the case of chair lifts, the maximum capacity at 100% of the vehicle’s capacity with mandatory use of mask surgical also possibly used appropriately by inserting it into instruments (such as a neck warming band) to facilitate its use. For cable cars, reduction to 50% of the maximum capacity of the vehicle and mandatory use of a surgical mask, possibly also conveniently used by inserting it into instruments (such as the neck) that facilitate its usability ”.
The draft also includes “for cable cars, a 50% reduction in maximum vehicle capacity, both in the ascent and descent phase, with the mandatory use of a surgical mask, also possibly used appropriately by inserting it into instruments (such as a neck band) that facilitate its use. “However, if necessary, exceptions: “For the descent to the valley in case of exceptional atmospheric events (for example, electrical storms), and in order to avoid or limit the gatherings of people in the mountain stations, the use of vehicles is allowed for the time strictly necessary fully charged, always respecting the use of a surgical mask, also eventually used appropriately by inserting it into instruments (such as a neck warming band) that facilitate its usability ”.
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