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VENICE «For tomorrow, Sunday, the ARPAV indicates a high avalanche risk. Never like this since 1996, the year Arpav was born. Weather conditions are expected to worsen today and tomorrow. That is why we tell everyone: do not leave home. We have instructed the Prefect of Belluno to prohibit the entry of tourists throughout the province and because the situation is particularly critical. The mayors are very concerned because they continue to see people arriving by car. Veneto Region Civil Protection Councilor Gianpaolo Bottacin said today, announcing a new meeting of the Civil Protection Crisis Unit today at 3 pm Police checkpoints have been established in Tai di Cadore and officers verify that The cars have winter tires or chains that are mounted on site. Otherwise, it is not possible to continue.
Snow covered dolomites
The Dolomites are literally covered in fresh snow, so much so that in the Cortina d’Ampezzo area the mayor Gianpietro Ghedina announces the fall of 70 centimeters of fresh fur at night. In general, it continues to snow on the mountain even at low altitudes around 700 meters.
In Cortina there are numerous vacationers who have arrived at the place, especially in second homes, over the long festive bridge of Sant’Ambrogio and the Immaculate Conception. It is not possible to ski, according to government decrees: the only plant in operation, the Col Gallina chairlift, in the Falzarego pass, is reserved for the training of athletes, and it cannot be reached, since all the main passes of the Dolomites are closed. From Cortina you don’t go to Val Badia and Agordino; do not get off Misurina towards Val Pusteria.
On Alemagna state highway 51, an international connection from Veneto to Alto Adige and Austria, there are slowdowns, detours, sometimes stopping the traffic of vehicles, due to the presence of heavy vehicles stopped on the road, without chains. Of snow. Some choose to use skis to go to town and walk through the pedestrian area of Corso Italia, to the shops in the center.
On Mount Faloria the track is being prepared for the Night Snowboard World Cup on Saturday 12 December; The preparation of the finish areas for the 2021 Alpine Ski World Championships has already started in Tofana, scheduled for February 7-21. Other teams are working on the Cinque Torri, to prepare the Lino Lacedelli competitive track, which will be used as of next week for the training of teams of athletes and which in February will host the qualifying rounds of the minor nations involved in the Championships of the World.
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