From ski passes to cable cars, the rules for skiing in the three regional bands

3 ‘reading

On the snow in the yellow and orange areas wearing the mandatory surgical mask – better to keep it under the neck more warm – but with a 50% reduction in assistance in cable cars and gondolas compared to the maximum capacity, which is still 100% for chair lifts . But also the maximum limit of daily passes, online purchase of tickets to avoid queues and après ski allowed only with seats. Closed lifts in the red zones, however, for amateur skiers. The anti-Covid white week rules are under the regions’ guidelines for the use of ski lifts in ski resorts and areas.

The passages in sight

The document, of which there is currently only a draft, will be taken to the Conference of the Regions next Monday and then delivered to the Government and the CTS. Therefore, the new provisions could be foreseen shortly and, at this time, with the current ordinances of the Ministry of Health in force in the different regions, holidays in the snow would be prohibited in several alpine ranges. That is why the peaks of Veneto, Friuli and Trentino, if the territories did not suffer more restrictions, could be raided by vacationers.

Loading…

Requirements for plant operators

Everywhere an “interpersonal distancing of one meter in all phases prior to transport” of tourists must be guaranteed and this also applies to families, partners and relatives, with the exception of those who require accompaniment (such as children under metro and 25 centimeters high, in the case of chair lifts) or assistance (for example, blind). Strict measures to be respected also for ski lift operators, who “must guarantee the organization and management of flows and queues, the application of measures to maintain interpersonal distancing”, even with posters indicating the rules for limiting the risk of contagion.

Regulate flows in case of bad weather

The supervision of compliance with the distancing measures must be guaranteed “by the Public Security authorities in conjunction with the local authorities, also with the collaboration of the Department of Civil Protection, the Firefighters, the Forestry Corps and the Alpine Rescue”. The apresqui, and therefore the entertainment off the slopes with aperitifs and snacks, is “allowed only with seats that meet the standards already defined in the protocols of restoration and public establishments.” The document “suggests providing downstream information systems that inform tourists that accommodation at high altitudes may not be insured where the maximum capacity of the premises has been reached” and “integrated solutions will be studied with plant managers. that should regulate the flows and lighten them in case of bad weather ”.

The purchase of ski passes is not unlimited

For the descent into the valley “in the event of exceptional atmospheric events (such as electrical storms) and to avoid concentrations in mountain stations,” the use of fully loaded vehicles is allowed “only” for the time strictly necessary “, always with” the use of the surgical mask, also possibly used appropriately by inserting it into instruments (such as a neck warming band) that facilitate its usability ”. The purchase of ski passes will not be unlimited: it will be necessary to “limit the maximum number of daily tickets by introducing a maximum number of salable daily passes, determined according to the characteristics of the ski resort / area / area, with homogeneous criteria for each Region” . o Autonomous province or ski area to be defined later, having also listened to the representatives of the category, agreed with the Prevention Departments of the competent Local Health Authorities in the area.