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Rome, November 26, 2020 – Will be possible skiing at christmas? Will they be open (or not due to COVID-19) the ski resorts in Italy and in Europe? The question, a source of heated debate in the government (but not only) between those who would reopen to save the economy and those of ‘let’s close everything’, seems to move towards ‘No’. And this despite pressure from the Regions. But Minister Boccia at today’s meeting reiterated to local authorities that the plants will reopen when “the epidemic has cooled down.” That is to say: “We wait within a month, month and a half.” It so happens that close to the date (January 10) proposed today by Angela Merkel.
The ball is in the hands of Europe. “We need a coordinated EU response on the ski slopes,” declared the Prime Minister. Giuseppe Conte, concerned for all those who think, given the closure of Italy, that they can go to Austria, Switzerland or other EU countries to spend the Christmas holidays. For those returning from abroad, however, it will be Mandatory buffer.
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But also Brussels does not seem to “care” about the problem. “There are no specific recommendations on skiing, our recommendations for health security, in terms of strengthening coordination between states, are horizontal, they refer for example to the rules on spacing, on the use of masks, these are recommendations Will be applied to all sectors according to their specificities, “warns European Commission spokesman Stefan de Keersmaecker. From the series, the competition on the options of opening or closing the facilities is national, not the EU.
So who decides? At the moment no one seems to take responsibility. But give Germany A request comes in: the EU bans all ski holidays until January 10. So Angela Merkel he declared in Berlin, admitting however that on his proposal “it will not be easy, but we will try”. Yes, because obviously all the ski resorts will wage ‘war’ so that this, the closing of the ski lifts until January 10, does not happen.
And in fact, moments after the Chancellor’s request, altolà arrives from Austria, you just don’t want to close. “The European Union has no powers to ski, it cannot prohibit anything. National and regional governments and parliaments independently decide what to indicate in terms of health policy in the field of skiing”, explains Martin Selmayr, representative of the European Commission in Vienna Then other controversies. And the factions are expanding. On the one hand, therefore, Austria (but also Switzerland), on the other Italy and Germany, also supported by France so the ski resorts may reopen during the Christmas holidays, “but the ski lifts will remain closed.” That’s what French Prime Minister Jean Castex said.
While we keep waiting for someone to make a decision, we try to understand what is currently open. And where.
Open ski facilities
In the Aosta Valley the lifts are open but can only be used by professional athletes (national teams), marked Fis and Fisi, and “athletes of national interest”. The Italian Federsci on Monday, December 30, extends the definition of ‘athlete of national interest’ also to the youth and master categories. Staying in Italy, open ski lifts and playable slopes, only for professional athletes or ‘of national interest’, also in Solda at the foot of Ortles in South tyrol and on Passo Monte Croce between Veneto and province of Bolzano.
In Switzerland, the winter season at the foot of Matterhorn, the Swiss diction our Matterhorn Mountain, has started. At the Italo-Swiss borders there are no limitations regarding travel restrictions. On the website of the ‘Tourist Office’ in Zermatt, one of the winter sports capitals of the entire Alpine arc located in the canton of Valais, we read that the cable car and the railway “this winter are available to guests but with the necessary security to guarantee the health of guests and employees. ” In the ski area of Zermatt, which reaches 3,899 meters above sea level, it is currently possible to ski in 26 of the 322 kilometers available and the rough lifts are 10 of the 52 total. Always in Switzerland, a Saas-Fee, free skiing for all: 7 of 23 open lifts (53 of 100 km). The ski lifts and slopes also open to Parsenn in the Davos area, where 14 km of the 95 in total (7 of 18 lifts) can be covered. In the Bern area you can ski Glacier 3000 – Les Diablerets (9 km of slopes of a total of 30). Elevators also open to Titlis – Engelberg.
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