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As ski resorts in mainland Europe continue to fight an information war to talk up the amount of early season snow cover – which can be generally summed up as “not as good as we might hope but not the complete disaster some are reporting, ” Italy’s huge Dolomiti Superski area has stepped in to stress it has 300km of trails open (a quarter of its total) with 150 open lifts serving them.
“This is possible thanks to the efficient snow making systems available all over the ski resort,” said spokesperson Diego Clara, adding, “Last week the temperatures dropped below zero and allowed the 4,700 snow machines of Dolomiti Superski to work at their best efficiency. That’s why it was possible to open a considerable number of lifts and slopes for the first weekend in December. Until now, this number has been rising constantly.”
The region also reports that above 1,600m above sea level there were natural snowfalls and says that 56,000 skiers hit the slopes last weekend.
“Snowfall is forecasted for the coming up days in higher regions and from Wednesday temperatures are supposed to drop again, what would allow to run the snow making systems again in the whole area of Dolomiti Superski,” continued Diego, “The Sellaronda will be ready to open for the weekend of the 19-21 December, just in time for the big Ski World Cup events in Val Gardena (19th and 20th December with a SuperG and a Downhill race) and in Alta Badia (21st December with the GS on the Gran Risa slope). These races have been confirmed by the FIS officials after having ascertained the perfect snow situation on the race tracks.”
Mr Clara said that nearly all lifts and slopes of Dolomiti Superski will be running for the Christmas Holidays and that almost all hotels and apartments in the Dolomiti area are now sold out around Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
