Skiing with the Green Pass: this is how the white week will work

The decree Green Pass bis also speaks of mountains, skiing and white weeks. The House has approved it, the Senate should do so by 5 October. In the text there are the rules that extend the obligation of the green certificate for the use of ski lifts in ski areas.

So this winter there will be skiing, not like last season. The rules are those that already apply to long-distance transport and public places and which, from 15 October, will also come into force for the workplace.

Need the Green Pass. For those who are not vaccinated there is the obligation of a negative molecular swab valid for 72 hours.

A form of experimentation is already underway. For a few days you have been skiing on the glacier of the Val Senales and this area has independently chosen to adopt the green pass for over 12 years. Similar rules should arrive for Austria and Switzerland, neighboring countries that share part of the ski slope connections with France and Italy.

Skipasses will preferably be sold online to avoid crowds. There should be no daily attendance limits, but the capacity of the lifts should be limited. Cable cars, cable cars, these with the windows open, and chairlifts with a windscreen will have to travel at 80%. A mask will be mandatory for all. I can operate 100% open ski lifts and chairlifts.

The rules are also inserted in the Protocol for the reopening of the ski areas and for the use of the ski lifts signed by the Italian Winter Sports Federation and the associations of operators in the ski lift sector. In addition to the Green Pass and the online sale of ski passes, routes must be created that guarantee interpersonal distancing of at least 1 meter for access to ticket offices and ski lifts with entry and exit lanes. For shelters, the same spacing rules should apply as for bars and restaurants.

Dolomiti Superski, the largest Italian ski area, says he is satisfied through the president Andy Varallo: «Clear rules in September allow the entire winter tourist sector to prepare in time. In any case it will be a great challenge for us, especially from a technical and organizational point of view, but we are happy to have a certain perspective on the start of the next winter season, which at this point seems to be guaranteed ».

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