The first day in the storm – At the opening of the ski season, therefore, almost a replica of what happened last March, a few days before the lockdown, with similar images from different Italian districts.
“There are a lot of people, but – retorted Matteo Zanetti, president and chief executive officer of Cervino spa – the situation is excellent on the side of gradual access and control. Obviously there were people at the cash desks, with a queue that we managed externally to avoid crowding inside. Each person who came to buy the ticket was measured the temperature, everyone is wearing a mask “.
With regard to the ticket office, Zanetti underlined, Cervino spa has fielded all its “strength: it is as if we were in full season“, thanks to” online ski passes and hotel ski passes “and to” all our open cash desks, even the “automatic” one.
The queues are also linked to the fact that – the company says – in the first day “many fans had to buy” the magnetic card. In addition, in support of the management of the queue there was “the collaboration of the police”.
On the plants, further upstream, “there were no queues, as well as on the slopes, where the distance is natural”. And to confirm the claims of the Cervino club, the former blue downhill skier Erik Seletto has posted photos and videos on Facebook that make you appreciate the wide spaces available once you have passed the ticket office. “Today the smartest ones (those who bought their tickets online) – writes Seletto – will have spent a wonderful day on the snow, outdoors and without queuing up”.
But the controversy also concerns the situation inside the cable car cabins, where you travel at full capacity. The objective of the regulatory protocol approved by the Valle d’Aosta Region is precisely to limit the queue to boarding. The photos, in this case, reminded many of those taken in subways and buses in recent weeks. Emblematic, among the various comments, is that of the former president of the regional council, Emily Rini, regional coordinator of Forza Italia: “That’s why people then get caught …
The regional council and the technical structures, at the end of the first day of opening of the ski resorts of Cervinia, ensure that continue with the path taken, aimed at perfecting the most suitable ways to guarantee safe skiing. This was announced by the Region.
Situation improving on the second day – On the second day of opening of the ski lifts in Cervinia there were no queues at the ticket offices or gatherings at the start of the area. The Cervino spa has modified the rules for access to cable cars and cable cars, thus avoiding the formation of queues.
“Cervinia reacted after yesterday’s controversy – comments the regional councilor for cableways, Luigi Bertschy – and this morning everything worked at its best. About 1,700 skiers have already climbed the slopes, most of them had bought their tickets online, entrances were staggered, the influx did not cause any slowdowns. The second day of skiing started off in the best possible way and in the name of safety “.
In recent days, the regional executive had met with the top management of Cervino Spa to understand the actions planned by the company for the opening on Saturday 24 October, in compliance with health protocols. In the coming days, the Region informs, the discussion will continue and will involve all the Aosta Valley cableway companies with the aim of focusing on the critical issues and identifying the appropriate solutions.
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