Lombardy
Bormio Ski
If you call it the Riviera of the Alps there must be a reason and waiting for the twentieth ski festival, scheduled for the last weekend of 2013, in Bormio you can really appreciate the full value of this said, the weather is sweet indeed and as pleasant in the spring of Sanremo.
Tuesday 17 December 2013 5 minutes reading time
The snow on the Stelvio is not lacking, although it is not as abundant as in years past, but is sufficient for Sunday, December 29th is regularly dispute the traditional and long-awaited descent of the World Cup. And 'in fact also arrived the final approval of the FIS. Helmut Schmalzl, head of security for the free and the men's super-G, has tested the Stelvio track from start to finish and at the end of the usual snow control has given its consent for'' final stage of the descent organization that last year was won on the par-hundredth of a second by Dominik Paris and Hannes Reichelt. Two champions that even in the first trials in North America have put particular emphasis on: the blue of St. Walburg in imposing free to Lake Louise and the Austrian Hinterstoder always climbing on the podium in Beaver Creek, second in the downhill and super-G this time in the third ex-aequo with Peter Fill.
The Gardena Helmut Schmalzl, one of the musketeers of blue avalanche Mario Cotelli and subsequently enjoyed DT Italy's Tomb, complimented with Massimo Rinaldi, director of race in Bormio, and with his closest collaborators, Pasquale Canclini and Chicco Pedrini, makers of snow and safety of the Stelvio, for a job well done the track in about ten days from the time trials of the descent Valtellina set for Friday 27 and Saturday December 28. The work of the organizers was absolutely excellent in truth if more than sixty thousand cubic meters of artificial snow were fired on the Stelvio from sixteen guns and other Ciuk of forty, and more, it will be used this week to make the slope of the high-speed , on skis as always unique and perfect. From Friday, then are expected snowfall Bormio if not intense, at least capable of lowering the temperature, around four or five degrees below zero, ideal for making snow.
Everything and more, continuing to give the numbers: to put the Stelvio in absolute safety, as required by the FIS, the 3,200 meters down the path of one of the most prestigious of all the men's ski World Cup will be protected - it is appropriate to say and emphasize this - the beauty of over 25 miles of networks of type A and B extended over the whole track. From this point of view Schmalzl, on behalf of the international federarazione, said he was excited about the amazing work done by Massimo Rinaldi and his men with gold. Meanwhile, on Thursday will begin trials of the third descent of the season on Saturday on the Saslong of Santa Cristina in Val Gardena picking up this World Cup podium of specialty: first Aksel Svindal (150 points), according to Dominik Paris (129) Reichelt and Kroell third equal average (86). Peter Fill fifth to just four points from the two Austrians.
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