On the snow in the yellow and orange areas wearing the obligatory surgical mask - better to keep it under the neck warmer - but with the reduction of 50% of attendance in cable cars and gondolas compared to the maximum capacity, which remains 100% for chairlifts.
But also the maximum limit of day ski passes, online purchase of tickets to avoid queues and après ski allowed only with seats.
Closed lifts in the red areas, however, for amateur skiers.
The rules on the anti-Covid white week are coming, expected by many Italians, provided for by the 'guidelines of the regions for the use of ski lifts in stations and ski areas': the document, of which there is currently only a draft, will be brought to the Conference of the Regions today to be submitted to the Government and the CTS.
The new provisions could come into force soon and at the moment, with the current ordinances of the Ministry of Health, holidays on the snow would be off limits in several Alpine massifs.
However, according to the draft, the guidelines provide that wherever "interpersonal distancing of one meter is ensured in all phases preceding the transport" of tourists: "the distancing also applies to families, cohabitants and relatives", with the exception of people who need accompaniment (such as children under one meter and 25, in the case of chairlifts) or assistance (for example the blind).
Strict measures to be respected also for the managers of the ski lifts, who "will have to guarantee the organization and management of flows and queues, the application of measures to maintain the distance", also with signs indicating the rules.
The supervision of compliance with the distancing measures must be guaranteed "by the public safety authorities in conjunction with local authorities, also with the collaboration of the Department of Civil Protection, the Fire Brigade, the Forestry Corps and the Alpine Rescue".
Après ski, and therefore entertainment off the slopes with aperitifs and snacks, is "allowed only with seats in compliance with the rules already defined in the protocols on catering and public establishments".
In the document "it is suggested to provide downstream information systems that communicate to tourists that accommodation at high altitude may not be guaranteed where the maximum capacity of the premises has been reached".
For the descent to the valley "in case of exceptional atmospheric events (such as thunderstorms) and to avoid gatherings in the mountain stations, it is allowed" to use fully loaded vehicles "only" for the time strictly necessary ", always with" the use of the surgical mask, also possibly appropriately used by inserting it into instruments (such as neck warmer band) that facilitate its usability ".
With regard to ski passes, it will be necessary to "limit the maximum number of daily admissions by introducing a maximum number of salable daily ski passes, determined on the basis of the characteristics of the resort / area / ski area".
When purchasing the ticket, the user explains the guidelines, must "be held responsible and informed (with the aid of information material posted or available on the site, if the purchase is made online) about the status of their own health and that of their cohabitants or family members (understood as people with whom they share confined spaces such as means of transport, hotel rooms, housing units, etc.), otherwise committing themselves not to use the ascent and reporting, according to the procedures, the onset of any symptoms ".
