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Courmayeur, Italy, Invests €40 Million in 2 Next-Generation Leitner Gondolas for 2026-27 Season

Courmayeur is preparing to undergo a huge transformation on its ski slopes, introducing a massive modernization project that aims to seamlessly blend Italian mountain tradition with cutting-edge transit technology. According to an infrastructure announcement released by Courmayeur Mont Blanc Funivie S.p.A. on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, the ski resort is injecting over €40 million into its lift network. The sweeping […]
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Jannik Sinner’s Manager Becomes Largest Shareholder in One of Italy’s Top Ski Resorts

Alex Vittur, the longtime manager and close confidant of no.1 ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner, has become the largest single shareholder in the holding company that controls one of Italy’s premier ski destinations: Kronplatz. According to multiple Italian media reports, Vittur recently acquired approximately 5,000 shares in Kronplatz Holding AG from entrepreneur Thomas Gatterer in a deal reportedly worth around […]
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Italy is Pushing Ahead With Plans to Reopen Abandoned Ski Area Above Lake Como

A plan to bring skiing back to Monte San Primo — a mountain overlooking Italy’s Lake Como that was once a popular winter destination for Milanese day-trippers — is moving closer to reality, according to reporting by local newspaper La Provincia di Como this week. The project has been in the works for several years and has attracted significant controversy. […]
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Prato Nevoso Begins Construction on Northwest Italy’s First Eight-Seat Chairlift

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Prato Nevoso, located in the Ligurian Alps of Northwest Italy, has begun construction on its new eight-seat chairlift. The high-speed detachable chairlift will be the Piedmont region’s first eight-seater as resorts across the area are modernizing infrastructure. The chairlift will serve the resort’s Conca area near the village, and it is expected to be fully operational for the 2026-27 season. The […]
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Südtirol Skiarena: Italy’s Expanding Ski Network Goes All-In on Scale and Year-Round Access in South Tyrol

A quiet but significant shift in the European ski landscape is underway in northern Italy. At the close of the 2025–26 winter season, the long-running Ortler Skiarena has officially rebranded as the Südtirol Skiarena, signaling not just a name change, but a fundamental expansion in scope, ambition, and identity. Related: 2 Finnish Freeriders Killed in Avalanche at Sulden, South Tyrol, […]
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Dolomiti Superski, Italy, Proposes €30 Million Refund Plan Amid Antitrust Probe While Consumer Protection Groups Push Back

Italy’s Dolomiti Superski has proposed a €30 million ($35 million) compensation plan for skiers as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation into alleged price fixing and restrictions on competition. The offer is already drawing criticism from consumer groups as being too low. Italy’s competition authority, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, has been examining whether the consortium, along with […]
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2 More Avalanche Deaths Push Italy Toward One of Its Deadliest Winters in 20 Years

Italy’s deadly avalanche season continued this week, with two experienced ski mountaineers losing their lives in separate incidents in the country’s northern Alps, bringing the national toll to 40 fatalities — one of the highest in more than a decade. The first tragedy unfolded on Easter Sunday in South Tyrol, near the high-alpine terrain above Val di Vizze, not far […]
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Late-Season Snowstorm Buries Italy’s Apennines, Overwhelming Ski Lifts

After a largely snow-starved winter, Italy’s Apennine Mountains have been buried under a surge of late-season snowfall—bringing both relief and dangerous conditions to regions more accustomed to spring sunshine than deep powder in early April. In some ski areas, lift infrastructure has been completely buried, forcing resorts to halt operations for two days. Related: Where to Ski in the European […]
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Body of Missing Exchange Student Found 2 Months After Dying in Avalanche in Italy’s Dolomites

The body of a Chinese tourist who had been missing for more than two months has been recovered in the Dolomites of northern Italy, authorities confirmed. The 28-year-old, identified as Peng Huang, was found around 2,000 meters (6,560 feet), just below the Mittagsscharte in the Geislergruppe, between Val Gardena/Gröden and Val di Funes/Villnöß. The discovery was made by ski tourers […]
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[VIDEO] 19-Year-Old Skier Succumbs to Injuries After Avalanche Buries Him at Passo del Tonale Resort, Italy

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[UPDATED March 17 with death of the skier] A 19-year-old skier, who was  in critical condition after an avalanche partially buried him on the Presena Glacier on Monday afternoon, March 16, has succumbed to his injuries. The young Polish skier, identified by Italian news as Marceli Antoni Kukier, died in hospital in Trento on Tuesday, March 17, at 6 p.m. […]
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Double-Italian Super-G Podium at Val di Fassa, Italy, as Shiffrin Firms Up Grip on Crystal Globe

Italy’s Elena Curtoni delivered a surprise victory Sunday, March 8, in Val di Fassa, Italy. capping a dominant weekend for the home team and setting the stage for a dramatic finale in the women’s Super-G Crystal Globe race. Related: Laura Pirovano Does it Again: Italian Wins Back-to-Back Downhills in Val di Fassa by 0.01 Second  Curtoni powered down the long […]
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Mikaela Shiffrin Returns to Super-G in Val di Fassa, Italy, as Overall Crystal Globe Battle Tightens

When the women’s Super-G starts tomorrow in Val di Fassa, Italy, one unexpected ski racer will be stepping into the start gate: Mikaela Shiffrin in bib 31. The American superstar has rarely raced Super-G in the past two seasons, but with the overall World Cup title still mathematically open, her decision to start in the discipline strongly suggests a strategic […]
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Breezy Johnson 3rd in Downhill as Emma Aicher Narrows Gap on Lindsey Vonn With 2nd Place at Val di Fassa, Italy

Today, March 6, saw the first of two downhill races in Val di Fassa, Italy, with the women’s speed field tackling the La VolatA course in a race that reshaped the battle for the season-long Downhill Crystal Globe. The victory went to Laura Pirovano—the first of her career—while Emma Aicher was in close second, just 0.01 seconds behind the Italian. […]
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Chamonix Guide Legend Ross Hewitt Shares Narrow Escape from Avalanche on Monte Bianco Skyway, Italy, That Left Him with Shattered Pelvis

For nearly thirty years, Ross Hewitt has been the personification of longevity in the world’s most unforgiving terrain. A Scottish-born, Chamonix-based mountain guide and former subsea construction engineer, the 49-year-old built a career on stacking the odds and treating steep skiing as a meticulous art of risk management. But in late January 2026, the probability he often spoke of finally […]
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Heroic Climber Presumed Dead After 100-Foot Crevasse Fall During Rescue Attempt at Monte Rosa, Italy

[UPDATE: updated March 4 with recovery of body] A 61-year-old Italian mountaineer is presumed dead after falling roughly 30 meters (about 100 feet) into a glacier crevasse while attempting to rescue another climber on Monte Rosa, one of the highest mountain massifs in the Alps along the Italian–Swiss border. Related: Helicopter Crash at Monte Rosa Massif Near Zermatt, Switzerland The […]
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