Cortina d' Ampezzo, the Snow is Fine

I got an email from the very attractive Gabriella Talamini who represents Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy Tourism. I met her in Boston last year at a Best of the Alps luncheon. Seems they are having the same problems getting out the word that the skiing is just fine as is many major areas here in the U.S. As I stated in my last blog I recently went to the Catskill Mts. yesterday and had a great day. It’s sad but when people in NYC do not see snow on the ground they assume that there is no skiing. I thought I would post her report on the conditions; hey I would board a plane in the morning to ski at Cortina. Seems some US newspapers got wrong info:

I noticed lately that a lot of press reports, especially from USA, are complaining about the lack of snow in Europe and consequently about the impossibility of skiing the Dolomites.

I think it is important for You to be correctly informed and therefore I just would like to point out that in CORTINA D'AMPEZZO almost all slopes are open (89%) and 34 lifts out of 37 are operating since december. Our guests not only are really surprized by the good conditions of the slopes, but they are happy to enjoy these sunny days during their stay and, as they report, skiing is now great fun.

Since the last snowfall in december, our lift companies in CORTINA D'AMPEZZO have succeeded in maintaining ski conditions at the top! Therefore, too alarming and unfortunately often not completely correct news about exactly which areas in the Dolomites are most concerned, will of course destroy all our efforts and damage people's winter holiday as well...I am also sure that up to now none of our guests decided to stay in their hotels or go to a Spa because there were no chance of skiing, as unfortunately I read on a newspaper a few days ago!