J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by SwingBeep

That's what I thought! Having to take your gloves off, get your phone out whilst carrying skis and sticks isn't going to end well and if we have to show ID as well we will need to grow extra arms!

They also had Portugal on the quarantine list, thousands of Portuguese workers come to Switzerland for the winter season. If the hadn't scraped the quarantine requirement lots of places wouldn't have been able to open on time.

A PCR test costs CHF 150 – 200 and an antigen test is CHF 50-

Surprisingly you can still get retractable lift pass holders https://www.redstrawberry.co.uk/retractable-ski-pass-holder-reel-in-white remember this is still at the idea stage so I don't know for sure if it will work, but I have seen people use paper certificates so I can't see any reason why it shouldn't.

Based on last season's experience it's fiddly to get a mask on and off while wearing a helmet. For this season I have attached 20mm diameter buttons to the straps that go over the ear pads on my helmet. After a bit of practice, I can hook a mask over the buttons and take it off again with gloved hands.

Between 6. Dec. and 15. Jan. a "Super Green Pass", which is only available to people who are vacinated or recovered will be required to access bars and restaurants in the white zones (it is only required in yellow zones at the moment), but it will not be required to buy a lift pass unless the ski resort is in an orange zone. Skiing is not considered to be a driver of infection, but bars and restaurants are.

In order to access hotels and self-catering accommodation and to eat in the hotel at which you are staying you also only need a basic green pass. This is not a very good translation but it should give some more info https://www.italy24news.com/News/284738.html

In order to control this the Italian verification app VerificaC19 has been given extra functionality, it can now differentiate between 2G (vaccinated or recovered certificates) and 3G (vaccinated, recovered or tested certificates). As the NHS COVID pass has been accepted as an equivalent to the EU Digital COVID certificate the NHS app should be OK. In German the words for vaccinated, recovered and tested all start with g, hence the use of 3G and 2G.

In theory when a Covid pass is required for access your ID should also be checked, the application of this has been patchy over the summer but it is likely to be tightened up during the winter. Foreigners in Italy are legally obliged to carry identification at all times. If you are an EU/EEA or Swiss citizen this may be either an ID card or passport if you are a 3rd country citizen you must carry your passport. If you get stopped by the police you could be held in custody until someone brings your ID.

As well as the national requirements there are also local requirements, it is being reported in the Italian press that from 4. Dec. it will be compulsory to wear masks outdoors in the central areas of Courmayeur and Cervinia, it is already compulsory to wear them at weekends and on public holidays in Aosta.

Unless I'm badly mistaken British 12-15 year olds can access the lifts in both white and yellow regions providing that they are fully vaccinated (2 jabs) recovered or have a valid negative test certificate, but they can only access a restaurant in a yellow region if they are vaccinated or recovered. Eating in the hotel at which they are staying is allowed but eating out is not.

Bear in mind that there may be stricter local restrictions in place.

I have now found an English version of the of the information provided in the link above https://www.italia.it/en/covid19 "Ski slopes and ski lifts" is missing from the left-hand column of the table for the white zone.

In order to access the information in the microchip the lift companies would have to buy a licence, the cost would make lift passes unaffordable for most skiers!

There are lawyers in Austria that specialise in skiing accidents https://www.raoe.at/leistungsangebot/zivilrecht/skiunfall/ you can take out insurance to cover the cost of bringing a case.

Article 28 of the Italian law states that; In the event of a collision between skiers, it shall be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that each of them also contributed to the damage that may have occurred.

If it can be proved that you hadn't complied with some of the other articles you could be in a spot of bother.

Friuli Venezia Giulia has moved to yellow because the thresholds for incidence, hospital and ICU admittances have all been exceeded. South Tyrol will probably go yellow next week.

You can find details of the measures in place by clicking on the region of interest https://www.governo.it/it/articolo/domande-frequenti-sulle-misure-adottate-dal-governo/15638#zone unfortunately the information is only available in Italian and any regional measures that are in place are not mentioned, 20 municipalities in South Tyrol are currently under curfew.

I wouldn't rely too much on the information provided by UK news outlets.

Ski resorts try to get us to down load their apps because the can track us via them. The bit about lift pass activation having to be carried out for each ski day is a bit misleading, it's the Covid cert. that has to be checked every day.

The situation in Italy is a bit complicated, depending on the number of cases / hospital bed occupancy each region is given a colour code https://www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioContenutiNuovoCoronavirus.jsp?lingua=english&id=5367&area=nuovoCoronavirus&menu=vuoto At the moment most regions are 'White' so only a Basic Green Pass (QR code with proof of vaccination, recovery or a negative test) is required to buy a ski pass and enter a restaurant etc. If a region moves to 'Orange' a Super Green Pass will be required, negative tests will no longer be accepted. If a region moves to 'Red' a lockdown will be imposed and the ski lifts will close.

Wanderer, the NHS COVID Pass has been accepted as an equivalent to the EU Digital COVID Certificate so you shouldn't have to download another app. You may also have to show photo ID to prove that the certificate belongs to you. If you want to check that it works before you go you could download the VerificaC19 app.

I think you could also use a paper version of your QR code, I am going to print mine out, laminate it and attach it to my jacket with a retractable ski pass holder so that I don't have to take my phone out.

I think you will only have to show your QR code to get on the lifts that take you up from the villages, checks further up the lift systems don't make much sense, but it is Italy so you never know.

Italy has also reduced the length of time for which a Covid-19 vaccination certificate is valid from 12 to 9 months.