Monte Poieto
A Bergamasque hill whose ski lift was taken down as long ago as the 1960s, leaving station ruins, concrete pylon bases and steel cable still lying on the mountain.
- Region
- Lombardy
- Country
- Italy
- Status
- abandoned
- Year closed
- 1960s
- Reason for closure
- Not stated in the surviving record. The lift was dismantled during the 1960s, making it one of the earliest Italian ski installations to be given up.
History
Monte Poieto rises between the communes of Selvino and Aviatico in the province of Bergamo, in the Lombard Prealps. Its ski lift was dismantled as long ago as the 1960s, which makes it one of the earliest abandonments recorded in the Italian ghost-station census, and no reason for it is preserved. What the environmental group Legambiente notes about it in its Nevediversa surveys is what was left rather than what was taken: the ruins of the bottom and top stations, reinforced concrete pylon bases, and lengths of steel cable never removed from the mountainside. Those surveys count 24 dismissed ski installations in Lombardy alone as of 2023, up from 21 in 2021, and attribute the pattern to a shortage of snow, a contracting winter season, and maintenance and renewal costs that can no longer be amortised. This is a deliberately thin entry: the opening year, the lift specification and any piste name are unrecorded, and the fields are left empty rather than guessed.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | A drag lift, dismantled in the 1960s. Its bottom and top station ruins, reinforced concrete pylon bases and lengths of steel cable were left behind and remain on the ground |
Sources and further reading
- https://www.lanuovaecologia.it/impianti-sciistici-dismessi-lombardia-nevediversa-2022/
- https://www.dovesciare.it/news/2020-09-24/lo-sci-che-fu-lelenco-di-tutte-le-311-stazioni-sciistiche-fantasma
- https://www.ansa.it/lombardia/notizie/2023/03/07/legambiente-in-lombardia-24-impianti-risalita-sci-dismessi_b5c6ee05-00fc-404b-b6d5-e1ce59b87207.html
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Location
45.7984, 9.7822