Pialeral
A Valsassina hillside below the Grigna where one lift was dismissed in 1980 and the other was destroyed outright by an avalanche in 1986.
- Region
- Lombardy
- Country
- Italy
- Status
- abandoned
- Year opened
- 1955
- Year closed
- 1986
- Reason for closure
- Lack of snow closed one lift in 1980. An avalanche destroyed the other in 1986.
History
Pialeral is a shelf of east-facing pasture at about 1,400 m above Pasturo in the Valsassina, under the Grigna, reached on foot from the Colle di Balisio or by an unpaved track up from Pasturo at 723 m. Skiing started here in 1955 with a single lift, which was replaced in 1965; a second skilift dates from the same year. The ending was unusually abrupt for this dataset. One of the two lifts was dismissed in 1980 for lack of snow. The other was not retired at all - an avalanche destroyed it in 1986. By the time Mountain Wilderness surveyed the site between April 2006 and December 2007, what remained was the poles of a skilift and its top station, on privately owned ground. Course names are not compiled in accessible sources, and no later assessment of the site has been found. The coordinates mark the hamlet of Pialeral.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | The original lift of 1955, replaced by a new one in 1965. One of the two lifts on the hill was destroyed by an avalanche in 1986 | |
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | The second skilift, also dating from 1965. One of the two was dismissed in 1980; the poles and top station of a skilift were all that remained by the 2006-07 survey |
Sources and further reading
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Location
45.9467, 9.4146