Pian del Tivano
Three skilifts on the Triangolo Lariano at only 900 to 1,000 metres, built in the mid-1970s; they ran about a decade, and the last one stopped around 2005.
- Region
- Lombardy
- Country
- Italy
- Status
- abandoned
- Year opened
- mid-1970s
- Year closed
- circa 2005
- Reason for closure
- Lack of snow at an altitude of 900 to 1,000 metres.
History
Pian del Tivano is a high basin in the comune of Sormano on the Triangolo Lariano, the wedge of hills between the two arms of Lake Como, reached easily by surfaced road. Three skilifts were built here in the mid-1970s, on pasture and broadleaf woodland between roughly 900 m and 1,000 m - low ground for skiing even by the standards of the pre-Alps. The Mountain Wilderness survey of 2006-07 gives two slightly different accounts of how it ended, and both are recorded here rather than one being chosen: that the lifts ran for about ten years from construction, and that two of the skilifts closed around five years before the survey with the last stopping about two years before it, which would put the final closure near 2005. The cause in either case was the lack of snow. All three were found with their end stations standing and their platters taken off, under mixed private and comunal ownership. Course names were never compiled.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | One of three skilifts, all found with their departure and arrival stations standing but their platters removed | |
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | The second of the three skilifts, reported to have stopped around 2002 | |
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | The third skilift, reported as the last to stop, around 2005 |
Sources and further reading
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Location
45.8933, 9.2171