E' considerata la "perla" d'Abruzzo e fa parte del ristretto club dei Borghi più belli d’Italia. Pescocostanzo, piccolo comune di 1196 abitanti situato a 1400 metri sul livello del mare, si trova alle pendici del Monte Calvario, nella zona cosiddetta degli Altipiani Maggiori d’Abruzzo.
Giro d'' Italy has arrived. The image of our mountains a few months ago were the domain of sports fans inrvernali, for the next three weeks will become the hub for fans of the event in pink. That of cycling enthusiasts is a public area and contested by the operators tourism, which in the months prior to start of the race'' have developed great preparations for the grand finale that promises to be very uncertain and exciting.
Direttissima, Gran Pista and Lupo: here the tracks of the Roccaraso juniores Championship
Getting ready for the start of the junior World Cup skiing, scheduled in Roccaraso from 1 to 9 March 2012. Will be 60 nations at the start, with athletes aged between 15 and 20 years. A showcase, always stepping stone for the champions of the future, since those who graduated junior world champion acquires the right to participate in the finals of World Cup to be held in Schladming (Austria) March 14 to 18. The matches will be played on three tracks: the "Direttissima" Monte Pratello (Downhill and super-G), the track "Lupo" (the italian word for Wolf) Aremogna (Giant) and the "Gran Pista" of Pizzalto (Slalom and Team event).
The ISMF World Cup back on Etna. A lot of snow on the volcano
The peaks of the volcano on 24 and 25 February 2012 will host the fifth edition of the "Etna Trophy" that, for the second time, after the edition of 2012 has been inserted in the calendar of the races valid for the ISMF World Cup. The Etna Trophy will be an opportunity to officially present the new mascot of the race, "Fiammetna", a small stream of lava luck out of the last eruption of the volcano.
Roccaraso, optimal conditions for the world junior championships
Roccaraso in view of the World Junior Championships in Alpine skiing, scheduled from February 29 to March 9. '' In three weeks from start of competition, even accomplices of the extraordinary snowfalls'' last week on the whole area, the snow conditions are perfect right now, as confirmed by repeated inspections of FIS on the race tracks.
on time for the holiday season, almost all plants have reopened Abruzzo. You can ski in Roccaraso, where in the week have fallen 40 cm of snow at high altitude, allowing the reopening of the plant Aremogna, Saturday, Dec. 24 and reopen on the slopes of Monte Pratello and Pizzalto. Always on Christmas Eve, is scheduled to open the season in Campo Felice, while at Ovindoli was the first town in the Abruzzo region to open its doors Wednesday, December 21.
Missing the snow only in Abruzzo. All the novelties on the new winter season
All ready for the start of the winter season Abruzzo: the only missing is the snow. What's more, the relatively high temperatures of recent days have prevented the use of guns, forcing insiders to surrender to the cold weather and hope in the arrival, scheduled to begin next week. But let's see what the situation according to localities.
Campo Imperatore prepares the 2011-12 winter season
After the close of May, the cable car and the Gran Sasso d''Italia summer jobs, is scheduled on November 7 final testing dellimpianto. However, many unknowns remain open which will have to face The contracting Abruzzo dell''inizio first of the winter season, scheduled for December 8.
FIS Junior Alpine World Ski Championships 2012 to be host in Roccaraso
Roccaraso will be the home of the FIS Junior Alpine World Ski Championships 2012, scheduled from 29th February 9th March, in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy.
The Sangritana Launches "Snow Train", reopened the plant in Campo di Giove
By train skis on their shoulders directly on the ski slopes. Starting this winter will be possible thanks to the reopening of Abruzzo lifts Campo di Giove, L'Aquila on the side of the Majella. The beginning has been to promote the company "Sangritana", arising from the revival of a historic rail line as that of Sulmona-Carpinone , took over the facilities of the small mountain village in Abruzzo, closed for years.
Gran Sasso: the Calderone Glacier is in excellent health
Dell''associazione weather observations from "The'Aquila Frigoris Caput," which monitors for over ten years development, the Calderone Glacier appears to be in great shape. Since 1929 the glacier has been the systematic inspections of'oggetto whose results were published each year in the Bulletin of the Committee Glacialogico Italian, but above all in recent years when it seems there has been un''inversione trend. Despite the constant warnings about global warming, the data even suggest an increase in surface area and thickness of the glacier.
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