While the Italian-Swiss site of Zermatt-Cevinia had to cancel its Alpine Ski World Cup rounds last fall, the president of the organizing committee of the event and two other officials were indicted, as explained by the Swiss daily Le Temps.
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In 2023, the Alpine Skiing World Cup events planned for Zermatt-Cervinia were canceled due to poor weather conditions. | PHOTO: MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP
Last October, the images of excavators attacking the Théodule glacier, a few days before the Alpine Ski World Cup events planned for Zermatt-Cervinia, were shocking. The Valais cantonal construction commission noted that part of the route was located “outside the ski area” and that another was located “in the ski area but outside the approved slope perimeter”. Enough to challenge Italian justice and involve the organizers of the world event.
Four officials indicted
Four people were thus indicted by the Aosta public prosecutor’s office, according to information from the Swiss newspaper The weather . These are the president of the Cervinia ski lifts and his predecessor, an excavator driver as well as the president of the Swiss organizing committee of the event, Franz Julen.
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As a reminder, the World Cup rounds that the glacier was supposed to host were ultimately canceled due to weather conditions.
