Abstract ID: 3.8917 | Reviewing | Talk/Oral | TBA | TBA

In 2022 the Arge Alp Community financed the Ski-Ability Project, promoted by the Lombardy Region. The Arge Alp Community involves ten Provinces, Regions, Länder and Cantons from Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland with the aim of “addressing, through cross-border cooperation, common problems and goals, particularly in the ecological, cultural, social and economic fields, as well as promoting mutual understanding of the peoples of the Alpine arc and strengthening the sense of common responsibility for the living space of the Alps”, is grafted onto the above-mentioned theme. The main aim of the Ski-Ability Project is to study the receptive capacity and accessibility in the ski resorts of the Arge Alp area, as a reference area for the entire Alpine arc, and to identify which good practices can guarantee the highest degree of accessibility of the resorts and the practice of skiing for people with disabilities, as well as the receptive capacity of all the service providers for skiers. The current study, through the examination of the different peculiarities of seven ‘pilot’ ski resorts, will provide good practices where they exist and general and specific criticalities, operational indications for the verification of their quality and the possibility of their use on a large scale. Based on this research, a useful model for measuring the accessibility and Accessibility Guidelines, for different forms of disability, in ski resorts will be proposed.