SNOW CRYSTALS WHITEN ITALY'S MARCIALONGA

Snow-making machines on track for next Marcialonga ski marathon in Italy
Thousands of so-called 'Bisons' to take part in the historical winter event
Snow cannons whiten the 70k-long course through Val di Fiemme and Val di Fassa
Local personnel at work in view of the race date, 31 January 2016



As winter moves closer on the calendar and temperatures drop up in the Italian Dolomites, the Marcialonga people in Val di Fiemme and Val di Fassa get prepared for the 2016 running of the notorious ski marathon scheduled at the end of next January. Around two months to go then, better yet to ski, and the snow cannons already started to whiten the 70k-long race track from the town of Moena to Cavalese.
Artificial snow is fairly constant, it creates a tough base and provides a good foundation that allows natural snowfall to stick in a way the thousands of skiers (the so-called 'Bisons') who will join the 2016 Marcialonga do love. Needless to add, skiers and organisers also count on natural snowfalls to come in the following weeks, in order to have a proper winter landscape in the area.
As said, the Marcialonga course is surrounded by majestic Dolomites, it runs through both Val di Fiemme and Val di Fassa and according to an authoritative research put down recently, it is considered one of the top ten best ski slopes in the country (the only one for xc skiing) and it is now being whitened by 25 snow cannons at work and...on track day and night.
Entries to the 2016 Marcialonga are closed, but snow fans and winter lovers are more than welcome to visit the official web page and find out several side events and activities that will surely entertain them during the last weekend of January.