Agence France-Presse reported on June 20 that starting from 2008, after the end of the ski season and the suspension of the ski lifts, Carlosello-Tonalé Workers will be sent to cover large areas of the mountain slopes with white tarpaulin to block sunlight from covering the snow. Company owner Davide Panizza said: “This area (snow) is constantly decreasing, so we cover them as much as possible.”
The project started in 2008 and the coverage area increased from the original 30,000 square meters to 100,000 square meters.
Workers work on a mountain from 2700 meters to 3000 meters above sea level, unroll a roll of 70-meter-long and 5-meter-wide toe cloth along the slope, and then stitch them together Finally, press down with a sandbag to prevent the wind from blowing away. It takes 6 weeks to lay these tarpaulins, and it will take the same long time to remove them when the new ski season comes in September.
Paniza said that Austria also covers several snow-capped mountains, but the area is much smaller than in Italy.
(Original title Italian glacier put on “sun protection clothing”)