Cermis (Alpe Cermis in
italian
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) is a mountain of the
Lagorai group in eastern
Trentino
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,
Italy
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in the ''
comune
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'' of
Cavalese
Cavalese (''Cavalés'' in local dialect, ''Gablöss'' in local german dialect) is a ''comune'' of 4,004 inhabitants in Trentino, northern Italy, a ski resort and the main center in the Fiemme Valley. It is part of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiem ...
.
Part of the
Val di Fiemme-Obereggen, it is famous for its ski slopes.
It was the scene of major disasters involving the
aerial tramway
An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, cable car or aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, ropeway, téléphérique (French), or Seilbahn (German) is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary cables for support, with a third movin ...
style
cable car system on the mountain: the
Cavalese cable car disaster in 1976, and the
Cavalese cable car massacre in 1998; the latter occurred when a U.S. military plane, while flying too low against regulations, cut a cable supporting a gondola of an
aerial tramway
An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, cable car or aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, ropeway, téléphérique (French), or Seilbahn (German) is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary cables for support, with a third movin ...
, killing 20 people. The two cable car runs of the system involved in those incidents have since been replaced by three consecutive multi-cabin
gondola lift
A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above. It consists of a loop of steel wire rope that is strung between two stations, sometimes over intermediate suppo ...
s. The arrival site of the first chair lift, from where the second starts, may be also reached by road.
Sports
Tour de Ski
The Alpe Cermis is climbed annually as the final stage in the
Tour de Ski. The Final Climb stage up the alpine skiing course has been the final stage every year since the first Tour de Ski in 2006–07.
The stage held as a mass start in
2020
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.
Final Climb stage winners
References
External links
Official website
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Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Trentino
Cavalese