In most of the Alpine region, ski resorts have already closed or are ending their season tomorrow, March 15. A PG reader has rightly asked us why we are not yet providing information on ski resort closures and whether we can compile a list of resorts that are still open. On the one hand, we don't do this because we can't guarantee that we can keep such a list up to date given the rapid changes in the situation.
On the other hand, and this is the more important reason from our point of view, we want to behave appropriately to the situation.
According to our information - completely without guarantee - sporting activity in South Tyrol has only been permitted within its own municipal boundaries for a while now and only alone. The South Tyrolean Mountain Rescue Service expressly asks you to refrain from skiing and mountain tours. In Austria and Switzerland, public life is now severely restricted. Citizens are asked to refrain from unnecessary activities outside their own four walls as far as possible and to reduce social contacts to the bare minimum. Individual municipalities and regions in Austria are under quarantine. As we write this article, these are: St. Anton and the entire Paznaun Valley in Tyrol and Heiligenblut am Großglockner in Carinthia. People who have had contact with someone from these areas or have been there are called upon to go into domestic isolation. The German Ministry of Health currently recommends that anyone who has been in Switzerland, Austria or Italy in the last 14 days should also isolate themselves.