Overview
- Fresh reports from Bormio show bare slopes and about 20 centimeters of snow at 1,945 meters, with the Stelvio downhill relying on a narrow artificial strip.
- Snow scarcity also affects Livigno, though SiMiCo says snowmaking now delivers up to 28,000 cubic meters per day with 53 cannons and 160,000 cubic meters already produced.
- The Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena still shows scaffolding, missing seating and incomplete pedestrian access only weeks before competition.
- FIS president Johan Eliasch criticized delayed government funding, saying the situation should never have arisen.
- Organizers maintain the February 6–22 schedule, pledge to finish all venues, and highlight the Olympic debut of ski mountaineering in Bormio.