"The Italian snowmaking expert is responsible for perfecting several of the courses that will feature in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games, and he takes his job seriously. It's the most important race of their life, Cerato said. Our duty is to give them the best, to deliver the best courses where they can perform their best after training so hard."
"These days, manufactured snow technical snow as Cerato calls it is a way of life in ski racing, so much so that Olympic athletes don't think twice about competing on it. Above all else, they want a course that will hold up over multiple training runs and the races themselves without becoming too mushy or rutted. Mother Nature can't always provide for that, and with climate change affecting winter sports in particular, snowmaking has become essential."
"The organizing committee estimates the Games will need roughly 250 million gallons of water, the equivalent of nearly 380 Olympic swimming pools, for snowmaking. Cerato oversaw the work to carve out new high-elevation water reservoirs to store it. At the Livigno Snow Park, they built a basin capable of holding about 53 million gallons of water. It's now one of the biggest reservoirs on the Italian side of the Alps, Cerato said."
Davide Cerato leads snowmaking operations for multiple 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic venues, including Bormio for Alpine ski racing and ski mountaineering, and Livigno for freestyle skiing and snowboarding. He coordinates new high-elevation reservoirs and expanded snow-gun systems to deliver consistent technical snow that withstands multiple training runs and races. The organizing committee plans roughly 250 million gallons of water for snowmaking; Livigno's basin holds about 53 million gallons and more than 50 additional snow guns were added to produce roughly 211 million gallons of snow in about 300 hours. Snowmaking has become essential as climate change reduces reliable natural snowfall.
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