Italian Mountain Troops Ski Championships
The Italian Mountain Troops Ski Championships ( Italian : Campionati Sciistici delle Truppe Alpine - CaSTA) are military winter sports competitions with international participation.
organization
The competition will be from the Mountain Troops Command in Bolzano and in particular of 6 Alpini - Regiment in Brunico organized. The latter is a partially active training association. The purpose of the event is to determine the level of training of the Italian mountain troops in an international comparison and to create a framework for deepening friendly relations between allied and friendly armed forces. The participants come from Germany , Austria and Switzerland as well as from other European countries as well as from the USA , Argentina , Chile , Lebanon and Afghanistan . In some cases attendance is irregular.
The CaSTA competitions have been taking place at the end of January and beginning of February in the Alta Pusteria in South Tyrol for a number of years , sometimes including the Belluno Dolomites . In the Pustertal the competition venues are usually in the municipalities of Braies , Toblach , Niederdorf , Innichen and Sesto . There is an opening and closing ceremony in Innichen.
Competitions
The following competitions will be held:
Friendship trophy
This competition ( trofeo dell'amicizia ) takes place with international participation. It includes a giant slalom , 15 km of men's cross-country skiing , 10 km of women's cross-country skiing, a team sprint, a patrol run and a night-time downhill run. Participants do not have to belong to mountain troops.
Gold medal trophy
Only soldiers of the mountain troops take part in this international event ( trofeo medaglie d'oro ), not just mountain troops , but also members of the mountain artillery, mountain pioneers and other mountain troops. A 25 km military patrol, a three-day competition between trains and a team sprint are planned .
The winners of the train competition will receive separate awards. There is a national and an international trophy ( International Federation of Mountain Soldiers Trophy ).
Army ski championships
The Italian Army Championships include a winter triathlon , a giant slalom, a military biathlon and a night run.
history
The military ski championships were originally a national competition between the regiments of the Italian mountain troops. They were first held in 1931. The venues changed frequently in the following decades. In 1979 the championships were opened to other armed forces. Since the late 1990s, they have usually taken place in the Puster Valley. In 2014 the competition was held for the first time in the Western Alps, and in 2015 again in Hochpustertal. Since then, these two venues have changed annually.
| No. | year | venue | region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1931 | Tonale Pass | Trentino , Lombardy |
| 2 | 1932 | San Martino di Castrozza | Trentino |
| 3 | 1933 | Bardonecchia | Piedmont |
| 4th | 1934 | Madonna di Campiglio | Trentino |
| 5 | 1935 | San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 6th | 1936 | Lime Piemonte | Piedmont |
| 7th | 1937 | Monte Bondone | Trentino |
| 8th | 1938 | San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 9 | 1939 | Bardonecchia | Piedmont |
| 10 | 1940 | San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 11 | 1947 | Misurina | Veneto |
| 12 | 1950 | Corvara | South-Tirol |
| 13 | 1951 | Bardonecchia | Piedmont |
| 14th | 1952 | Asiago | Veneto |
| 15th | 1953 | San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 16 | 1963 | Bardonecchia | Piedmont |
| 17th | 1964 | Bardonecchia | Piedmont |
| 18th | 1965 | Bardonecchia | Piedmont |
| 19th | 1966 | Sappada | Veneto |
| 20th | 1967 | Nevegal, Belluno | Veneto |
| 21st | 1968 | San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 22nd | 1969 | Merano 2000 | South-Tirol |
| 23 | 1970 | Sestriere | Piemomt |
| 24 | 1971 | Tarvisio | Friuli |
| 25th | 1972 | Nevegal, Belluno | Veneto |
| 26th | 1973 | Sterzing | South-Tirol |
| 27 | 1974 | Sterzing | South-Tirol |
| 28 | 1975 | San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 29 | 1976 | San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 30th | 1977 | Campo Felice | Abruzzo |
| 31 | 1978 | Seiser Alm | South-Tirol |
| 32 | 1979 | Seiser Alm | South-Tirol |
| 33 | 1980 | San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 34 | 1981 | San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 35 | 1982 | Cuneo , Valdieri , Limone Piemonte | Piedmont |
| 36 | 1983 | Tarvisio | Friuli |
| 37 | 1984 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | Veneto |
| 38 | 1985 | Toblach , San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 39 | 1986 | San Candido, Toblach, Cortina | South Tyrol, Veneto |
| 40 | 1987 | Cuneo, Limone, Valle Stura | Piedmont |
| 41 | 1988 | Sappada, Comelico | Veneto |
| 42 | 1989 | L'Aquila , Campo Felice | Abruzzo |
| 43 | 1990 | Auronzo di Cadore | Veneto |
| 44 | 1992 | Sterzing | South-Tirol |
| 45 | 1993 | Toblach, San Candido | South-Tirol |
| 46 | 1994 | Paganella | Trentino |
| 47 | 1995 | Sterzing | South-Tirol |
| 48 | 1996 | San Candido, Toblach | South-Tirol |
| 49 | 1997 | Sterzing, Ridnauntal | South-Tirol |
| 50 | 1998 | San Candido, Toblach | South-Tirol |
| 51 | 1999 | San Candido, Toblach | South-Tirol |
| 52 | 2000 | San Candido, Toblach | South-Tirol |
| 53 | 2001 | San Candido, Toblach | South-Tirol |
| 54 | 2002 | San Candido, Toblach | South-Tirol |
| 55 | 2003 | San Candido, Toblach | South-Tirol |
| 56 | 2004 | Innichen, Sexten | South-Tirol |
| 57 | 2005 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 58 | 2006 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 59 | 2007 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 60 | 2008 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 61 | 2009 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 62 | 2010 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 63 | 2011 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 64 | 2012 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 65 | 2013 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 66 | 2014 | Sestriere | Piedmont |
| 67 | 2015 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 68 | 2016 | Sestriere | Piedmont |
| 69 | 2017 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
| 70 | 2018 | Sestriere | Piedmont |
| 71 | 2019 | Hochpustertal | South-Tirol |
The championships were canceled during World War II, in some post-war years, from 1954 to 1962, 1991 and 2020.