Regulations

Südtirol Gardenissima is the giant slalom ski race, which takes place for the sixteenth time in Val Gardena on Sunday, 01 April 2012. The trace is 6 km long, starts on the peak of Seceda and ends at the bottom station of Col Raiser. 

1. At the race there can participate skiers of every national ski team, athletes with and without FISI points (or equivalent of every state) at the minimum age of 14 years. The competitors start in pairs on parallel giant slaloms that after the first km become a unique trace.

2. The race starts at 8.30 a.m. with gates of departure as for parallel slalom. The athletes of the ski national teams will start singly every 20 seconds, the men on trace A and the women on trace B.

3. The participators get classified in: athletes FIS, juniors, seniors, master A and master B for men, master C for women. For the non punctuated participants there will be separate categories.
The starting order of the categories may change until the start of the first participant. Other categories can still be added by the O.C..

4. The registrations must reach the organisation committee accompanied by the registration quota (see point 17), the photocopy of the FISI-card (or foreign equivalent) and medical certificate of good healthiness. The o. c. will close the registrations when the number of 650 athletes has been reached. In case of cancellation of the competition for bad weather conditions, the quota will be refunded in the measure of Euro 15,00 (fifteen). The participants besides the 600 (at exclusion of the World Cup athletes), must do a competition of qualification for the last 50 places that will take place on Friday, 30 March 2012. To participate in the qualification it is necessary to pay the whole registration quota (see point 17).
Cancellations with repayment of the registration-charge must be comunicated, by fax (+39 0471 792235) or e-mail (gardenissima@valgardena.it) within 12.03.2012, together with a medical certificate, which confirms the impossibility of a participation.
The charge paid for the FISI card cannot be repayed.

5. The participants will get a 50% discount on the Val Gardena/Alpe di Siusi ski pass for one or two days (Saturday 31 March and Sunday 01 April 2012).

6. The registration gives right to the recognition of the trace (only once), out of the gates, the day of competition from 7.00 to 8.00 a.m. The race bib will be distributed Saturday, 31 March 2012 among 4 and 7 p.m. at the Center Iman in S. Cristina. The numbers of departure are attributed inside the single categories as it follows: for the punctuated ones according to the score FISI-points and for the no punctuated according to the order of arrival (first three) of last year's race result and registration date.

7. The use of the helmet is obligatory and it can be rented at different ski rentals in Val Gardena. Furthermore, anyone should carry along an ID card in the race-suit.

8. The results list will be exposed in the afternoon of Sunday, 01 April 2012 at the Center Iman, where the prize-giving ceremony will take place at 3.30 p.m.
To get the prizes the participant must be present at the prize giving ceremony. You can check the registration list, the starting list and the results list also on www.gardenissima.eu.

9. The athletes of national Alpine ski teams group “A” and journalists (press card and write/public an article about the event is necessary) are exonerated by the payment of the quota.

10. The organization committee reserves the right to change the rules if necessary for the good succeeding of the competition.

11. Claims: the claims must have done within an hour from the finish of the competition accompanied by a deposit of Euro 50,00 that won't be returned in case of unfounded claim.

12. If in a category there were not at least six participants the committee can admit they to another, also more numerous, category.

13. For what not directly expressed, the organization committee will use the federal technical rules (FISI-Rules).

14. In case of bad snow conditions the competition can be moved or cancelled. The slope-circumstances are weather-dependent and can be different from participant to participant.

15. The organization committee reserves to change single clauses up to the departure of the first competitor.

16. Every participant authorizes the organization committee to use for advertising purposes photos taken during and after the event.

17. These are the registration quotas:

• with FISI/FIS-card or insurance
  40,- Euro: Payment until the 31-dec-2011
  45,- Euro: Payment after the 01-jan-2012
  
  
• without FISI-card (this card will be issued by Val Gardena-Gröden Marketing for the Italian participants)
  90,- Euro: Payment until the 31-dec-2011
  95,- Euro: Payment after the 01-jan-2012
  
  
• T-shirt "Limited Edition Südtirol Gardenissima 2012":
  22,- Euro: Payment until 03/02/2012 (only for participants of the race 2012)
  
  

18. Payments of registration fees, which are received after the registrations were closed, will not be refunded. This also applies if more than the required fee was paid.

Please leave your car at the car park Saslong / Ruacia and use the Val Gardena Ronda Express to reach Col Raiser. The Iman Center is comfortably attainable afoot from there.

* It is necessary to write/public an article about the event.