{"title":"Neve in montagna","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"claviere-ski-resort-proto-piste-trail-map-and-mountain-panoramas-raci-1939-p-6-112342","title":"Claviere—Ski resort proto-piste\/trail map and mountain panoramas—RACI 1939","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e[Neve in montagna: guide autosciatorie, I serie, no. 2:] Claviere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exceptionally early Italian ski-area map of Claviere and Cesana, extending across the French frontier towards Montgenèvre. Published in 1939 by the Istituto Italiano d’Arti Grafiche for the Milan branch of the Reale Automobile Club d’Italia, it uses an Istituto Geografico Militare contour base overprinted with red downhill ski routes and flagged starting points, blue-shaded ski grounds, the blue access road from Montgenèvre through Claviere to Cesana, and green slittovia and funivia lines. Labelled winter photographs around the plan help the skier recognise the surrounding peaks. The design therefore performs the two jobs of a modern piste map—accurate route planning and intuitive reading of mountain terrain—but keeps them separate. Produced just as Heinrich C. Berann’s pioneering oblique winter panoramas were emerging, it is a fascinating transitional or “proto-modern” piste map: a precursor in design to the familiar all-in-one panoramic form, though contemporary with its earliest examples. Especially evocative is the slittovia, a now-obsolete cable-hauled passenger sledge, winched over the snow before chairlifts and surface lifts took over. Claviere’s first such installation hauled a large wooden sledge towards Monte Quitaine, placing this sheet at the birth of mechanised Alpine resort skiing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53896242200923,"sku":"P-6-112342","price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112342a.jpg?v=1787833518"},{"product_id":"tonale-ski-resort-proto-piste-trail-map-and-mountain-panoramas-raci-1939-p-6-112344","title":"Tonale—Ski resort proto-piste\/trail map and mountain panoramas—RACI 1939","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e[Neve in montagna: guide autosciatorie, I serie, no. 11:] Tonale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exceptionally early Italian ski-area map of Passo del Tonale, spanning the high pass between Ponte di Legno and Vermiglio beneath the Presena–Adamello skyline. Published in 1939, it records the resort at the very moment mechanical uplift arrived. An Istituto Geografico Militare contour base is overprinted with extensive red downhill ski routes and flagged starting points, broad blue-shaded ski grounds, the blue pass road and a green slittovia north of Tonale; routes extend towards Ponte di Legno, Vermiglio and Passo Presena. Labelled photographs around all four sides help skiers identify the surrounding summits. The design therefore performs the two jobs of a modern piste map—precise route planning and intuitive reading of mountain terrain—but keeps them graphically separate. Produced just as Heinrich C. Berann’s pioneering oblique winter panoramas were emerging, it is a fascinating transitional or “proto-modern” piste map: a precursor in design to the familiar all-in-one panoramic form, though contemporary with its earliest examples. Its slittovia was a cable-hauled passenger sledge, winched uphill over snow before chairlifts and surface lifts superseded this short-lived technology. Tonale’s first installation dates to 1939, making the map a near-contemporary record of the pass’s conversion from touring landscape into mechanised ski resort.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53896242397531,"sku":"P-6-112344","price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112344a.jpg?v=1787833519"},{"product_id":"presolana-ski-resort-proto-piste-trail-map-and-mountain-panoramas-raci-1939-p-6-112343","title":"Presolana—Ski resort proto-piste\/trail map and mountain panoramas—RACI 1939","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e[Neve in montagna: guide autosciatorie, I serie, no. 10:] Presolana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exceptionally early Italian ski-area map of the Presolana and Monte Pora district, published in 1939 as mechanical uplift was beginning to transform Alpine skiing. On an Istituto Geografico Militare contour base, red downhill ski routes and flagged starting points spread through the terrain around Castione, Bratto, Monte Pora and the Giogo della Presolana; blue marks the access roads and shaded ski grounds, while a single green slittovia rises near the pass. Labelled photographic panoramas around the plan identify the surrounding peaks and help the skier translate the conventional map into the mountain landscape. The design thus performs the two jobs of a modern piste map—route planning and visual recognition—but keeps them in separate components. Produced just as Heinrich C. Berann’s pioneering oblique winter panoramas were emerging, it is a compelling transitional or “proto-modern” piste map: a precursor in design to the familiar all-in-one panoramic form, though contemporary with its earliest examples. The slittovia is particularly revealing: a now-obsolete cable-hauled passenger sledge, winched uphill before chairlifts and surface lifts displaced it. Construction of Presolana’s two-sledge installation began in 1938; contemporary accounts called it Bergamo province’s first lift. This is therefore an unusually immediate record of a pioneering mechanised ski district.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53896242430299,"sku":"P-6-112343","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112343a.jpg?v=1787833518"},{"product_id":"passo-sella-val-gardena-ski-resort-proto-piste-trail-map-panoramas-raci-1939-p-6-112345","title":"Passo Sella\/Val Gardena—Ski resort proto-piste\/trail map \u0026 panoramas—RACI 1939","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e[Neve in montagna: guide autosciatorie, I serie, no. 12:] Passo Sella\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exceptionally early Italian ski-area map of Passo Sella, covering the routes between Selva di Val Gardena and Canazei around the Sella and Sassolungo groups. Published in 1939, its Istituto Geografico Militare contour base is overprinted with numerous red downhill ski routes, flagged starting points, blue-shaded ski grounds and the access approach from Selva. Labelled photographic panoramas frame the plan, identifying Ciampinoi, Sass Rigais, the Puez plateau, the Torri di Sella and Cima Boè; one photograph also marks the funivia near Ciampinoi. The sheet thus performs the two jobs of a modern piste map—route planning and immediate recognition of mountain terrain—but keeps them as separate visual systems. Produced just as Heinrich C. Berann’s pioneering oblique winter panoramas were emerging, it is a particularly attractive transitional or “proto-modern” piste map: a precursor in design to the familiar all-in-one panoramic form, though contemporary with its earliest examples. The series legend’s slittovia was a now-obsolete cable-hauled passenger sledge, winched uphill before chairlifts and surface lifts took over. The Sassolungo–Ciampinoi installation was constructed in 1938–39, making this a striking record of Val Gardena’s first mechanised skiing, decades before the interconnected Sellaronda transformed the district.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53896242463067,"sku":"P-6-112345","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112345a.jpg?v=1787833518"},{"product_id":"bosco-chiesanuova-ski-resort-proto-piste-trail-map-mountain-panoramas-raci-1939-p-6-112346","title":"Bosco Chiesanuova—Ski resort proto-piste\/trail map\/mountain panoramas—RACI 1939","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e[Neve in montagna: guide autosciatorie, I serie, no. 15:] Bosco Chiesanuova\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exceptionally early Italian ski-area map of the Lessinia plateau around Bosco Chiesanuova, Erbezzo, Velo Veronese, Castelberto and Cima Malera. Published in 1939, its Istituto Geografico Militare contour base is overprinted with an extensive network of red downhill ski routes, flagged starting points, numerous blue-shaded ski grounds and a short access-road section near Bosco. No lift is actually plotted, despite the standard legend including slittovie—now-obsolete cable-hauled passenger sledges—funivie and installations under construction: this remains principally a landscape of route-based skiing rather than a developed mechanical network. Broad labelled photographic panoramas identify both the immediate Lessini terrain and the distant Alpine skyline, helping the skier translate the conventional map into the landscape. The design therefore performs the two jobs of a modern piste map—practical route planning and intuitive recognition of mountain terrain—but keeps them separate. Produced just as Heinrich C. Berann’s pioneering oblique winter panoramas were emerging, it is a fascinating transitional or “proto-modern” piste map: a precursor in design to the familiar all-in-one panoramic form, though contemporary with its earliest examples. Declared a climatic station in 1928, Bosco Chiesanuova was then emerging as Verona’s principal summer and winter resort, before lift infrastructure came to dominate ski cartography.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53896242495835,"sku":"P-6-112346","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112346a.jpg?v=1787833519"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/neve-in-montagna.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}