...Alpine center of Sestriere on Thursday and it was still coming down at noon Sunday, said ski competition manager Gianni Poncet. "On the average we got 50-60 centimeters (20-24 inches)," Poncet said. The end of the storm was forecast...
...far below average. "That's a lot less then what the northern Alps have received," said ski competition manager Gianni Poncet. "We're ready thanks to our artificial snow-making capacity." --- ROCCA RAKES IN NEW SPONSOR: Giorgio Rocca's...