Monte Faito
The only ski piste Campania ever had, on a mountain above the Bay of Naples, its chairlift abandoned in 2017 while the 1952 cable car from Castellammare di Stabia carries on below.
- Region
- Campania
- Country
- Italy
- Status
- abandoned
- Year closed
- 2017
- Reason for closure
- Not stated in the surviving record. The chairlift and the ski station were decommissioned in 2017, ending what had been the only downhill skiing in the Campania region.
History
Monte Faito rises in the Monti Lattari between the provinces of Naples and Salerno, above Castellammare di Stabia on the Bay of Naples, and it carried what was for a long time the only ski piste in Campania - skiing within sight of the sea and of Vesuvius. The cable car up from the coast, the Funivia del Faito, opened to the public on 24 August 1952, running from a station beside the Circumvesuviana line on the Naples-Sorrento railway; it was built for sightseeing rather than for skiing and is a separate installation from the ski lift. The chairlift serving the ski slope was decommissioned in 2017, and with it the whole small ski area ceased to exist. No reason is given in the surviving record. The abandoned chairlift remains on the mountain and has been documented by Italian urban explorers and conservation groups. The opening year of the ski area, its piste names and its lift specifications are not recorded in accessible sources.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Chairlift | The ski area chairlift, decommissioned in 2017 and left abandoned on the mountain | |
| Funivia del Faito | Gondola | Opened to the public on 24 August 1952, running up from Castellammare di Stabia beside the Circumvesuviana railway station. Built for tourism rather than skiing and separate from the ski installations |
Sources and further reading
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Location
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