Ice melt causes dangerous conditions for para athletes IPC says changing winter calendar ‘easier said than done’ Ice melt causes dangerous conditions for para athletes IPC says changing winter calendar ‘easier said than done’ In Cortina d’Ampezzo, the thaw is on. With daytime temperatures reaching double figures in celsius, snow is disappearing from the hillsides and the “torrenti” of ice melt have started to flow once again. Traditionally a time of year when snowfall can be at its heaviest,