Skiing duo Menna Fitzpatrick and Scott Meenagh, who are Great Britain’s flagbearers, will not be at the ceremony as they are competing the following day in Cortina.
Instead, they will take part via a video sequence, along with fellow ParalympicsGB team-mates, to be shown as part of the parade.
“We made that decision [not to attend] about a year ago when we knew that the opening ceremony was going to be as far away from where we are up here in the mountains as we are,” ParalympicsGB chef de mission Phil Smith told Sport.
“I think there are a number of nations who are in the same boat. We know that any athletes who do attend from here in Cortina won’t be getting back to the athlete village until between two or three in the morning.
“All of our athletes here compete on the first day so from a pure performance and sport perspective, it was never our intention to send athletes to the opening ceremony.”
The Games will run from 6-15 March.
