Vanoise Express Reopened Today
(Snow Regions in France)The Vanoise Express cable car, the main transport highway at the Paradiski ski area, that includes three ski resorts – Les Arcs, Peisey-Vallandry and La Plagne, situated in Savoie, France, was reopened for the new season today at 9:00 am after long lasted reconstruction.
The construction works lasted several months – 4 load-bearing cables were replaced with new ones. After this job done, the supervisory body of the Departmental Public Works Authority held two-week safety tests and officially approved the renowned cable car and gave permission to open it for the new season.
For the day of opening the ski lift operators SAP and SMA provide all persons having a valid ski pass for La Plagne or Les Arcs and Peisey-Vallandry with free ride throughout Paradiski using the reconstructed Vanoise Express, equipped with two double-decker gondolas that have panoramic glassing. Each gondola is able to move independently and can carry up to 2,000 people per hour in both ways. Now skiers can cross the valley between two mountain massifs in four minutes once again.
On top of that, during the opening days the guests are provided with a chance to have a trip round a special Paradiski circuit guided by French ski school instructors. There are several tours for various skill levels are available. The guests thus have better opportunity to discover ski area’s hotspots and places of interest.
Photo: Vanoise Express gondola (duckjock.blogspot.com)
Date: 20/12/2008
| Tweet |
Comments
| Ellen (05/01/2009) |
Login
News
10/05/2012
Alpine skiing in France: successful season in the Alps
According to official statistics, the last 2011-2012 season was quite successful for the French Alps. The number of tourists visited ski resorts in France at the famous peaks increased compared with the previous year by 2%.
12/04/2012
Ski resorts in Austria suffer from noise
Residents of Zell-Am-Se town had to complain about excessive noise, which produces numerous bars of the Austrian ski resort in the Salzburg region.
07/04/2012
Bulgarian ski resort: Easter skiing
According to the Bulgarian National Television, the resort administration decided to offer unique opportunity to free skiing on the slopes of Pamporovo before the Easter after consultation with the Smolyan city authorities, which is located near the resort.
RSS
Newsletter
