Second Pair of Swiss Resorts Linking Up For 13-14 Season
Second Pair of Swiss Resorts Linking Up For 13-14 Season
Published : 05-Oct-2013 03:48
A new cable car connection between the neighbouring ski areas of Zinal and Grimentz in the Swiss Val d'Anniviers will create a 120km ski domain within the wider valley pass this December.
The link is one of an unprecedented five such link-ups announced in the Alps this coming winter, including two in Austria (Flachau to St Johnann im Pongau and Lech to Warth/Scrocken), another in Switzerland (Arosa to Lenzerheide) and one at Folgaria in Italy.
The new lift was first proposed in 2006 when the two neighbouring lift companies looked at ways to make their companies viable in the longer term, construction began a year ago after a 14 month planning process.
There has in fact been a black-grade route between the two areas for some years, which has been groomed in recent years, but the new cable car allows people of all abilities to travel between the two areas, regardless of snow conditions.
The 3.5km long lift has two 125 person cabins and travels at 10m per second taking around 7 minutes, 20 seconds to make the journey. The lift ascends 1,100 vertical metres and can carry up to 825 people per hour. The project has cost 18.6 million Swiss Francs.
The Val d'Anniviers is made up of three resorts, St-Luc/Chandolin, Grimentz/Zinal and Vercorin, all a short distance from one another and linked by a shuttle bus included in the area pass.
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