Italy installs first heated chairlift

22nd September 2016, by Abi Butcher

The high-speed heated chairlift in Selva will carry up to 2,200 skiers an hour

Heated chairlifts are now commonplace in Austrian ski resorts – Kitzbühel has 10 of them. Now Italy is having its first installed, a high-speed eight-seater near the ski resort of Selva in Val Gardena.

As you can see above, you won’t miss it as it is decked out in an eye-catching blue.

The chair cost 8 million euros and replaces the 30-year-old Gran Paradiso draglift above Plan de Gralba. It is longer than the old lift and goes to Passo Sella, providing a connection on the Sella Ronda clockwise circuit.

The new chair will increase capacity compared with the old draglift from 900 to 2,200 skiers per hour.

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