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It has been announced that the new lift that will link Passo dei Salati to Indren will be opening from the 27th December 2009.

It will cover a distance of 1582 metres as the crow flies. It will leave the 2970 metres of Passo dei Salati, to be more precise from a side area at 2960 metres a.s.l., in order to reach in 4 minutes and 54 seconds 3275 metres, up to the Indren Glacier.

Its speed will be 10 metres per second. It will carry 740 people per hour with 2 cabins for 60 standing people each.

It will be a very modern Funifor and will allow skiers to reach the powder paradise in the heart of Monte Rosa, wild pearl in Monterosa Ski.

The lift will follow a new track, never traced before by a lift and will cover on Aosta Valley area the boundary perimeter with the Piedmont side of the skiing area.

Passo dei Salati, the historical watershed between Aosta Valley and Piedmont, flagship of the Monterosa Ski skiing area for its interregional skis on-link, will become the launch pad towards the Gotha of the free ride tracks in Monte Rosa.

This is the first Aosta Valley Funifor and the second for the Monterosa Ski skiing area.

The Indren Funifor has been under construction since June 2006, a complex site, in an environment particularly sensitive to temperatures’ sudden changes and to weather variations.

The realization was entrusted to Doppelmayr Italia s.r.l. in Lana (Bolzano).

The total investment for this new lift was of € 17.224.000, which is a heavy commitment for Monterosa SpA. Monterosa SpA therefore, could have the chance to receive regional funding for the whole amount of money.

The lift will be operated from 2 technicians in the cabin, it will not have intermediate stops and will reach the arrival station in two spans, making the most of its 800 kW of engine power. Technicians have been studying various new energy systems from sustainable sources (photovoltaic), together with a floor heating system with graphite; the water supply will be possible thanks to the snow fusion and to rainfall. The working site has been studied by ARPA VdA for the permafrost and by the Servizio Aree Protette dell’Assessorato Agricoltura e Risorse Naturali for the bird life.

The ski market and the free riders can now participate in this off-limit meeting with adventure, of course signed Monterosa Ski!