A new gondola will be in service this winter up to the snow sure slopes of the Pisaillas Glacier, high above Val d'Isère this winter 24-25.
The new lift is the third on the route, which began with a drag lift in 1972 and for the past 38 years has been served by a six-seat gondola.
The new Vallon Gondola is faster, more comfortable and can carry more people with spacious new 10-seat cabins and the ascent time up to 3,185 metres cut to just 6.5 minutes.
A statement from Val d'Isère says the new lift has been designed to its, "stringent demands in terms of customer satisfaction and environmental impact."
On the latter of those that means that the new lift was carefully installed to limit impact on the natural area, following the path of the existing lift in order to preserve the local wildlife and plants and with fewer pylons required than the previous lift. Rare and protected flowers disturbed by the new lift's installation were carefully transplanted.