5th
December 2011
- Some good snow over the weekend, more on the
way !
Fingers
crossed for a great season. Despite last season
being generally poor throughout the Alps, Chatel
benefitted enormously from it's continued huge
investment in snow making facilities. A new
high-altitude reservoir has been built, capable
of supplying the snowmaker networks, which will
eventually produce almost 3,200 m3 of snow per
hour. An additional 32 snowmakers have been
installed over the Summer on the Rennes and Blattins pistes,
bringing
the total in Chatel to over 200.
The snow is produced through a
purely mechanical process that involves sending
pressurised water to a network of snowmakers
(commonly known as «snow cannons») distributed
around the ski area. No chemicals are used in
the artificial snow production cycle; the snow
consists only of water and cold air.
New Rochassons Lift
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This is
the new
version
of the
Rochassons
chairlift,
a six-seater
detachable
chairlift
capable
of
carrying
3,000
skiers
an hour
to offer
even
more
comfort,
safety
and
speed.
And more
skiing!
For more
comfort
and more
security
this new
chairlift
is
equiped
with the
"safety
bar".
Once the
skier
sits on
the
chair
this one
is going
down.
When
user
press on
the bar
or on
the
tread
plate
the
system
is
locked.
At the
arrival
the
guard
bar
opens
automatically.
This new
lift in
the
Plaine
Dranse
sector
replaces
the old
2-seater
chairlift
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email: Chalet les
Loups
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