{"id":1729,"date":"2020-07-08T07:39:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T07:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2020-07-08T07:40:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T07:40:25","slug":"new-vercland-gondola-to-samoens-opening-dec-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/07\/new-vercland-gondola-to-samoens-opening-dec-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"New Vercland gondola to Samoens opening Dec 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Vercland gondola that links the village via Samoens to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/france\/grand-massif\">Grand Massif ski area<\/a> in France is being redeveloped and will open in December as an upgraded 10-seater gondola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the old \u2018egg\u2019 style bubbles will be missed, the new Doppelmayr lift will reduce the journey time from Vercland to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/samoens\">Samoens<\/a> 1600 to just 7 minutes with a capacity of 2000 skier and snowboarders per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland2-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland2-190x127.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland2-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland2-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Distance (following the line of the slope): 2200m<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ad &#8211; Elevation gain: 802m<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ad &#8211; Number of pylons: 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Capacity: 2000 passengers\/hour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Cabins: 10 seated places<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Number of cabins: 45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Speed: 6 m\/s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland1.jpg 630w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland1-190x135.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland1-60x43.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland1-400x284.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><figcaption>Plan for the base station in Vercland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accommodation in Flaine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to visit the Grand Massif, we have 9 properties to choose from in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/samoens\">Samoens<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/flaine\/properties\">Flaine<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call our team on 01822 617761 for advice on finding the best property for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flaine_main_maxi_x685y321.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flaine_main_maxi_x685y321.jpg 685w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flaine_main_maxi_x685y321-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flaine_main_maxi_x685y321-190x89.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flaine_main_maxi_x685y321-60x28.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/flaine_main_maxi_x685y321-400x187.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><figcaption>Flaine ski resort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/07\/new-vercland-gondola-to-samoens-opening-dec-2020\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland2-190x127.jpg);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/vercland2-190x127.jpg<\/a><p>The Vercland gondola that links the village via Samoens to the Grand Massif ski area in France is being redeveloped and will open in December as an upgraded 10-seater gondola. While the old \u2018egg\u2019 style bubbles will be missed, the &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/07\/new-vercland-gondola-to-samoens-opening-dec-2020\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,397],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1729"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1734,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions\/1734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}