{"id":2623,"date":"2025-07-16T09:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2025-07-16T09:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:55:10","slug":"new-roche-de-mio-gondola-lift-in-la-plagne-to-open-in-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/07\/new-roche-de-mio-gondola-lift-in-la-plagne-to-open-in-december-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New Roche de Mio Gondola lift in La Plagne to open in December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>La\u202fPlagne is set to upgrade its lift system for the 2025\/26 winter season as the brand-new Roche de Mio gondola will link Plagne Bellec\u00f4te directly to the Roche de Mio summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u20ac36 million gondola will travel via an intermediate station at Col de Forcle and replace the existing forty-year-old lift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new route will bypass Belle Plagne and improve access to Champagny, Bellec\u00f4te and the Grande\u202fRochette area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2-1024x537.png\" alt=\"Roche de Mio lift\" class=\"wp-image-2626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2-1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2-1536x805.png 1536w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2-190x100.png 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2-60x31.png 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2-400x210.png 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2.png 1912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Twice as many skiers in half the time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The new gondola features 10\u2011seat cabins and a capacity of up to 3,140 skiers per hour \u2014 more than double the current 1,440 people per hour. Additionally, the journey time will be halved from around 16 minutes to about 8 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Construction started this summer on the base station at Plagne Bellec\u00f4te and the mid\u2011station near Col de Forcle. The new lift is expected to open in December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/960101558?h=03bf87bc9c&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Roche de Mio ver 7\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gondola from Aime to La Plagne?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussion is also underway about a possible new gondola lift from Aime in the valley floor to La Plagne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea is to create the lift in time for the 2030 Winter Olympics. It is very early stages, but the idea is that it would connect directly from the railway station to Plagne Centre, with a stop at La Roche. The latter is the location of the bobsleigh track, which will host that competition during the Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would take about 17 minutes from Aime to Plagne Centre, about half of the current driving time and cost around \u20ac106 million, including the associated work on parking, road access and risk assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A vote by locals to decide if the project will go ahead will take place in spring 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-190x190.png 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-335x335.png 335w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/07\/new-roche-de-mio-gondola-lift-in-la-plagne-to-open-in-december-2025\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2-190x100.png);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-2-190x100.png<\/a><p>La\u202fPlagne is set to upgrade its lift system for the 2025\/26 winter season as the brand-new Roche de Mio gondola will link Plagne Bellec\u00f4te directly to the Roche de Mio summit. The \u20ac36 million gondola will travel via an intermediate &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/07\/new-roche-de-mio-gondola-lift-in-la-plagne-to-open-in-december-2025\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623"}],"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=2623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions\/2627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}