{"id":399,"date":"2014-05-07T14:28:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T14:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=399"},"modified":"2014-05-07T14:28:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T14:28:28","slug":"the-bubble-lift-graveyard-where-bubble-lifts-go-when-they-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/the-bubble-lift-graveyard-where-bubble-lifts-go-when-they-die\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bubble Lift Graveyard: where bubble lifts go when they die&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what happens to all the old bubble lifts in ski resorts when they get replaced?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mh2ski.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">MH2 Ski<\/a> &#8211; a ski school in\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/france\/les-trois-vallees\" target=\"_blank\">Three Valleys<\/a> &#8211; we now know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bubble Lift Graveyard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They recently posted this picture on Twitter of a bubble lift graveyard they spotted in Taninges, near <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/morzine\" target=\"_blank\">Morzine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_400\" style=\"width: 655px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BmaJ5BNCQAAgjIz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"wp-image-400 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BmaJ5BNCQAAgjIz.jpg\" alt=\"bubble lift graveyard\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BmaJ5BNCQAAgjIz.jpg 645w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BmaJ5BNCQAAgjIz-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BmaJ5BNCQAAgjIz-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BmaJ5BNCQAAgjIz-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BmaJ5BNCQAAgjIz-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy MH2 Ski School (mh2ski.co.uk)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We can see that at least one is from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/alpe-d-huez\" target=\"_blank\">Alpe d&#8217;Huez<\/a> and apparently the yellow ones were once in service in Meribel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bric et Broc, Taninges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We understand the name of the retailer is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bricetbroc.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bric et Broc<\/a> and that they specialise in selling old bubble lifts. \u00a0The going rate is apparently \u20ac4000-6000 though, so be prepared to dig deep, or be good at negotiating!<\/p>\n<p>Cheaper alternatives do come to market from time to time. \u00a0These <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2alpesnet.com\/ski\/offers\/telecabin-for-sale.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">bubbles from Les 2 Alpes<\/a> were on offer at just \u00a3650 for unrefurbished models. \u00a0These ones <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledauphine.com\/savoie\/2013\/09\/18\/courchevel-77-oeufs-a-vendre-mais-le-prix-fait-debat\" target=\"_blank\">from Courchevel<\/a> were going for \u20ac4o00.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively you could work for Google &#8211; this is from their office in Zurich:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/google-zuric.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-401\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/google-zuric.jpg\" alt=\"google-zuric\" width=\"501\" height=\"601\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #111111;\">Article by\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #333366;\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/107961348339974741522\/about?rel=author\">Iain Martin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/the-bubble-lift-graveyard-where-bubble-lifts-go-when-they-die\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BmaJ5BNCQAAgjIz-190x126.jpg);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BmaJ5BNCQAAgjIz-190x126.jpg<\/a><p>Have you ever wondered what happens to all the old bubble lifts in ski resorts when they get replaced? Thanks to MH2 Ski &#8211; a ski school in\u00a0the Three Valleys &#8211; we now know. The Bubble Lift Graveyard They recently &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/05\/the-bubble-lift-graveyard-where-bubble-lifts-go-when-they-die\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,18,38],"tags":[154],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399"}],"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=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":402,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399\/revisions\/402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}