New skilifts at Chamrousse

The Equipment Service was entrusted with the control of the plans, and also the direction of the construction of six new ski-lifts at Chamrousse during the preparation of the Olympic Games. In order to keep the ground clear as much as possible for skiing, all were two seater chairlifts, permanently fixed to the cable and capable of transporting 720 skiers per hour.

Four of these skilifts were directly implicated in the organization of the Olympic Games:

— the chairlift of GABOUREAUX (vertical drop 525 m) replaced the skilift of the same name, which was removed to permit the equipment of the finishing stadium;
— the chairlift of the Col de la Balme (vertical drop 190 m) served the slalom training zone as well as the access to the lower half of the Men's Downhill trail;
— the Vallons chairlift (vertical drop 380 m) served the greater part of the giant slalom trails, and the Ladie's Downhill run;
— the chairlift of Lake Robert (vertical drop 250 m) served the slalom training zone; unlike the three former chairlifts which started from the Recoin, it extended North of the Cross of CHAMROUSSE, the skiing ground of the resort.

This equipment, costing altogether 2,600,000 F was financed by the Department of the Isère and subsidised, 80% for the first and 50% for the three others, by the Ministry for Youth and Sport.

MONTAZ and MAUTINO

The first two built respectively by the firms S.A.C.M.I. and MONTAZ and MAUTINO, were put into service in December 1965. The two others were built by the firms POMAGALSKI and MONTAZ MAUTINO and were put into service in November 1966.

The Department of the Isère wished to develop that part of the skiing area not occupied by the Olympic trails, and financed, with 1,600,000 F, the building of two chairlifts starting from ROCHE-BÉRANGER:

— the chairlift of the Perche (Vertical drop 380 m) put into service in November 1966;
— the chairlift of the Achard Lakes (vertical drop 320 m) put into service in November 1967. These two were built by POMAGALSKI.