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Arabba Portados bubble
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I can see that the new bubble/gondola lift going in on the Portavsecovo side of Arabba is proceeding, to replace the old two person chair that sometimes used to run.

Being promoted as making for an easier Sella Ronda circuit to avoid the first pitch down from the cable car. Ideally if it reduces the "oh no I don't like this" crowd on that first pitch, there will be more room for the rest of us to wizz down it Cool

But what I could not find out is, where is the top station? If it is at the same place as the old chair then I reckon the crowd will not be thrilled by the pitch dropping down to the new chair 09 Portados put in a couple of seasons ago; from memory that is a fairly steep straight drop or have my grey cells let me down?

Or does the bubble go all the way up to meet the top of the number 9 chair?

Just idle curiosity really, but it does remind me that the buttons for the BB must be making an appearance sometime soon, surely! Toofy Grin
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http://www.alpinforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=7462&start=525

Paste the URL into translate.google.com
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Thanks @Onnem, although I am not sure that it is a definitive answer. For example the map shown in that page is not accurate as of today really because it implies the Portados chair 09 put in a couple of years ago goes higher than it actually does and for example it does not show the other lift put in from Pont de Vauz. But in general the articles seem to imply the new bubble will end roughly where the old chair ended.
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I get the impression that the new lift goes to the same place as the old one (they were intending to go higher, but ran into geological problems!). Peeps would then ski down to the new Carpazza lift to get higher. Although I know that you can get on to the 'Alpenros' piste towards Pont de Vauz by using a narrow track.

http://www.wieser.it/en/works/eearth-movement/arabba-bl-earth-moving-operations-for-the-new-lift-portados-/

some info on lift from Portavescovo website

http://www.dolomitiportavescovo.it/en/info/apertura-impianti/
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SteveM wrote:


Just idle curiosity really, but it does remind me that the buttons for the BB must be making an appearance sometime soon, surely! Toofy Grin


Dadmin's currently hibernating in Spain. I expect the buttons will go up when he gets home and gets his ducks in a row. snowHead
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Thanks all - that seems to be the concensus, it goes to the same top station as the old chair. Does my memory deceive me for the drop down from there to Carpazza? Anyway, will find out first hand in Feb, I hope. Any other lift developments in the area this season?
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My memory is of a nice wide red !! - very quiet at the time, so no 'bumps'....
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The plan in the article is rough and may be a pipe dream.
If I interpret it correctly it looks like a radical changes are envisaged:
The second stage of the DMC will be scrapped at the end of its working life and the traffic will be taken by the new bubble; which I guess must run from near the base of the Porto Vescova gondola to the base of the Carpazza lift and a run cut to join the Alpenrose run.
More usefully the 3 Sas de la Vegla, Messola and Padon1 lifts scrapped (about time to remove the bottleneck to Marmolada) and replaced by 2 new lifts interestingly rerouted.

The new bubble would be the logical first step. We could do with somebody on the ground to locate the earthworks. I also hope to be fit enough to be there end of Jan.
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some more details/images here (only in Italian tho'.......)

http://www.funivie.org/web/nuova-cabinovia-portados-ad-arabba/
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