{"id":13770,"date":"2016-10-04T15:41:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T13:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/uncategorized\/skyway-monte-bianco-l8a-meraviglia-del-mondo-uneccellenza-italiana-sul-tetto-deuropa\/"},"modified":"2018-01-03T11:56:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T10:56:15","slug":"skyway-mont-blanc-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/homepage-slide-en\/skyway-mont-blanc-the-eighth-wonder-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"SkyWay Mont Blanc: the eighth wonder of the world."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"margin-top: -30px;\">An Italian excellence on the roof of Europe.<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15524 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Box-contenuti-interni-slide-Skyway-EN.jpg\" alt=\"box-contenuti-interni-slide-skyway-en\" width=\"1026\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Box-contenuti-interni-slide-Skyway-EN.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Box-contenuti-interni-slide-Skyway-EN-180x113.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Box-contenuti-interni-slide-Skyway-EN-250x157.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Box-contenuti-interni-slide-Skyway-EN-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Box-contenuti-interni-slide-Skyway-EN-700x440.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Box-contenuti-interni-slide-Skyway-EN-120x75.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Box-contenuti-interni-slide-Skyway-EN-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Box-contenuti-interni-slide-Skyway-EN-600x377.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1026px) 100vw, 1026px\" \/>This is the realisation of a dream: to ensure everyone can enjoy a wonderful experience that would never have been possible without technology. Nature provides the beauty while humans offer their ingenuity for all to admire. The ascent begins in Courmayeur at the station of Pontal d\u2019Entr\u00e8ves (at 1300 metres above sea level), has an intermediate station at 2200m at Pavillon du Mont Fr\u00e9ty and arrives at Punta Helbronner (3466m). The three stations of the cable car are built in glass and steel to ensure maximum protection and visibility while blending harmoniously into the surrounding landscape. Services offered to tourists include bars, sun decks and, of course, the stunning panorama. The cable cars revolve during the entire ascent to allow passengers a complete view of the surrounding peak. On arrival at Punta Helbronner (3466m), a large circular 14 metre diameter panoramic terrace provides a breathtaking 360\u00b0 view of most the \u201cFour Thousanders\u201d of the Western Alps: Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, the Matterhorn, Gran Paradiso and Grand Combin. Inside can be found a display of the crystals of Mont Blanc, a self-service restaurant, a bar and multimedia information points. In the summer it is also possible to continue from Punta Helbronner by taking the \u201cPanoramic Mont-Blanc\u201d cable car that glides over the Giant glacier and leads to the French station of Aiguille du Midi (3777m), from where it is possible to descend to Chamonix.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SkyWay in figures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Height difference<\/strong> \u2013 The two cable car sections involve a climb totalling about 2200 metres:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Departure station height: 1300m<\/li>\n<li>Height at Punta Helbronner station: 3462m<\/li>\n<li>Height at the panoramic terrace of the Glaciers at Punta Helbronner: 3466m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Travel time<\/strong> \u2013 The entire ascent takes approximately 10 minutes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pontal d\u2019Entr\u00e8ves \u2013 Pavillon du Mont Fr\u00e9ty: about 4 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Pavillon du Mont Fr\u00e9ty \u2013 Punta Helbronner: about 5 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hourly passenger capacity:<\/strong> 800 people for the first section, 600 people for the second section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aosta Valley offers a unique experience, the extraordinary ascent to Mont Blanc aboard the new SkyWay cable car.","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13770"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15527,"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13770\/revisions\/15527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.skilife.ski\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}