| Val Cenis Vanoise | |
| Information | |
| Country |  France |
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| Location | |
 45 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ N 6 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Touristic site | |
Val Cenis is a ski resort of Savoy, located on the territories of the villages of Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Lanslevillard, in high-Maurienne. It extends between the Vanoise national park and the neck of Mont-Cenis, at the Italian border. Since the end of 2008, the resort of Val Cenis has been linked to that of Termignon-la-Vanoise, thus allowing the creation of the new ski area of Val Cenis Vanoise.
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History
From the 12th century, the Mont-Cenis pass became the main thoroughfare to Piedmont and in 1805, Napoleon had a road built (today D1006, ex-Nationale 6), linking Susa in Italy and Val Cenis Lanslebourg.
Already, the villagers were discovering the beginnings of winter tourism; Experienced smugglers "the Maroons" hoisted the sleds of travelers from one side of Mont-Cenis to the other and invented a technique of sliding, the descent in "scoop", a kind of sledge made of branches.
Another legendary figure in Val Cenis, Torch, the vaguemaster dog which ensured the mail connection between Fort de Sollières, perched above Mont-Froid and the city of Lanslebourg in the 1930s. For ten years, every day, summer and winter, at the same time , Flambeau fulfilled its mission of carrying mail bags.
Since 1967, Lanslebourg and Lanslevillard have come together to form the resort of Val Cenis, in the heart of Haute-Maurienne Vanoise
In 2008, Val Cenis created the link with the ski area of Termignon to create the ski area Val Cenis Vanoise.
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The ski area has 125 km of marked runs, i.e. 56 runs including 26 ski lifts located between 1300 and 2,800 meters of altitude either 1,500 meters of height difference.
In Val Cenis there are 26 ski lifts used for downhill skiing.
- 2 cable cars
- 6 detachable chairlifts
- 7 fixed-grip chairlifts
- 7 detachable ski lifts
- 4 roller ski lifts
- 2 self-service mats
There are two gondolas, one which allows access to the high altitude area "the Vieux-Moulin cable car" and the other "Le Haut" allows people staying in the terraces (Val Cenis Le Haut) to access the domain.
The detachable chairlifts are 6 in number, all 6 places with the exception of one four places. Val Cenis has been in the process of renovating its ski lift fleet since 2000, with the commissioning of four TSD6, two TSF4, one TCD10 and the relocation of a TSF2.
The resort had up to 32 ski lifts, but some were dismantled because they were useless with the construction of detachable chairlifts. 30 different lifts have been set up in the ski area.
Gondola
- Val Cenis le Haut - Vieux Moulin
Detachable chairlifts
- Arcelle - Girarde - La Ramasse - Le Solert - Turra - Colomba - Arcellins
Fixed grip chairlifts
- La Met - Pre Novel - Roches Blanches - Sources - Le Pont des Chèvres - Cardinal Plan
Ski lifts
- La Fema - Le Mont-Cenis - Le Pont Noir - Le Saint Pierre - Les Essarts - La Madelaine - La Buffa 2 - Les Tannes - Les Marmottons
- 165 snow cannons
- 27 km free cross-country ski trails
- 2 snowpark and 1 boarder cross
