THE FIGURES OF THE NEW CABLEWAY

More than 200 workers employed in its construction. Three completely new stations and two consecutive plants with a total length of 2794 metres, over a difference in altitude of 905 metres.

These are just some of the figures of the new Carosello 3000 cableway of San Rocco, which is close to opening to the public. Inspections by Ministry of Transport specialists have been ongoing since 11 December, after which the request for authorisation to begin transporting skiers can be submitted.

Skiers will travel at a speed of 6 metres per second in one of the 68 10-seater cabins and reach the top in about 10 minutes (including disembarkation/boarding times at the intermediate station). Hourly capacity is currently fixed at 1800 persons per hour, but the facility’s potential is much higher, up to 3600 persons per hour.

The cable that carries the cabins has a diameter of 54 mm and is operated by four engines, the first two located at the intermediate station and the other two at the top station. Each of them have a power output of 670 Kw

Very respectable figures that conceal the passion of many men, united by their will and conviction to build this great work in a short space of time: the meteorologically unstable window between two winters in the mountains of Livigno.

206 days of work spent between the 1816 metre altitude of the town and the almost 3000 metre altitude of the arrival station. Days in which persons from international companies worked together with local artisans, side by side.

Days in which everyone gave their best, worked nights and during the weekends. They cursed when it snowed, cursed the cold and the wind that winter brought. They smiled and embraced as brothers as their work became more and more perceptible, visible, close to the end.

This wonderful story will soon be told through the images of "The Stone of 3000", a docu-video that concentrates all the most important moments in the construction of the new cableway. For the moment, here is a 108-second time-lapse in which you can see the construction of the 3 stations.