Zermatt’s New Chairlift
Zermatt’s New Chairlift
Published : 30-Sep-2025 07:28
The Zermatt ski lift company, ZBAG, are replacing the old six-seat Gifthittli chairlift, which gives access to the Sunnegga sector from Riffelberg, with one of the first eight-seater detachable chairlifts in Switzerland.
The new lift has been manufactured by Leitner and is equipped with weather protection hoods, whilst passenger access to the lift is being "optimised by a straight entry in the direction of movement, which improves the flow of guests". Furthermore, the new lift is designed to be remotely managed and operate without staff at the top station, which is expected to happen sometime in the future.
"As previous visitors to Zermatt will know, one of the few bottle necks in the whole ski area has been the Gifthittli chairlift. The all too frequent wait lines have been due to various factors including a lack of capacity to handle increased numbers of skiers as well as technical reliability issues after some 22 years of intensive service. In plain English, it's got old and broke down a lot!," said Zermatt-local Ed Mannix who runs Matterhorn Chalets with wife Suzanne.
Dismantling of the old installation started just after the end of last winter and the old lift is due to be 'recycled' and rebuilt in another ski resort. Meanwhile, the new lift is expected to be operational at the start of the coming winter season on November 28th.
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