Rosta eight-seat chairlift: what to know ahead of its second season

At a glance

The detachable eight-seat Rosta chairlift, built by Poma, opened to the public on 20 December 2025. It replaces a fixed-grip four-seater from 1992 and cuts the ride to just over two minutes, according to Remontées-mécaniques.net.

With winter 2026-27 approaching, here is a reminder about the newest lift in the ski area. The detachable eight-seat Rosta chairlift opened to the public on 20 December 2025, as the specialist site Remontées-mécaniques.net set out in a report published on 29 January 2026. This information is almost eleven months old and is given here as background.

Key points

Manufacturer: Poma, Multix range.
What it replaces: the fixed-grip four-seat Rosta chairlift, in service since 1992.
Capacity: 3,640 people per hour, expandable to 4,200.
Line: 847 m inclined length, 10 towers, around 271 m of vertical between 1,397 m and 1,668 m.
Speed and ride time: up to 6 m/s, for a ride of just over two minutes, compared with around ten before, according to Remontées-mécaniques.net. The official lift pass website, for its part, quotes a ride of under three minutes.
Features: the lift pass website mentions a loading carpet and a direct-drive motor, described as using less energy and making less noise.
Operator: SoleGets.

What it means

For skiers, the Rosta sector is now served faster and with more capacity than before. Its opening went hand in hand with the removal, planned for 2026, of the Grains d’Or chairlift, which Alti-Mag reports has been reinstalled at the Pointe du Chéry for winter 2026-27.