(14 Jul 2023)
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Cervinia, Italy - 10 July 2023
1. Wide of "Matterhorn Glacier Ride II" cabins at the Plateau Rosa
HEADLINE: New cable car links Switzerland and Italy

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Zermatt, Switzerland - 10 July 2023
2. Wide of Theodul glacier from the cable car
3. Various of Theodul glacier seen from inside the cable car
ANNOTATION: The new Matterhorn Glacier Ride II from Klein Matterhorn to Testa Grigia is officially open.

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Cervinia, Italy - 10 July 2023
4. Various of the Matterhorn mountain
ANNOTATION: It allows visitors to cross between Switzerland and Italy near the Matterhorn, one of the most famous Alpine peaks.
ANNOTATION: The service is the highest-altitude border crossing in the Alps, giving the best views of the Matterhorn and Breithorn mountains.
5. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Federico Maquignaz, Cervino CEO:
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"You can admire a wonderful panorama. You can see the three faces of the Matterhorn, the south, the east and the north. So, I think it's a unique experience. We have to start thinking that this is not simply a cable car ride, but an experience that will be remembered for a lifetime."

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Zermatt, Switzerland - 10 July 2023
6. Various of Theodul glacier from the cable car

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Biella, Italy - 11 July 2023
7. Cable car arriving at station
8. Passengers getting off the cabin
9. Visitors taking selfies and photos at their platform in front of the Matterhorn and Breithorn mountains
ANNOTATION: The cars take about four minutes to travel 1 mile over the Theodul glacier, transporting some 1,300 passengers every hour.

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Zermatt, Switzerland - 10 July 2023
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Nicholas Pollan, visitor from Oregon, USA:
"I took all the transportation up here and it was just a seamless, amazing experience. Got to see all the views coming up. And it was truly just breathtaking. And will remember it for the rest of my life."
11. Various of Matterhorn mountain

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Biella, Italy - 11 July 2023
12. Exterior of the Italian Alpine Club. C.A.I.
ANNOTATION: But not everyone thinks it's such a great idea.
13. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Andrea Formagnana, Italian Alpine Club president of Biella:
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" This type of constructions creates major problems for the mountain environment because they carry many people, it should carry, many people and the impact of many people in a fragile and delicate environment such as that of the mountain certainly have a problematic impact on it."
14. Pan left of the Breithorn mountain
ANNOTATION: The Italian Alpine Club organise events and promote the mountains, playing a part in protecting the Alpine environment.
STORYLINE:
The new Matterhorn Glacier Ride II from Klein Matterhorn to Testa Grigia is officially open.

It connects the Klein Matterhorn mountain station with the Testa Grigia valley station.

It allows visitors to cross between Switzerland and Italy near the famous Matterhorn mountain.

Cars take about four minutes to travel over the Theodul glacier.

Tourists can now travel between the Swiss resort of Zermatt and its Italian counterpart on the other side of the Matterhorn, Cervinia.

That whole journey includes several changes of cable car.

The new link uses 10 cable cars that can accommodate up to 28 passengers each.

They have large front windows to give the best views of the Matterhorn and Breithorn mountains.

The two resorts will now be connected for 11 months a year.







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