The world’s longest magic carpet
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It would mean people could use the carpet to get to another ski lift rather than take a bus.

In addition it might be enclosed by a weather protection tunnel over its entire length that would help create a small wind protected ski lift near to the village.
 
It would also provide access for walkers, summer and winter, people in wheel chairs and children in buggies.

Quite a liftIt will also create a sledging/snowtubing run with the long term plan of offering summer tubing on an artificial surface slope.

“Ideally, the magic carpet would be operational from December 2010, but there is still a lot to do and agreements have to be reached with the land owners,” said a resort spokesman, David Kesterns. “The plans and project group are there but so far it is still a project, and nothing is definitive yet.”

Leukerbad is well-known for its natural thermal baths and is a particular favourite of ours at PlanetSKI even though it is realtively undiscovered by the British.

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