The Via Lattea (which means ‘Milky Way’ and is also the name of the ski resort) between Piedmont in Italy and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in France connects the Italian venues of the 2006 Turin winter Olympics with Montgenèvre in France, via Claviere on the border. But it isn’t just the resort’s location which crosses boundaries: it’s 400 km of slopes and numerous ropeways are also of record-breaking proportions. A modern 6-seater chairlift made by LEITNER was recently installed along the famous world cup run in Sestriere. The new CD6 Cit Roc carries up to 2600 people per hour on a journey of just under five minutes, which means significantly greater capacity for the ski resort which belongs to Turin’s Olympic region.