The highest cable car in Central Asia will be built at the Uzbek resort "Chimgan"
A unique high-altitude pendulum-type cable car with a capacity of 800 people per hour will be built at the international all-season resort "Chimgan" in Uzbekistan. The funicular will rise to a height of 3309 meters and will become the highest such object in Central Asia, reports Podrobno.uz.
President of the country Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved a number of measures to accelerate the construction of the Chimgan resort worth more than 260 million dollars. The project provides for the construction of a modern cluster with various types of entertainment.
The contractor of the tourist complex is the French company Montagne et Neige Développement (MND). The highland resort will be able to receive more than 3 million people a year. In addition to the main cable car, it is planned to build a second gondola-type funicular with a maximum capacity of 2 thousand people per hour. It will rise to a height of 2515 meters.
Within the framework of the project, more than 20 types of winter and summer attractions will also be organized here: XXL Zip line, Alpine coaster, Adventure tower, Tubing, Via ferrata, 11 ski trails with various levels of complexity with a total length of more than 20 km will be equipped and hotel complexes and cottages for 6 thousand tourist places will be built.
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