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to open up the panorama of the meeting area at the centre of the resort. The project, which has been increased to âŹ27 million, will restructure the resort by installing a second meeting area at an altitude of between 1,500 and 1,600 m (4,900 and 5,200 ft) in order to take into account the
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In 1890, about a hundred miners were working on mining the various deposits. A railway was built to remove the ore and an elevated railway descended for 3 km (1.9 mi) along the upper
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On 1 February 2015, the resort experienced a major avalanche that swept away the departure station of the
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1311:"DĂ©couvrez le plan des pistes de Gourette"
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