In reply to Webster:
But surely, wherever the start is, it is fixed, be it the bottom of the old steps, or a gondola..with the rate of glacial recession, surely it is only a matter of time before you are walking a fair bit after skiing the VB to get to the gondola? Why is the glacier where it is now, not going to melt?
PS. I am sure they employed the best glaciologists there were before shelling out millions (?) of euros on a gondola
PPS. The last time I was there (15 years ago), they were 100's of steps..some guy had a heart attack walking up them...