Vanoise Express cable car to host gourmet dinner mid-air Thirty skiers and snowboarders will have the chance to dine in two cable cars suspended mid-air, 380 metres above the valley floor. The gastronomic experience, which features a five-course menu prepared by a Michelin-starred chef, takes place in the Vanoise Express which links the French resorts of Les Arcs and La Plagne across the Ponthurin Valley in the Paradiski ski area. Each cable car will stop a kilometre from its station to meet each other half way along the path. The diners will be randomly selected from those who register their interest when buying a Paradiski lift pass between February 7 and 10. The winners, who can be individuals or couples, will be notified on the February 10, while the dinner takes place on February 12. The menu will be created by the French chef Stéphane Froidevaux, who won a Michelin star in 2006 at his mountain restaurant, L'Antidote, in Serre Chevalier. Half the guests will board one cable car on the La Plagne side, while the other half boards the other car at the Les Arcs end. Dinner will be served once the two cars meet at the halfway point. The event, despite its proximity to Valentine's Day, is said to be unrelated to the lovers' holiday, though the cabins will be decorated "to create a chic and elegant atmosphere."