In the 1979 there was an important historic event: Pope Givanni Paolo II, during an ice day of 26 th of August, he went up till Punta Rocca, to inaugurate and bless the Madonna "Regina delle Dolomiti" statue. It was located in a particular cave, made by the Alpines of Brigata Cadore. After that, in the 1982, the Marmolada's cable cars where connected to the famouse Sella Ronda tour and the Dolomiti Superski.
Between 2004 and 2005 the three parts of the lift, was powerd to permetted at 1.000 people to reach the top of the mountain hourly.