Kronplatz Big Spender
Kronplatz Big Spender
Published : 24-Sep-2015 10:50
Italy's Kronplatz ski area has announced yet another big summer spend on upgrades for the ski season. The latest in a long line of investments which has transformed the ski region, part of the Dolomiti Superski, in to one of the most technically advanced on the planet at present.
The South Tyrol resort already operates more gondola lifts than almost any other ski area on the planet – 22 at the last count, matched only by Saalbach in Austria.
This summer it has spent €7m upgrading the key Belvedere gondola with a new state of the art lift with cabins each containing 15 seats and offering free onboard wifi. The lift can carry up to 3,300 people per hour on its 1,061 m length.
Kronplatz has also added new terrain in recent seasons and 15-16 will be no different with a new blue grade run created by the lower section of the existing Ried run, and named Variante Ried.
There's also been a €2m spend to enlarge the Alpen run on the hillside of Valdaora with a new snowmaking system installed too.
Finally, a new Mountain Museum has opened at Kronplatz following another €3m investment.
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