One Man Chair to be replaced by Gondola for Ski Welt
Rare Single Chair Removed For Second New Gondola for Ski Welt
One of the three remaining one-man chairlift in Austria’s Skiwelt, the country’s largest lift-linked ski area, was shut down last week to make way for construction of a second new gondolas for the area ahead of next winter.
The second new gondola for the region is an eight seater with heated cabins called Salvenbahn II above Hopfgarten. The new lift as well as a triple chairlift to the Rigi will open to 19th October 2008.
The new gondola will be 1775m, carry 47 gondola cabins, take 5.67 minutes to make the ascent from the valley station at 1178m to the mountain station at 1829m and has a capacity of 2000 people per hour.
The gondola is the second major project to be announced for the Skiwelt which has previously announced the long awaited lift link to Westendorf, one of the key members of the circuit but previously a bus ride from the rest of the circuit. The SkiWelt is nearly lift-linked to Kitzbuhel’s ski area, a connection of the two would make it one of the ten biggest ski regions in the world.
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