One of the biggest ski area investments of the next few seasons has been announced by Austria's Ischgl and its Swiss neighbour Samnaun who'll together be spending 50 million euros on three new 8-seater D-Line chairlifts with weather protection hood and seat heating for their shared Silvretta Arena ski area.
Silvrettaseilbahn AG will build the replacement lifts HÖLLBODEN C1 and SASSGALUN C3 in summer 2025 ready for the upcoming 25-26 season and the HÖLLKAR C2 in summer 2026 for winter 26/27.
For the first time in the Silvretta Arena, all three chairlifts will be equipped with Doppelmayr's entry and exit monitoring system (AURO: Autonomous Ropeway Operation) which enables remote monitoring of the lift by operators that don't have to be on site.
The existing lifts have transported a total of over 83 million skiers over the years enthusiastic winter sports enthusiasts. The new Höllkar and Sassgalun cable cars will be rebuilt on the same route but the mountain station of the new Höllboden cable car will be built approximately 500 metres east of Idalp at a new location between slopes 10 and 11, just above Idalp.
The diversion of the planned Höllboden cable car and the relocation of the mountain station opposite the existing 8-seater Höllboden chairlift are intended to significantly improve the crossing for winter sports enthusiasts in the area of the Höllboden/Idalp mountain station.
A total of over 1,200 m² of photovoltaic modules with a total output of 274.5 kWp will be installed on all roofs of the new cable car systems.
