A new lift under construction in Austria is believed tol be the first to cross the provincial boundary between Salzburgerland and Tirol and create one of the country's largest ski areas in the process.
A new 3.5km (2.1 mile) long piste will run from the Reiterkogel in the area around the Vierstadlalm, with a vertical height difference of 780 metres and will be equipped with powerful snowmaking facilities.
The ski areas of Fieberbrunn and Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang will be connected by a new gondola due to open this December, creating an area of 240km (150 miles), served by 68 lifts, the second biggest in Austria after the Skiwelt by some measures. There are reported to be plans to further extend the area by connecting it to Zell am See in the future.
A Doppelmayr 10 seat gondola will link Saalbach and Fieberbrunn in a 20 million Euro connection that is being marketed as 'TirolS'
The new lift will have a capacity of 2600 guests per hour and will start from a bottom station at Reckmoos-Süd, then have a middle station at the base of the Hörndlingergraben near the Pulvermacheralm, and then continue up to the Reiterkogel in the centre of the Skicirus.