Europa-Sportregion Zell am See-Kaprun - Zell am See - Kaprun: High-tech armchair lift takes winter enthusiasts up to the pistes

Sonnenalm - Zell am SeeStore this angel in big sizeConstruction has been traveling on all summer, at the a lot of difficult of conditions. Despite abounding canicule of rain, the plan has now been accomplished in time for the alpha of the winter season: Schmittenhöhebahn AG, the aggregation that operates the accepted skiing resort on the abundance of the aforementioned name, has invested about 14 actor euro in the added development of its infrastructure. Consequently, the 'Europa-Sportregion Zell am See-Kaprun', Austria's best-known winter sports destination, has afresh added its account accommodation for the abounding visitors accepted to access during the algid season.


As snow altitude are already so acceptable that no wishes are larboard unfulfilled, a ad-lib accommodation has been fabricated to put the official alpha into the winter on Schmittenhöhe advanced by a day. From bisected accomplished eight tomorrow morning, on 25th November, lifts and armchair lifts will be demography all those who are athirst for snow up to the pistes at a actual favourable price. Reduced prices administer to all day-tickets and one-and-a-half-day tickets until 2nd December.

A new arrangement bearing artificial snow on the all-rounder and ancestors area of Sonnenalm/Sonnkogel, ten hectares of added pistes at Hochmais and a new armchair lift with heatable seats: no accomplishment has been absolved to accomplish holidays even added adorable for all admirers of skiing and snowboarding. With the advice of the new system, artificial snow can now be produced on 90 per cent of all pistes. Schmittenhöhe is appropriately in actuality affirmed to accept affluence of snow in the approaching - admitting a complete awning of white splendour could so far alone be accepted on the region's added bounded mountain, in the skiing across on the berg of Kitzsteinhorn. Thanks to a new decline piste, that satisfies their growing demand, the winter of 2005/2006 will accompany even added conveniences and skiing fun for tourists. The pistes offered accept been continued by ten hectares so that skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts now acquisition abounding allowance for their sports on a absolute of 200 hectares of pistes. The pistes of both skiing areas of the 'Europa-Sportregion Zell am See-Kaprun' now add up to an absorbing 132 kilometres of finest crumb snow.

But not alone accept the pistes been broadly extended. Schmittenhöhebahn AG has aswell just put a new six-seater armchair lift into account that makes the ascendance even easier. Its appropriate feature: even in actual bad acclimate conditions, winter sports enthusiasts will be able to ability their destination (at a acme of 1,763 metres) afterwards a absolutely stress-free ride that bridges a aberration of 382 metres in acme - acclimate aegis hoods and heatable seats will see to that. Furthermore, the gondolas can be bachelor at the stations to accomplish accepting on and off easier for the passengers. For the time being, the arrangement is to crop 2,400 humans per hour on the 1.2 kilometre ride up to the pistes. But if charge be, up to 3,000 cartage per hour could be transported by this high-tech armchair lift.

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General Information:
With 13,500 beds and two actor brief stays per year, the 'Europa-Sportregion Zell am See - Kaprun' is one of the a lot of important tourism centres in Austria. In winter as in summer, guests acquisition all kinds of leisure activities to accept from. For ski admirers there are 130 kilometres of finest pistes in blubbery crumb snow. In the summer months Zell am See and Kaprun allure with ideal altitude for added than 40 altered kinds of sports - from hiking and golfing, cycling and all baptize sports to acute sports like canyoning and, endure not least, summer skiing on the berg of Kitzsteinhorn. In contempo years the arena has aswell hosted abounding contest of the Mountain Bike World Cup. In 2002 it was the area of the UCI World Championships of Mountain Biking.