Ski Resorts News
10/30/2024
The Bergbahnen Berwang is investing in upgrades worth millions, and has been building new, family-friendly gondola lifts and chairlifts since 2019. Work to modernise the resort is due to be completed in 2025.
In 2024, the long-awaited go-ahead has been given for the construction of the 2nd section of the Obere Karbahn, which will replace the old Thanellerkar T-bar lift. After the continuation of the project, which started in 2019, was repeatedly delayed due to COVID restrictions. Completion and commissioning is planned for December 2025. The construction will not only provide more comfort for guests, it will also extend existing pistes, as the new mountain station will be located 140 metres higher up than the end of the previous T-bar lift. The current top station of the Obere Karbahn Section I will then function as the middle station.
The first part of the avalanche defence in the Scharte area as well as the support foundations and excavation work at the mountain station will begin this summer. In summer 2025, the rest of the avalanche barriers, the foundations for the mountain station, the piste construction including the snowmaking system and the installation of the cable car will take place.
Successful modernisation thanks to 25-million-euro investment
The ‘Thanellerkarlift’ in Berwang, a T-bar lift, was especially at risk of becoming a problem. ‘T-bars have never been easy for kids and beginners to navigate, which results in ever-longer queues as more and more people turn up,’ says Florian Singer, managing partner of Bergbahnen Berwang.
The ‘Thanellerkarlift’ in Berwang, a T-bar lift, was especially at risk of becoming a problem. ‘T-bars have never been easy for kids and beginners to navigate, which results in ever-longer queues as more and more people turn up,’ says Florian Singer, managing partner of Bergbahnen Berwang.
‘We wanted to make things much more comfortable for our guests,’ Singer says, describing the motivation behind the comprehensive upgrades to the resort area. What’s been completed is already a significant upgrade to the Berwang ski area, and by 2025, when the modernisation programme is finished, the 25-million-euro investment will be even more noticeable. To follow by then is the second section of the ‘Obere Karbahn,’ the demolition of the redundant ‘Thanellerkarlift,’ and the new mountain restaurant in Berwang.
Technical data: Berwang Obere Karbahn II
Type: 10-passenger gondola lift (single-cable circulating lift)
Manufacturer: Doppelmayr
Year of construction: 2024/2025
Height valley station: 1433m
Height mountain station: 1715m
Height difference: 282m
Cable car length: 877m
Speed: 6 metres per second
Journey time: approx. 2:40 minutes
The ‘Thanellerkarlift’ ski lift in Berwang is very popular. It’s long and leads to one of the highest points in the Berwang ski area. Red slopes – considered advanced intermediate – are higher up, with the easier blue slopes lower down. More important than the difficulty level, though, is the fact that the lift is on the sunny side of the Thaneller mountain, on good days making any kind of skiing a real pleasure. The only drawback is that there may then be queues at the entrance to the lift.
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