Ski Resorts News
07/03/2020
The ski resorts of Hasliberg, in the Bernese Oberland, with Engelberg-Titlis, and the Melchsee-Frutt ski area in Central Switzerland are planning to connect their ski slopes. In connecting these three medium size ski areas, the new “Snow Paradise Hasliberg – Titlis” will become one of the biggest ski and snowboard wonderlands found in the Alps. To fulfil this dream, four companies will have to build eight brand new chairlifts and one ski tunnel. The final realization of this venture will be completed within the next seven to ten years.
With a total of 51 lifts and cable cars, and over 210 kilometres of downhill runs, the new “Snow Paradise Hasliberg – Titlis” will be one of the biggest ski areas of the Alps. The following four companies will work together in a joint venture to bring this project to life:Aerial Cableways Titlis Rotair, Engelberg
- Aerial Cableways Melchsee-Frutt
- Hasliberg-Kaeserstatt
- Aerial Cableways Meiringen-Hasliberg
The famous Canadian ski resort planner, Paul Mathews, of Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd in Whistler, B.C., Canada, performed an evaluation of the technical feasibility of this project. The result of this survey predicts total and complete success for the proposed merger. The cost of connecting these three ski resorts is estimated at approximately 48 million Swiss Francs to a maximum of 59 million Swiss Francs.
Whether a connection is possible will probably not be decided until the end of 2021.
Within the framework of the study, various connection variants are also to be examined with regard to environmental compatibility and technical feasibility. It should clarify whether a connection is financially, touristically and ecologically feasible at all.
The feasibility study will be completed by the end of 2021 at the latest, at which point a decision will be made on the basis of the results as to whether the "Erlebnisregion" project can be realised. Concrete plans as to what the link should look like or where it could be built are not yet known
Within the framework of the study, various connection variants are also to be examined with regard to environmental compatibility and technical feasibility. It should clarify whether a connection is financially, touristically and ecologically feasible at all.
The feasibility study will be completed by the end of 2021 at the latest, at which point a decision will be made on the basis of the results as to whether the "Erlebnisregion" project can be realised. Concrete plans as to what the link should look like or where it could be built are not yet known
Project failed over 15 years ago
The idea of connecting the three ski areas of Engelberg-Titlis, Melchsee-Frutt and Meiringen-Hasliberg is not new. The project was already the subject of discussion in 2003 under the name "Schneeparadies". The plan was to merge 51 lifts and over 200 kilometres of slopes.
However, the plans quickly failed due to nature conservation, as the ski lift connection was to lead over the protected landscape of Engstlenalp. Around 10,000 signatures were collected against the plan at the time.
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