St. Johann mountain railway
SkiStar St. Johann in Tirol is a family skiing and hiking area in the Kitzbüheler Alpen, which extends over the north and east slopes of the Kitzbüheler Horn.
winter
There are currently 16 lifts in St. Johann in Tirol , including 4 gondola lifts , 5 chair lifts and 7 drag and practice lifts. The capacity of the systems in winter is around 21,000 people per hour. The ski area comprises 43 kilometers of slopes, 88% of which are snow-covered. The slopes are mainly divided into red and blue slopes, which is why the ski area is perfect for beginners and slightly advanced skiers.
A 2.5 km long toboggan run leads from the Hirschberg inn down into the valley, which is illuminated every evening until 11 p.m.
summer
Among other things, the following is offered in summer:
- The "Hornpark" climbing forest at the Harschbichl middle station with 8 courses in various levels of difficulty
- A 3.8 km long mountain cart route that leads from the Harschbichl middle station down to the valley
- A single mountain bike trail from the Harschbichl middle station down to the valley
- A via ferrata from the Harschbichl mountain station to the Kitzbüheler Horn (difficulty mostly B / C, some parts D)
- Numerous panoramic hiking trails and mountain bike routes
| SkiStar St. Johann in Tirol (St. Johanner Bergbahnen GmbH) | |
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| legal form | Ges.mbH |
| founding | 1976 |
| Seat | St. Johann in Tirol |
| management | Peter Grander, BA MCI |
| Number of employees | 73 on an annual average |
| sales | 8.3 million EUR ( estimate ) |
| Branch | Winter sports infrastructure |
| Website | https://www.skistar.com/stjohann |
history
At the beginning of the 1950s, the extensive skiing and hiking area on the north and east slopes of the Kitzbüheler Horn began to be developed with a private funicular to the Angerer Alm.
It was built in 1952 by "Schneider und Golser Bergbahn KG", founded by Franz Schneider, August Golser and Georg Mitterer, instead of a "sledge lift" to Windegg that was improvised around 1950.
In addition, there were new tow lifts and single chair lifts almost every year, so that by 1970/71 with the construction of the Angerer Alm-Harschbichl cable car and the opening of the Eichenhof tow lift, the Schneiderberg, Baumoos, Hirschberg, Penzing and Harschbichl areas could already be reached by lifts.
In 1975 the "Schneider und Golser KG" became the "St. Johanner Bergbahnen GmbH ”was renamed. This was followed by a number of innovations and new buildings, such as the construction of the summer toboggan run on the Rueppenhang and the construction of the Jodlalm double chairlift, before the Harschbichl single-cable gondola, the Penzing quad chairlift and the Hochfeld triple chairlift were built in 1987.
In 1989 the artificial snow system was installed on the "Angerer Alm slope" including a water reservoir in the form of an approx. 1 hectare mountain lake on the Angerer Alm and expanded in 2007 to include the Schlosserbergsee.
In December 2012 the Eichenhof lifts were taken over by the St. Johanner Bergbahnen GmbH. In 2015, snow-making was installed for the Eichenhof runs 4a and 4c.
In 2016, the Swedish SkiStar group invested in the St. Johanner Bergbahnen with a capital increase of 10 million euros and has since held 68% of the share capital.
The St. Johanner Bergbahnen GmbH now operate under the name “SkiStar St. Johann in Tirol”.
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Ski area St. Johann in Tirol / Oberndorf |
Investments
In 2017, Skistar invested 17 million euros in the development of the ski area. With an investment of 7.4 million euros, a 10-person monocable gondola up to the Grander Schupf and a 6-person chairlift up to the Eichenhof mountain station were built at Eichenhof, replacing the Eichenhof 1 and Eichenhof 2 tow lifts. The parking lot has also been enlarged.
In 2017 a new storage pond followed with a volume of approx. 50,000 m³ as well as the snow-making of the Sportiv slope 4b.
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St. Johann in Tirol-Oberndorf ski area (as of November 2017) |
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| Number of slopes | 22nd |
| overall length | 60 km |
| light | 23.20 km (14.20 km snow-making) |
| medium | 30.20 km (28.70 km snow-making) |
| heavy | 6.60 km ( 5.10 km snow-making) |
| Fun parks | 1 |
| Snow cannons | 260 (including 200 snow lances) |
| Snow-covered slopes | 38 km |
| Lift systems | 17th |
| Cableways | 4th |
| Chairlifts | 4th |
| Drag lifts | 6th |
| Practice lifts / rope lifts | 4th |
| Season (winter) | December – April |
| Season (summer) | May – November |
Tirol Snow Card
With the Tirol SnowCard , a Tyrol- wide season ticket, 82 ski areas, 1,050 lifts and 3,596 kilometers of slopes (as of February 3, 2012) can be used.
3-country leisure arena
The 3-Länder Freizeit-Arena (formerly Schneewinkel) is a season ticket which includes 8 ski areas in Tyrol, Salzburg and Bavaria. With 61 lifts, it has 171 kilometers of slopes, 95 km of which are snow-covered. (As of November 2017)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.skistar.com/de/Sommer/sommer-in-st.-johann/aktivitaten/mountaincart/
- ↑ http://www.firmenabc.at/st-johanner-bergbahnen-gesellschaft-mbh_GiaD
- ↑ Start of construction for the gondola lift at Eichenhof . In: Mynewsdesk . ( mynewsdesk.com [accessed November 5, 2017]).
- ↑ Snow- making system St. Johann - Oberndorf. In: Wasserbuch. State of Tyrol, accessed on December 27, 2017 .
- ↑ 3-country leisure arena ski pass - skiing in Tyrol, Salzburg and Bavaria. Retrieved November 5, 2017 .