Parsenn
Parsenn is a skiing and hiking area above Davos and is operated by Davos Klosters Bergbahnen AG . The name goes back to the alpine pastures below the Gotschnagrates . The Parsennbahn was the second real sports track (track that is only aimed at athletes as passengers) in Switzerland , today there are 102 kilometers of slopes. The Parsenn Derby has been held here since 1924 .
history
- 1903: First use of the Parsenn descent with skis from the Weissflue by Oscar Schuster and the Davos mountain guide Johann Engi.
- 1931: Construction of the 1st section of the Davos Dorf - Höhenweg funicular railway
- 1932: Construction of the 2nd section Höhenweg - Weissfluhjoch with the restaurant on the Weissfluhjoch .
approx. 61,000 passengers have already been transported. The capacity is 350 people per hour. - 1936: Significant increase in frequency to around 235,000 people per year.
- 1937: Doubling of the transport capacity of the funicular from 350 to 700 people / hour.
- 1942/43: Construction of the Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research on the Weissfluhjoch
- 1955: Opening of the Weissfluhjoch - Weissfluhgipfel cable car
- 1961: The Parsennhütte - Weissfluhjoch cable car opens. This creates a connection to the Gotschna ski area, which has existed since 1950 .
- 1967: Establishment of Sportbahnen Pischa AG , which is run as a subsidiary.
- 1972: Inauguration of the new valley station in Davos Dorf
- 1979: The connection railway to the Strelapass, which has since been closed again, opens - at times, a third feeder to the ski area is created alongside the Parsenn and Gotschnabahn via Schatzalp
- 1982: The Joch-Express connecting cable car opens
- 1987: Opening of the Schifer - Weissfluhjoch gondola lift in two sections with a transport capacity of 1700 people per hour each
- 1994: In cooperation with the Gotschnabahn one of the first snow-making systems in the region is built. In the same year, the access system is converted to a contactless hands-free system.
- 1996: Acquisition of a majority stake of 57% in the Rinerhorn mountain railways .
- 1996: Opening of the mountain bike downhill route Weissfluhjoch - Klosters. The 14 km long route recorded around 500 bikers in the first year.
- 1998: Opening of a second MTB downhill route from the Weissfluhjoch to the Parsennhütte. A total of around 1200 bikers will be transported this summer.
- 2002: The 1st section of the Parsennbahn is comprehensively renewed. The track is widened from 800 mm to 1200 mm and the maximum speed is increased from 6 m / s to 10 m / s. The capacity in the Parsenn area increases to 2200 people / hour. Because of the high speed of the train, it is also called the Alpine Ferrari .
- 2006: Completion of the Totalp reservoir . With a capacity of almost 100,000 m³, it is the heart of the snow-making system in the Parsenn area.
- 2010: Commissioning after renovation of the 2nd section of the Parsennbahn.
- 2017: 6-seater chairlift Furka Zipper goes into operation, replaces the old Furka double ski lift from 1972
Railway systems
The following railway systems can be found in the Parsenn area:
Plant name | route | Type | Year of construction and renewal | Height difference | length | Capacity people per hour | Capacity per vehicle | Manufacturer | Operation winter |
Operation summer |
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Parsennbahn (1st section) | Davos Dorf - Höhenweg | Funicular | (1931) 2002 | 658 m | 1889 m | 2200 | (135) 200 | Von Roll Doppelmayr |
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Parsennbahn (2nd section) | Höhenweg - Weissfluhjoch | (1932) 2010 | 445 m | 2074 m | 970 | (135) 110 | Von Roll Doppelmayr Gangloff |
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Summit lift | Weissfluhjoch - Weissfluh summit |
Cable car aerial tramway |
(1955) 1983 | 181 m | 683 m | 1100 | 60 | Garaventa | ||
Parsennhüttenbahn | Weissfluhjoch - Parsennhütte | (1961) 1987 | 463 m | 2390 m | 675 | 80 | Garaventa | |||
Jochexpress (dismantled in 2011) | Weissfluhjoch - Totalpsee | 1982 | 130 m | 445 m | 720 | 60 | Garaventa | |||
Hauptertällibahn (out of service) | Strelapass - Main Tälli | 1980 | 87 m | 1714 m | 30th | 350 | Küpfer | |||
Gotschnabahn (1st section) | Klosters Platz - Gotschnaboden | (1950) 1987 | 609 m | 1965 m | 1200 | 125 | From roll | |||
Gotschnabahn (2nd section) | Gotschnaboden - Gotschnagrat | (1950) 1987 | 506 m | 971 m | 1400 | 100 | ||||
Schiferbahn (1st section) | Schifer - Obersäss | Gondola | 1987 | 454 m | 1745 m | 1700 | 6th | From roll | ||
Schiferbahn (2nd section) | Obersäss - Weissfluhjoch | 1987 | 647 m | 3600 m | 1700 | 6th | ||||
Parsenn Rapid | Höhenweg - Weissfluhjoch | Chairlift | 2000 | 445 m | 1989 m | 2600 | 6th | Garaventa | ||
Gruobenalp | Gruobenalp - Gotschnagrat | 1995 | 215 m | 1087 m | 1200 | 4th | Garaventa | |||
Schwarzseealp | Schwarzseealp - Gotschnagrat | 1995 | 438 m | 1558 m | 1000 | 2 | Garaventa | |||
Meierhoftäli | Meierhoftäli watershed | 1995 | 373 m | 1601 m | 1900 | 4th | Garaventa | |||
Furka - zipper | Parsennhütte - Parsennfurgga | (1957) 1972
2017 |
380 m | 1500 m | 2500 | 6th | Doppelmayr |
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Totalp | Parsennhütte-Weissfluhjoch | 1998 | 473 m | 2316 m | 2400 | 4th | Garaventa | |||
Seetälli | Parsennhütte - Seetälli | Ski lift | 1983 | 301 m | 1120 m | 1100 | 2 | Garaventa | ||
Parsenn girls | Parsennmeder - Gotschnagrat | 1957 | 324 m | 1145 m | 1000 | 2 | Oehler | |||
Hauptertälli | Hauptertälli - Wasserscheidi | 1971 | 180 m | 1033 m | 1100 | 2 | Garaventa | |||
Way of the Cross | Way of the Cross - Parsennfurgga | 1971 | 105 m | 365 m | 900 | 2 | Garaventa |
literature
- Manfred Hunziker: Ringelspitz / Arosa / Rätikon, Alpine Tours / Bündner Alps . Verlag des SAC 2010, ISBN 978-3-85902-313-0 , p. 388.
Web links
- Homepage
- gangloff.com: Parsennbahn, 2nd section, Höhenweg - Weissfluhjoch (accessed on November 19, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://elexikon.ch/parsenn
- ↑ Joachim Schindler, with the assistance of Bernd Arnold and Frank Richter: Oscar Schuster (1873-1917) - mountaineer, alpinist, developer, doctor, publicist. In the series: Monographs Saxon Mountaineering. Published by: Sächsischer Bergsteigerbund, Dresden 2013, p. 215