Eggalmbahn

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Eggalmbahn
Eggalmbahn valley station
Eggalmbahn valley station
Location: Tux-Lanersbach , AustriaAustriaAustria 
Design type: 4- MGD
Construction year: 1993
Mountain: Grüblspitze
Valley station: Tux-Lanersbach , 1284 m.World icon
Mountain station: Eggalm , 1951 m.World icon
Height difference: 667 m
Route length: 1554 m
Driving time: 5.1 min
Driving speed: 5 m / s
Number of gondolas: 78 pcs.
Number of supports: 16 pcs.
Manufacturer: Doppelmayr
Operator: Zillertaler Gletscherbahn GmbH & Co KG
Website: www.hintertuxergletscher.at

The Eggalmbahn is an approx. 1.5 kilometer long cable car in the Tux Alps that leads from Tux-Lanersbach to the Zillertal 3000 ski area .

Technical specifications

The Eggalmbahn is a gondola with cabins for four people, the cable car station is located on 1,284 meters and the mountain station at 1,951 meters. The cable car serves as a feeder to the Eggalm ski area , which is part of the Zillertal 3000 ski area. The Eggalmbahn has an average incline of 49.30% and can transport 1,600 people per hour with a travel time of 5.1 minutes.

Ski Area

The Eggalmbahn is part of the Eggalmbahnen, a sub-area of ​​the Zillertal 3000 ski area.
List of cable cars of the Eggalmbahnen:

  • Pictogram Cable Car.svg: Eggalmbahn
  • Pictogram Chair Lift 6.svg: Eggalm North
  • Pictogram Chair Lift 6.svg: Lattenalm
  • Ski Lift - The Noun Project.svg: Beilspitz lift
  • Ski Lift - The Noun Project.svg: Hinteranger lift

The ski area can be reached either from the valley with the Eggalmbahn or from the Rastkogel area via ski route 75. The Hinteranger lift runs a bit away from the ski area and is therefore not accessible from the rest of the area by ski, it mainly serves as a practice facility.

history

Some people in the valley intended to swap mining in the Tux magnesite mine , as an important branch of industry, for winter tourism in the long term , and planning to develop the slopes of the Eggalm and the Hintertux Glacier began, and the Eggalm ski area was finally opened in 1963 accessible with the 1- seater chairlift Eggalmbahn and the Lattenalm and Scheidegg tow lifts . The Pfistereben and Beilspitz tow lifts were later built as additional employment facilities in the ski area. In 1984 the Eggalm Nord double chairlift followed, which gave way to the existing 6-seater chairlift in 2004. In order to increase the transport capacity, the single chair lift was replaced by a double chair lift in 1986, which was replaced by the current gondola lift after seven years of operation as the Eggalmbahn. It was rebuilt as the Lattenalmbahn and replaced the Lattenalm and Scheidegg tow lifts as an employment facility. The Pfistereben lift was also dismantled in 1993. The Beilspitz lift still exists today. In 2009, the Lattenalm chairlift from 1993 was replaced by a 6-seater chairlift.

photos

  • Signposts on the Eggalm and the mountain station of the 6-seater Lattenalm chairlift

  • Eggalmbahn valley station building

  • Eggalmbahn valley station building

  • Hiking trail on the Eggalm

  • View from the Rastkogel ski area to the Eggalm ski area

  • Tux-Lanersbach, in the background the Hinteranger lift

Web links

Commons : Eggalm Bahnen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tourism Association Tux-Finkenberg: From mining to mountain railways: Eggalm pioneers opened up the glacier. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ lanersbacher lift history? Alpinforum.com, March 2004, accessed on April 11, 2020 (forum posts).
  3. ↑ lift-world.info: Lanersbach lift database. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .