Kaprun glacier lift

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Gletscherbahnen Kaprun Aktiengesellschaft

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legal form Corporation
ISIN AT0000A10ZR5
founding 1965
Seat Kitzsteinhornplatz 1a, 5710 Kaprun , Salzburg
management
Number of employees 272
sales 40.9 million euros (2016/17)
Branch cable railway
Website www.kitzsteinhorn.at

View from the Kitzsteinhorn to the glacier , Kaprun and Zell am See .

Gletscherbahn Kaprun is the name of several cable cars in the Austrian municipality of Kaprun that lead to the Kitzsteinhorn . The operator is the Gletscherbahnen Kaprun AG , which was founded on August 1st, 1963 by Tauernkraftwerke AG , the municipality of Kaprun and the state of Salzburg in order to develop the glacier into a year-round ski area ( Alpincenter Kaprun ).

Overview

Table with cable cars (tow lifts not included) of the GBK:

Cable car Art commissioning
acceptance 		Altitude
valley station
(in m) 		Altitude of
mountain station
(in m) 		Length
(in m) 		Person
capacity
per hour
Gletscherjet 1 24-person cabin Funitel 2001 911 1,979 2,508 1,800
Gletscherjet 2 15-person cabin monocable gondola 2002 1,978 2,450 1,460 2,200
Glacier Jet 3 Combined lift with 10-person cabins and 8-person armchairs 2015 2,448 2,628 1.010 3,600
Glacier Jet 4 10-person cabin monocable lift 2015 2,628 2,926 1,150 3,326
Panoramabahn 8-person cabin monocable gondola 1991 928 1,979 2,549 1,850
Summit lift Cable car (60 people) 1966/1981 2,452 3,029 2,200 600
Glacier shuttle above-ground funicular 1990 2,928 3,020 257 500
6-person Sonnenkar lift 6-seater chairlift with weather protection hoods 1997 2,414 2,673 759 3,000
2-person Sonnenkar lift 2-seater chairlift 1987 2,414 2,611 780 1,440
Langwiedbahn 4-seater chairlift with weather protection hoods 1990 1,976 2,453 1,505 2,200
Ridge run 4-seater chairlift with weather protection hoods 1992 2,450 2,656 1,127 2,670
6-person crystal track 6-seater chairlift with weather protection hoods and heated seats 2007 2,265 2,678 1,820 2,600
8-person Schmiedingerbahn 8-seater chairlift with weather protection hoods and heated seats 2016 2,530 2,775 721 2,900
Maiskogelbahn 10-person cabin monocable lift 2018 748 1,570 3.813 2,800
3K Maiskogel-Langwied 32-seater 3S lift 2019 1,570 1,975 4,311 2,700

Kaprun glacier lift 1

The Kaprun 1 glacier lift is a three-section cable car that went into operation on December 12, 1965. With the Schmiedingerkees and Maurerkees glaciers opened up in this way, the Kitzsteinhorn was the first glacier ski area in Austria.

Section 1 and 2

The cable car was put into operation on December 12, 1965. The lowest section from the Kapruner Thörl to the Salzburger Hütte was 2028 meters long with an altitude difference of 970 meters. The second section of the cable car, which led past the Krefelder Hütte to the Alpincenter, began in the Salzburger Hütte with a difference in altitude of 554 meters.

The second section of the large-cabin aerial cableway was replaced in 1990 by a new 4-seater chairlift (Langwiedbahn), the first section in 1991 by a new 8- seater cable car (Panoramabahn).

Section 3

Formerly the tallest cable car pillar in the world

The Kaprun 3 glacier lift is the third section of the cable car up to the Kitzsteinhorn that went into operation on November 26, 1966 . It was built by the companies Elin, Waagner-Biro and Swoboda and was designed as a large cabin lift with two cabins (capacity for 60 people each). It leads from the Alpincenter valley station at 2,453 meters above sea ​​level to the Kitzsteinhorn NW-Grat station at 3,029 meters above sea ​​level . The length of this track is 2208 meters, the maximum gradient 42%. The journey time is 8.5 minutes and the top speed is 36 km / h.

The Kaprun 3 glacier lift has two spans, divided by the highest cable car pillar in the world until the Ha Long Queen cable car was built in Vietnam . This is a 113.6 meter high steel framework construction, which is based on a square concrete block with a side length of 17 meters, which is located on a rock tooth. The construction consists of a central steel tube with a diameter of 2.2 meters, which houses a maintenance elevator and a ladder . This tube is supported by eight parabolic steel struts with a diameter of 500 millimeters. These struts are connected to the central tube every 10 meters. The column was initially 103 meters high. Since then it has been increased twice, first to 106.9 meters and finally to 113.6 meters. Construction began and was completed in 1966.

Kaprun glacier lift 2

Train of the Kaprun 2 glacier lift when entering the mountain station
One of the train sets of the Kaprun 2 Gletscherbahn during the stay in the valley station a few weeks before the fire

The Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 (GBK 2) was a funicular that went into operation on March 23, 1974 after around 2½ years of construction. This railway had the unusual track width of 946 millimeters and was 3900 meters long, of which 3300 meters were in the tunnel. The first 600 m led over a bridge. The average gradient was 411.4 ‰, the maximum gradient 500 ‰.

The two trains were rare three-car units on funiculars and were named "Gletscherdrachen" and "Kitzsteingams". Each unit was 29 meters long, the car width was 1.80 meters. 180 people could get from the valley station to the Alpincenter by train in about 8½ minutes ( 47 ° 12 ′ 31 ″  N , 12 ° 41 ′ 20 ″  E, coordinates: 47 ° 12 ′ 31 ″  N , 12 ° 41 ′ 20 ″  E ) to get promoted. The Alpine Center is located at an altitude of 2,450 m. The maximum speed was 10 m / s (36 km / h). In 1994 the car bodies were renewed and modernized. The route of the funicular railway was single-track with an Abtsch siding in the middle of the route. The middle station “Breitriesenalpe”, which can also be reached by ski, was located in the area of ​​the passing point. Below the Salzburger Hut , the ski slope ended in front of a tunnel that you could ski down to the middle station. With the shutdown of the funicular after the fire in 2000, the ability to use the tunnel also ended.

In the fire disaster on the Kaprun 2 glacier lift on November 11, 2000, 155 people were killed by smoke inhalation, including the train driver and a tourist in return, as well as three people at the mountain station. Since then, the tunnel has only been used for various supply lines and has been tightly closed since the accident. After the concession for the facility expired in 2014, all parts of the valley station and the 600 m long steel bridge were finally dismantled.

Gletscherjet 1 - 4

On December 23, 2001, Gletscherjet 1 , a Funitel , and on October 19, 2002, Gletscherjet 2 , a monocable gondola , opened. Both lifts serve as a replacement for the Kaprun 2 funicular railway. Their route runs parallel to sections 1 and 2 of the Kaprun 1 glacier railway. In spring 2014, construction of the Gletscherjet 3 and Gletscherjet 4 began and was completed in autumn 2015.

Crystal path

The Kristallbahn, a detachable, heated 6- seater chairlift with a new route replaces the Krefelderhüttenlift on the Kitzsteinhorn in Austria.

Technical specifications

  • Valley station: 2260 m
  • Mountain station: 2671 m
  • Difference in altitude: 412 m
  • Travel distance: 1820 m
  • Driving speed: 5 m / s (18 km / h)

Maiskogelbahn

The Maiskogelbahn, is a 10er gondola cable car , which was put into operation on 14 December 2018th The mountain station of the Maiskogelbahn is also the valley station of the 3S cable car, which opened at the end of November 2019. This makes it possible to drive directly from Kaprun to the glacier.

Technical specifications

  • Valley station: 768 m
  • Mountain station: 1570 m
  • Difference in altitude: 802 m
  • Travel distance: 3813 m
  • Driving speed: 6 m / s (21.6 km / h)

3K Maiskogel-Langwied

The 3K Bahn Maiskogel-Langwied is a 3S-Bahn connection between the Kitzsteinhorn (Langwiedboden) and the mountain station of the Maiskogelbahn. Commissioning took place on November 30, 2019.

Technical specifications

  • Valley station: 1570 m
  • Mountain station: 1975 m
  • Difference in altitude: 405 m
  • Travel distance: 4311 m
  • Driving speed: 8 m / s (28.8 km / h)

Others

Even if the Kitzsteinhorn is basically a year-round ski area , due to climate change, skiing had to be suspended for several weeks during a hot summer for the first time in 1986. Since 1999 there have also been snow cannons on the Kitzsteinhorn , which in particular cover the area between the Alpine Center and the lower edge of the glacier. In 2004, foils against melting snow were applied for the first time.

Corporate structure

Board

  • Director Norbert Karlsböck, since August 1, 2013

Supervisory board

  • Arno Gasteiger, chairman
  • Manfred Gaßner, Deputy Chairman

Authorized signatory

  • Günther Brennsteiner

Share capital and shareholders

Shareholders
(as of September 2015)
proportion of Shareholders in million euros Other about shareholders
40.19% Kaprun municipality 1.8086
33.34% Kapruner Tourismus Holding GmbH 1.5003 100% subsidiary of Kapruner Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH, a tax consulting company based in Kaprun
11.00% Kaprun Tourist Association 0.4950
8.79% Kapruner Promotion & Lifte Ges.mbH 0.3956 Supervisory board member: u. a. Karlsböck Norbert Ing.
6.68% Private individuals and employees of society 0.3005
100.00% Share capital 4.5000

See also

literature

  • Peter Obermüller: Kaprun - Documentation of the disaster on the Kitzsteinhorn. Colorama, Salzburg 2004, ISBN 3-901988-32-7 .

Web links

Commons : Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kitzsteinhorn cable car support , accessed on October 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ Press release from Gletscherbahnen Kaprun AG ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from April 10, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kitzsteinhorn.at
  3. ↑ Kaprun: Maiskogelbahn in operation , accessed on December 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ Maiskogel The nearby ski area for families in Kaprun , accessed on December 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ New 10-person gondola lift on the Maiskogel , accessed on December 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ Highlights and facts about the K-onnection project , accessed on December 15, 2018.
  7. ↑ Highlights and facts about the K-onnection project , accessed on December 15, 2018.
  8. ↑ The new connection between Maiskogel and Kitzsteinhorn , accessed on December 15, 2018.
  9. ↑ Opening of the lift with an event on November 30, 2019 , accessed on October 16, 2019.
  10. ↑ New connection on Kitzsteinhorn opened. In: salzburg.orf.at. November 30, 2019, accessed December 1, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten of March 21, 2012, “Gletscherbahnen Kaprun: Karlsböck sole management board” , accessed on September 12, 2015
  12. ^ GBK - The company's share capital and shareholders , accessed on September 12, 2015
  13. ^ Report of the daily newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten of May 31, 2012 , accessed on January 7, 2017
  14. ↑ Homepage of the Kapruner Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH
  15. ↑ Search query , accessed on October 19, 2015.