Kirchenkarbahn I

Valley station of the Kirchenkarbahn I

The Kirchenkarbahn I is a single-cable gondola lift (10-MGD, gondola lift ) in Hochgurgl in the Austrian state of Tyrol .

The facility is owned by the Hochgurgl lift company in Tyrol and is a feeder to the Kirchenkarbahn II .

Technical specifications

The cable car system was built in 2015 by Doppelmayr / Garaventa and opened on November 28, 2015 and can transport ten people per cabin. It is the world's first 10-seater gondola lift in the “D-Line” product line from Doppelmayr. The opening took place parallel to the opening of the Top Mountain Crosspoint . Until this cable car system was built, the Kirchenkar area was only accessible with drag lifts . The cost of the cable car system should be around seven million euros.

Cable height in the valley station: 2175 m
Cable height in the mountain station: 2629 m
Difference in altitude: 454 m
Track gauge: 6.4 m
Drive station: mountain station (electric)
Electrical control from: Siemens
Conveyor rope diameter : 64 mm ( Teufelberger )
Clamping device: valley station (hydraulically adjustable)
Driving equipment (cabins): 43 (CWA Omega 10 with seat heating)
Vehicle equipment capacity: 10 people
Maximum travel speed 6 m / s
Travel time: 4.35 minutes
largest transport capacity per hour and direction: 2440 people.
Direction of travel: counterclockwise

The cable car is part of the Obergurgl-Hochgurgl lift network. This extends from around 1800 to 3080 m above sea level, has 25 lifts and 110 kilometers of slopes. The total conveying capacity should be 40,500 people per hour.

Top mountain crosspoint

The multifunctional building on the Timmelsjoch with an area of 6060 m² is known as the Top Mountain Crosspoint , in which the valley station of the Kirchenkarbahn I cable car system, a service restaurant with terrace (280 indoor and 380 outdoor seats), the toll station of the Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road and the highest one are located Motorcycle Museum of Europe is located. The building is said to have cost 16 million (excluding the cable car system) and was planned by the architect Michael Brötz from Hall in Tirol .

Snow cornices are said to have been used as the basic structure for the shape of the building . The building facade consists almost entirely of wood.