Kreischberg
The Kreischberg is a winter sports area in Styria in Austria .
This also extends to the neighboring Rosenkranzhöhe and offers a total of 42 kilometers of slopes and, since December 2013, the first 10-person gondola lift in Styria. In recent years, the ski area has received several awards for its slope quality.
Compared to other ski areas, the Kreischberg ski area has an above-average proportion of snowboarders, which is due to the very wide and relatively flat slopes, which are particularly attractive for snowboarders. Accordingly, the ski area was able to distinguish itself as a venue for national and international snowboard competitions.
In addition to the FIS - Snowboard -WM in 2003, the FIS Telemark World Cup in 2009 and other international competitions, was from 15 to 25 January 2015, the FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships held at Kreischberg and Lachtal Ski Area.
Karl Fussi and Reinhard Kargl have been the managing directors since August 2014.
The Kreischberg has held an 88.5% stake in the Lachtal since August 2012. Since the participation, there has been close cooperation between the ski areas, including a joint ticket offer.
The ski area is named after the flattening on the north ridge of the Rosenkranzhöhe ( 2118 m ) and is located in the north-eastern part of the Gurktal Alps in the ridge of the Prankerhöhe ( 2166 m ) at 1981 m above sea level. A. The mountain is mainly accessible from the north ( Sankt Georgen ob Murau , Stadl an der Mur ) through numerous forest roads and hiking trails.
International competitions
The Kreischberg ski area is located near Murau and hosted the FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships from January 15 to 25, 2015. The Kreischberg has what it claims to be the largest halfpipe in Europe and regularly hosts snowboard world cup races. The FIS Snowboard World Cup was held in 2003 and was the first ski resort in Austria to host the FIS Ski Cross World Cup in the 2004/05 season . In January 2009 the FIS Telemark World Championships were held at Kreischberg.
Lift operation and other equipment
The Kreischberg has the following lifts:
- 10-seater gondola
- 2 gondola lifts "1st and 2nd section"
- Six-person chairlift "Sixpack"
- "Schopfart" four-seater chairlift
- two double chairlifts "Ochsenberg" and "Rosenkranz"
- four drag lifts "Kreischi", "Sunshine I & II" and "Rosenkranz"
- two practice lifts
- Tubing lift
In December 2015, on the Kreischberg at 1900 m above sea level. A. a large freestyle park for snowboarders and freeskiers called “Snowpark Kreischberg” built by the operators of QParks.
This includes a beginner line with three kicker jumps, a wave run jump, four butter boxes (dance floor, rainbow, wave, flat / down), and a beginner banked pipe (a small halfpipe from the early days of the freestyle scene) .
The medium line also features a wide variety of kickers , tubes, jibs, rails and fun boxes (a total of eleven different obstacles).
The 6-seater chairlift dates from the 2008/09 season. In the summer of 2012, the “Riegleralm” area was newly developed with slopes. In summer 2016, two new slopes were built on the Rosenkranz (10a and 7a). With this expansion, the Kreischberg now has 42 kilometers of slopes.
In the summer of 2017, an additional wide, flat practice slope was built at the Kreischi lift and the course of the dinosaur forest was relocated to the stone pine forest.
On January 29, 2018 from around 2.30 p.m., the Rosenkranz double chair lift had to be stopped due to bearing damage in the mountain station. More than 150 people were then roped from their armchairs to the ground in a roughly three-hour deployment by the police, mountain rescue teams and six helicopter teams.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Test winner 2014 - individual criteria . Website of the test portal for ski areas skiresort.de. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ↑ Piste seal of approval ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ↑ Lachtal and Kreischberg in one hand - online article . Website of ORF Styria. Retrieved July 21, 2015
- ↑ Kreischberg ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website of Murtal Seilbahnen Betriebs GmbH. Retrieved on January 10, 2016.
- ↑ Opening of the Kreischberg Snow Park . Young mountain marketing / QParks website. Retrieved on January 10, 2016.
- ↑ Kreischberg: 150 skiers rescued by Lift orf.at, January 29, 2018, accessed January 29, 2018.
