Matthias Schmidt Berg

Matthias Schmidt Berg
	View from the Glückauf-Weg in Sankt Andreasberg in ; south direction to the Matthias-Schmidt-Berg
height	663 m above sea level NHN
location	near Sankt Andreasberg ; District of Goslar , Lower Saxony ( Germany )
Mountains	Harz ( Upper Harz )
Coordinates	51 ° 42 '15 " N , 10 ° 31' 32" E Coordinates: 51 ° 42 '15 " N , 10 ° 31' 32" E
particularities	Winter sports area

The Matthias-Schmidt-Berg in the Harz is about 663 m above sea level. NHN high mountain near Sankt Andreasberg in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

geography

location

The Matthias-Schmidt-Berg is located in the Upper Harz in the Harz Nature Park . It rises directly south of the Braunlager district of Sankt Andreasberg . The north-northeast neighbor is the Beerberg ( 658.1 m ). The Sperrlutter tributary Breitenbeek rises to the east .

Mountain height

The Matthias-Schmidt-Berg is about 663 m high. A little to the east of its summit, a measuring point at an altitude of 661 m is shown on topographic maps on a path .

Protected areas

Areas of the multi-part nature reserve Bergwiesen near St. Andreasberg ( CDDA no. 162388; designated 1992; 2.166 km² ) and the (eponymous) fauna-flora-habitat area Bergwiesen near St. Andreasberg (FFH no. 4229-303; 2.1529 km²). Parts of the Harz landscape protection area (district of Goslar) (CDDA no. 321402; 2001; 389.75 km²) lie on large parts of the mountain .

history

In the winter of 1929, a slalom competition was held for the first time on Matthias-Schmidt-Berg. A ski stadium with chair lifts and tow lifts has been built on this mountain since 1948. Due to the rapidly growing number of visitors, a single chair lift was built. This led from today's office building (winter ticket office) tapering to today's double chairlift I up towards the start of today's summer toboggan run .

Summer ski area

In order to enable “skiing” in summer, an approximately 25 m wide track made of barite gravel was built next to the former single chair lift up to the mountain. Driving on this track was only possible with special, heavy wooden skis with a metal layer. Such historic skis are still owned by the lift operator today. In the mid-1970s, the summer ski slope was started to grow with grass seed, because the maintenance of this run was not economically viable. The former barite piste can only be seen from afar because the piste strip has quite striking planting that stands out from the rest of the mountain.

Matthias-Schmidt-Berg ski center

At the beginning of the 1970s, Rudolf Alberti (1907–1974) opened the alpine ski center on Matthias-Schmidt-Berg. The construction of the summer toboggan run and the associated double chairlift, as well as the new construction of the drag lifts, began. After the completion of both lifts, the first double chair lift opened in 1975, whereby in the first few years the guests of the summer toboggan run were transported up the mountain with the single chair lift and the sledges (without passenger transport) with the new double chair lift. In 1981, the removal of the old chairlift began to make room for a new, modern double chairlift, the valley station of which was placed directly next to the old station building. Today only the remains of this lift can be seen. The valley station was converted into a ski rental, the mountain station was demolished and its former location was planted with spruce trees. The last support was removed in 2010, only the hold-down device in the valley station is still there. In addition, the Alberti lift operations still own an old lift chair.

Others

In the 1950s, a snowmaking system from the USA was tested for the first time in the world at Matthias-Schmidt-Berg . This was expanded more and more in the following years.
The double chairlift 2 was modernized in the 1990s. It received a new drive and new seat hangers.
In 2010 the middle of the previous three surface lifts was shut down and dismantled due to a technical defect. A repair of the tow lift would not be financially worthwhile. This was called "Schlepplift 2", after its dismantling, the then "Schlepplift 3" was named "Schlepplift 2".

Winter sports area

Slopes at double chairlifts 1 and 2
Matthias-Schmidt-Berg ski center
place	Sankt Andreasberg GermanyGermany
mountain	Matthias-Schmidt Berg
Coordinates	51 ° 42 ′ 20 ″ N , 10 ° 31 ′ 23 ″ E51.705464 10.52307
Lifts	: 2 : 2
Website	Alberti lift
begin	Top station DSB 1, top station DSB 2
target	DSB 1 valley station, DSB 2 valley station
Height difference	110 or 100 m.
Route length	400 m.
Slope between T-bar lift 1 and double chair lift 1
begin	DSB 1 mountain station, SL 1 mountain station
target	Valley station SL 1
Height difference	80 hm.
Slope between T-bar lifts 1 and 2
begin	Mountain station SL 1
target	Valley station SL 2, valley station SL 1
Height difference	80 or 50 hm.
Route length	600 m.
Bypass ( snow-covered )
begin	Mountain station DSB 2, DSB 1, SL 1 and SL 2
target	Keyboard DSB 1
Route length	1500 m.
Slope at T-bar lift 2 (snow-making)
begin	Mountain station SL 2
target	Valley station SL 2
Height difference	50 hm.

The ski center Matthias-Schmidt-Berg winter sports area is located on the mountain . It offers six ski slopes with a total length of 4.2 km with a maximum difference in altitude of 140 m, two double chairlifts and two drag lifts transport around 3840 people per hour up the mountain. A contactless access system, short waiting times and several checkouts ensure fast service. A modern snow-making system provides an ideal snow base. Floodlit skiing is regularly possible on an area of around 150,000 m². Since winter 2015 there has been a snow park with rails, poles and stairs. The Matthias Baude restaurant is located on the mountain . The Sportklause stands at the foot of the mountain.

Summer activities

Summer toboggan run

On Matthias-Schmidt-Berg there is a 550 m long summer toboggan run that is not rail-bound. The speed can be regulated in special sledges using the gas and brake levers.

Summer toboggan run
View from the mountain station into the concrete channel of the railway
Lift system, seen from the finish of the toboggan run

MSB-X-Trail (Matthias-Schmidt-Berg-Trail)

In October 2013, with the MSB X-Trail one on the Matthias-Schmidt-Berg Mountain Bike - Downhill -Park created with currently six different tracks. The total length of the descent is around 12 km and includes routes from easy (freeride and single trail) to downhill areas. For users of the bike park, the ascent takes place on the chairlifts, whose seat hangers have been retrofitted with bicycle racks. The Harz TrailTrophy took place there for the first time in June 2015 . The race led over three stretches of the park and through the districts of Sankt Andreasberg and Silberhütte . The next race took place on June 18, 2016. The Giant Testdays were also held this weekend, where the latest bikes could be tested. In the autumn of 2015, the Cross im Park race took place in the Kurpark , during which a total of 300 Euro pallets were used as obstacles.

The MSB-X-Trail Nightride was held in the winter of 2014 . You could ride the floodlit slopes with bikes. This event met with great interest from mountain bikers and the regional media. In the summer months the park offers MSB-X-Trail aftwerworkbiking every Wednesday . There you can also go mountain biking until 8 p.m. In the spring of 2016, a wooden log cabin for bike rental was built in the area of the valley station of the summer toboggan run and the chair lift, in order to have him closer to the action.