Riesneralm

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View to Donnersbachwald from the chairlift
Downhill "The Sunny"

The Riesneralm is an Austrian ski area in the Wölzer Tauern in Styria . It lies on the north and east side of the Riesnerkrispen ( 1922  m ) and belongs to the municipality of Donnersbachwald .

Winter sports

The Riesneralm has slopes with a total length of 30 km; the longest slope ("Panorama run") is 7 km long. One of the slopes was used several times in the past as part of the Ski European Cup for championship runs and is therefore called the "European Cup slope".

The Riesneralm is considered to be snow reliable. 100 percent of the slope area can be artificially snowed with 130 snow cannons .

Lifts on the Riesneralm:

  • "Riesnerbahn" chairlift , detachable with weather protection, height difference: 625 m
  • “Krispenbahn” chairlift , firmly clamped with conveyor belt entry, height difference: 220 m
  • “Panorama 6-seater” chairlift, detachable with weather protection hoods, height difference: 520 m
  • Practice lifts: a button lift and a conveyor belt

The Riesneralm also has a practice slope with a pommel lift and conveyor belts and a ski school located on the mountain.

The lift capacity is 4300 people / hour.

A 5-kilometer toboggan run leads from the Mörsbachalm to Donnersbachwald . The ascent from the valley to the Mörsbachalm takes about an hour. There is a sledge rental on the Alm.

In summer and winter, paragliding and hang- gliding flights are organized on the Riesneralm . From March 10th to 15th, 2009, the 12th FAI World Paraski Championships were held on the Riesneralm.

Remarkable

The Riesneralm has been awarded the "international seal of quality" several times.

On January 1st, 2009, the Thuringian Prime Minister Dieter Althaus met a skier on the Riesneralm. The woman died of her injuries on the way to the hospital. Althaus suffered a traumatic brain injury . In March 2009 Althaus was sentenced to a fine and compensation for pain and suffering for negligent homicide.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. www.riesneralm.at
  2. http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2009/01/02/1000895.html
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Coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′ 16 ″  N , 14 ° 6 ′ 30 ″  E