Winterberg ski lift carousel
The Winterberg ski lift carousel near Winterberg in the Hochsauerland district of North Rhine-Westphalia is a winter sports area in the Rothaar Mountains . It has joined forces with neighboring ski areas, including the one near Altastenberg , the Postwiesen ski area near Neuastenberg and the Willingen ski area to form the Wintersport-ArenaCARD ticket network for the Sauerland winter sports arena .
The term “carousel” refers to a coherent area of ski slopes and lifts , which, comparable to a ski swing , connects several valleys and mountains.
Geographical location
The ski lift carousel is located in the Sauerland-Rothaargebirge nature park west to southwest of Winterberg at an altitude of around 590 to 810 m . In the area through which the Büre flows , these mountains are located - sorted by height in meters (m) above sea level (NHN):
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The ski lift carousel has a west-east extension of around 2.5 kilometers (km) and a north-south extension of around 2 km. The lowest point is the valley station of the cap chairlift at 590 m , the highest point is the mountain station of a lift on the Bremberg (approx. 810 m ), as the Kahle Asten is not accessible with lifts up to the summit.
Lifts and slopes
Currently (as of 2019) the ski area has a total of 26 lifts, of which 24 are for skiing and 1 (lift no.20) for tobogganers. The latter can also use the 4-seater chairlift on Astenstrasse (lift no. 1) together with skiers. The transport performance of all systems adds up to around 37,000 people per hour and is mainly generated by high-capacity chairlifts . The lifts for skiing that open up the six mountains mentioned above include:
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The first 8-seater chairlift in Germany was put into service in the Skiliftkarussell in 2012, which has an underground valley station as a special feature. The latest facility is a detachable 6-seater chairlift on the Büre-Herrloh-Hang and another 8-seater chairlift on the Poppenberghang, which will start operating in winter 2015/2016. In the years 2010 to 2015, 8 new chairlifts, 1 drag lift and 1 conveyor belt were built. The ski lift carousel thus has the most modern inventory and the highest number of chairlifts of all German ski areas.
According to the operator, the ski area has 32 runs with a total length of 27.5 km. According to the level of difficulty, 14 km are classified as easy (blue), 12 km as medium (red) and 1.5 km as difficult (black). With 360 snow guns , 28 runs can be covered with artificial snow over a length of 26 km. The longest runs include the connection from the Bremberg summit to the Büre (approx. 1.6 km) as well as the forest aisle on the cap (1.2 km), the largest difference in altitude is overcome by the runs on the cap - slalom slope, forest aisle and panorama run - around 180 m.
Other winter sports facilities
There are other winter sports facilities in the ski lift carousel, including the St. Georg Schanze on the southwest slope of Herrloh and four other small ski jumps on the northwest slope , the Winterberg bobsleigh run on the northeast flank of the Cap and a cross-country stadium on Bremberg. The St. Georg Schanze and the Winterberg bobsleigh run are used for competitions. German Championships and the Summer Grand Prix of Nordic Combined have already been held on the hill . On the bobsled competitions in place in the winter months, Bob , - toboggan - and Skeleton sports instead; the Wok World Cup was staged there several times as a television broadcast by ProSieben .
Summer use
In the summer, the area on the cap in the ski lift carousel is used for tourism, including a cycling park , a summer toboggan run and a hiking bridge with viewing platforms . For mountain bikers , a chairlift and a drag lift run here in summer. The lift operators on Poppenberg set up the first German mountain board park in the summer months . A 4-seater chairlift and a 6-seater chairlift transport athletes to five different routes with different degrees of difficulty, including a mountain boarder cross-course and a green slope.
Traffic and walking
There is a direct connection to the ski lift carousel from the federal roads 236 and 480 , which form a joint section between Winterberg and Neuastenberg west of Winterberg and lead through the Herrloh tunnel . While the tunnel passes under the exit areas of the ski slopes on the Herrloh, which are served by three tow lifts, a ski bridge and a 6-seater chairlift cross the joint federal road section near Bremberg. From this section, the state road 640 branches off to Altastenberg and other spur roads. There are several parking spaces that are also used by hikers as a starting and finishing point for the region. The Rothaarsteig and the European long-distance hiking trail E1 lead through the area .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
- ↑ Lift database , on lift-world.info / seilbahntechnik.net
- ↑ a b Lift and slope information , on skiliftkarussell.de
- ↑ a b Winterberg lifts / cable cars / Skiliftkarussell , on skiresort.de
- ↑ Article Leitner builds Germany's first 8-seater chairlift in Winterberg , on skiwelt.de
- ↑ 10 million euros for more comfort and guaranteed snow in the winter sports arena ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , from September 10, 2015, on newsroom-wintersportarena.de
- ↑ slopes , on skiliftkarussell.de
- ↑ snow on skiliftkarussell.de
- ↑ Winterberg slopes / Skiliftkarussell , on skiresort.de
- ↑ FAQ's - frequently asked questions , on skiliftkarussell.de
- ↑ Fun on the slopes without any snow . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger / Rhein-Sieg-Anzeiger (Cologne, No. 170, July 23, 2008), on ksta.de
Web links
- Skiliftkarussell Winterberg , on skiliftkarussell.de
- Erlebnisbergkappe, Winterberg , on erlebnisbergkappe.de