More Runs and More Snow For Gastein
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Austria’s Gastein ski region has been investing in new ski lifts, ski runs and snowmaking ready for next winter.
Some 1.2 million Euros has been allocated to further extending the region’s snow-making facilities.
On the west side of the resort towards the Angertal Ski Centre additional snow-making facilities have been installed for the Sender and Möser runs which partially opened last year.
The new blue Möser run that was begun last year will be completed from the middle station of the Sender lift to Angertal Ski Centre on the Stubnerkogel side. This gives beginners the opportunity to ‛venture’ from the main practice area towards the mountain for the first time.
In the core skiing area Schlossalm – Angertal – Stubnerkogel there are up to 12,000 winter sports enthusiasts on peak days and Gastein is working to ensure better distribution of the stream of skiers within the Skischaukel network and improve the convergence of the skiing mountains Stubnerkogel and Schlossalm.
In addition the considerable improvement in snow-making capacity in the Stubnerkogel means that the slopes there can be used to their optimum and the stream of skiers within the Skischaukel Schlossalm – Angertal – Stubnerkogel can be spread over a larger area.
Finally, at the Angertal Ski Centre work is being carried out to finish securing the banks along the Lafenbach stream and creating a practice area for children on the Judau field with conveyor (magic carpet) lifts installed.
