€45m Plan To Link Lech and St Anton Next Winter
€45m Plan To Link Lech and St Anton Next Winter
Published : 18-Feb-2016 01:22
St Anton and Lech have simultaneously announced plans to connect their two halves of the Arlberg ski region in time for the start of next winter
The €45m project will see four major new lifts installed and a 1.8km run created too, connecting the two halves of the area to create Austria's largest linked ski region by some margin, with 305km of piste and 87 ski lifts.
The new connection will be made between Zurs near Lech and Stuben on the St Anton side of the region. The main lift will be a 10 –passenger-cabin gondola with a journey time of just over six minutes and an hourly capacity of 2,800 people. It has already been given a name – the Flex Bahn, and its own website: www.flexenbahn.ski
It is currently possible to ski in one-direction, from Valuga above St Anton down to Zurs, but only for very good skiers accompanied by a guide – moist people get the bus.
The Arlberg has also announced that it will be creating a new circuit taking in all the corners of the huge region to highlight how quick and easy it will be to get from one side to another. The 'Run of Fame' (Which also already has its own website: www.run-of-fame.ski) will allow skiers to cover up to 65 piste kilometres (41 miles) around the huge circuit and descend 18,000 metres of vertical in the process.
The newly fully inter-connected ski region will be amongst the 10 largest lift-linked ski areas in the world, possibly the five largest by some measures.
Currently the 'largest ski area in Austria' title is disputed by the SkiWelt and the newly opened TirolS region linking Saalbach and Fieberbrunn.
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