Ski-buzz

The Austrian resort of Kitzbühel has announced it’s investing 26 million Euros on upgrades to its resort infrastructure over the summer. This includes the construction of another two high speed new chairlifts in the resort’s on-going programme of upgrades.

The French ski resort Morzine, has announced two major lift projects for 2012-13, greatly improving the transport experience for next season’s skiers and boarders, as both of these lifts are on important routes linking the villages making up the Portes du Soleil ski area. Previously, both lifts have be prone to long queues during peak [...]

It seems like 10 seater gondolas are the be the next big thing across the Alps for the 2012/13 ski season. Although these gondolas have been installed before – you are already able to ride these gondolas at Plan de Corones in Italy (pictured)  and Kitzbühel in Austria, this is the first lift of this kind [...]

Saalbach Hinterglemmm Leogang in Austria, one of the country’s largest resorts with 200 kilometres of piste and 55 modern lifts, will add a new gondola this winter. The T-bar lift located near to the Funpark will be dramatically upgraded through replacement by a modern eight person gondola with heated seats and the capacity to transport [...]

Pralognan La Vanoise in the French Savoie region will see one of the biggest infrastructure upgrades in the country this winter when the resort installs new quad and six-seater chairlifts. Pralognan will replace the old Edelweiss chair with a high speed detachable six-seat lift and the double Chaberne chair with the new POMA built quad.