Saas Fee - New Construction Of The Hannigbahn In 2023
Saas Fee has ouitlined a project for the new construction of the Hannigbahn 2023
The license to operate the current runway expires in April 2023. The Hannig area is a very important excursion destination and local recreation area, which is very popular throughout the year. A survey of the second natives of the entire Saas Valley has shown that the Hannigberg is the most important excursion destination of all. As a place of adventure close to the village, it offers a central alternative to classic skiing and has the best future development opportunities. The Saastal Bergbahnen have agreed to rent the Hannigbahn for a period of 30 years, to cover the maintenance and operating costs and thus to bear the entrepreneurial risk. So that the excursion destination Hannig can also be opened up with a mountain railway in the future and so that the potential on the mountain can be further exploited and expanded,
In the evaluation phase, all possible technical variants and lines were examined from different perspectives and their advantages and disadvantages were analyzed. After in-depth analysis work, it has been shown that a monocable gondola with 10-seater gondolas with the current route best covers future needs.
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- The new mountain railway in combination with the new sports equipment return form an ideal prerequisite for the expansion of the winter and summer offers on the Hannigberg.
- The comfortable 10-seater gondolas offer the ideal infrastructure for transporting leisure equipment such as toboggans, bikes, etc.
- The entire system is designed in such a way that people with restricted mobility or families with prams can use the mountain railway system independently without any obstacles.
- The tobogganing experience is noticeably improved as the return of the toboggan run is redesigned from Hohnegg and tobogganing is possible right up to the Hannig valley station. The last descent to the valley station is conveniently done via a new escalator. In addition, the lower part of the toboggan run will be equipped with infrastructure for artificial snowmaking.
- The costs for the construction of the new mountain railway, including the new return of sports equipment, amount to around CHF 11 million.
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