Now it's fixed!

This is how the Heiligenblut ski area will continue

(Bild: Elisa Aschbacher)

Discussions have been going on for months about how to proceed with the Heiligenblut ski area. Now the cable car operators have come to a decision ...

Will the Fleissbahn run in Heiligenblut or not? Will the ski area continue to operate to a limited extent, or will there be no lift at all? Until now, it has not been clear what the future holds for the mountain lifts in Heiligenblut.

As reported, the ski area is short of beds, the capacity utilization of the ski area is too low and it was said last winter that it would not be profitable to continue operating the lifts to this extent. For this reason, owners have also spoken out in favor of limited operation.

The state of Carinthia and mayors called for a solution to secure the ski area. "This area has so much potential and must not be allowed to die," they agreed and suggested handing over the mountain lifts to a group of interested parties. After months of discussions and talks about how the operators Schröcksnadel and Schmidl should now proceed, a final result may finally have been reached. 

As recently as March, they wanted to continue operating the lifts independently - albeit in a limited form. They have now decided to continue operations together with entrepreneurs Thomas Seitlinger and Johannes Böck. 

New operators on board
"The first goal for winter and summer tourism must be to quickly provide economic and structural impetus, to offer a sufficient number and quality of accommodation establishments and to strengthen marketing activities in a targeted manner in the direction of the mountain railroad and ski offer," everyone agrees. "The new partners of Bergbahnen Großglockner will fully contribute their know-how and implementation strength, especially in the hotel sector."

Entrepreneur Thomas Seitlinger and Managing Director of Grossglockner Bergbahnen Christian Prinz(Bild: Bergbahnen Heiligenblut)

"This also requires joint efforts, economic and structural impulses from the municipality, region and the state of Carinthia to sustainably secure the mountain railroads and the ski area as well as tourism in the region in general," say those responsible. Over the next few months, the existing and new owners want to work together with local, regional and state officials to determine the direction in which these efforts can develop. 

Fleissbahn secured
And so the continued operation of the Fleissbahn and jobs for the coming season are secured.