Did you know that...
- many parts of the slopes throughout the skiing area are again being mowed and mulched with positive effects on the composition of the vegetation, the appearance of the landscape and the quality of relaxation?
- every night, 31 machines prepare the slopes to make sure you have a smooth ski run?
- each of these machines costs approx. € 220,000.00?
- our lift facilities can carry approx. 78,865 passengers per hour?
- in the last 5 years alone, more than € 120 million has been invested in improvements to the ski area?
- due to the use of solar and heat recovery facilities, approx. 50,000 kW hours of energy are saved every year?
- in the last 10 years, approx. 15 – 20 hectares of runs which 20 – 30 years ago were levelled with bulldozers and not planted with greenery have been recultivated?
- our restaurants are connected to the local waste water system by sewer?
- in order to facilitate these investments, our shareholders have waived dividend payout since the company’s founding?
- approx. € 4.50 of every ski pass sold has to be spent on snow-making?
- more than 600 people find employment in the skiing area in winter?
- since 1998 we have purchased 511 cows, 155 calves and 139 lambs from our farmers at a very fair price and used the meat in our restaurants?
- most of the slopes in the skiing area are used as Alpine pastures or “biological pastures“ during the summer months? Today more livestock can graze here than since before the opening of the skiing area?
- in winter 2006/2007, the ropeways and lifts were used more than 22.8 million times?
- our investments secured approx. 250 additional jobs?
- in 1963/64, a week pass costs around € 29.00? Today this equals approx. € 137.00. Now a week pass costs € 187.00, making it only insignificantly more expensive – with one difference: back then only 2 facilities were in operation, today there are 40.
- each year we use approx 150 tons of dung from the local farms for the fertilization and greening of the slopes and runs, and that 12,000 trees were planted during the last 3 years?
- the Silvretta Arena has received several awards in appreciation of its efforts to maintain a sound environment, and was elected the most environmentally friendly skiing area by the readers of the “Ski Magazin“?
And that compared with international areas, the Silvretta Arena consistently ranks among the top ski resorts?
- the Silvrettaseilbahn AG company and the Bergbahnen Samnaun AG company are two of the most important tourism-related economic factors in the region, and that Silvrettaseilbahn AG is one of Tyrol’s largest companies?
- after the winter, the personnel of the Silvrettaseilbahn AG spends many days cleaning the lift routes of carelessly discarded cigarette butts, packets etc? Please help us keeping the environment clean and refrain from smoking during the lift ride.
- the operation of the Funitel-Silvrettabahn ropeway requires 8 machines with a total power of 3,200kW (4.350 PS).
