Information on the Silvretta Cable-way System
Information on the Silvretta Cable-way System
Snowcat in Ischgl
- many parts of the slopes throughout the ski 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, 36 machines prepare the pistes and slopes to make sure you have a smooth ski run?
- each of these machines costs approx. €400,000.00?
- our lift facilities within the Silvretta Arena can carry approx. 84,800 passengers per hour?
- in the last 10 years alone, more than € 211 million have been invested in improvements to the ski area?
- due to the use of solar and heat recovery facilities, approx. 80,000 kW hours of energy are saved every year?
- our restaurants are connected to the local waste water system by sewer?
- in order to facilitate these investments, our shareholders have waived dividend payouts since the company’s founding?
- approx. €4.50 of every ski pass sold has to be spent on snow-making?
- more than 700 people find employment in the Silvretta Arena ski area in winter?
- since 1998 we have purchased 763 cows, 274 calves and 210 lambs from our own farmers at a very fair price and used the meat in our restaurants?
- most of the pistes and slopes in the ski 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 ski area?
- in last winter, the cable-ways and lifts were used more than 25 million times?
- our investments has secured approx. 250 additional jobs?
- in 1963/64, a week pass cost around €29.00? At todays values, nearly 50 years later, this would be approx. €151.00. Now a week pass costs €206.50, making it only insignificantly more expensive – with one very significant difference: back then only 2 facilities were in operation, today there are 44.
- each year we use approx 150 tons of manure 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 voted the most environmentally friendly ski area, by the readers of “Ski Magazin“?
Moreover, compared with international areas, the Silvretta Arena consistently ranks among the top worldwide ski resorts? - the Silvretta Seilbahn AG company and the Bergbahnen Samnaun AG company are two of the most important tourism-related economic factors in the region, and that Silvretta Seilbahn AG is one of Tyrol’s largest companies?
- after the winter, the Silvretta Seilbahn AG personnel spend many days cleaning the lift routes of carelessly discarded cigarette butts, packets etc? Please help us to keep the environment clean and refrain from smoking during the lift ride.