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A broadcast from the APA revealed that they were satisfied with compliance with Corona’s security measures, but less with revenue.
The spokesman for the Salzburg cable cars, Erich Egger, reported today that a “test with few people” went quite well, which is also attributed to the rainy weather. Many had already queued up early, with the largest number arriving before ten in the morning.
The number of skiers is manageable
Overall, the number of skiers, mostly local, remained manageable. People were very disciplined, so Egger, there were only very few problems. For example, some guests had valve FFP2 masks, which was not allowed. The controls are difficult when people wear tube scarves over their masks.
Interest in skiing for the first time this winter was also limited in Tyrol and Vorarlberg until the early afternoon. “The situation is very relaxed, the number of skiers is manageable; for us it is a good test to settle into the season,” said Vorarlberger Seilbahnen spokesman Andreas Gapp. He stressed that ski fans behave in a very disciplined way: “People take the situation in Corona seriously. Almost everyone comes with their own mask.”
Especially the locals on the slopes.
In addition to Corona, according to Franz Hörl, managing director of the Gerlos ski area and president of the professional association for cable cars of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, bad weather has spoiled a better start to the winter season. “I could have greeted everyone personally today,” Hörl said. Locals with their children are mostly on the slopes, but there are also a relatively good number of ski areas with a high proportion of second homes, Hörl says: “We are far from costly,” he emphasized.
In Upperösterreich a similar image was presented in a similar climate. In the Dachstein-West ski area, it was said that not much happened. The Wurzeralm reported 500 skiers in the morning, the Höss at Hinterstoder 1,000. However, guests were also praised here for their discipline, most of them bringing their own FFP2 masks. The traffic concept worked well too, a spokeswoman said.
It was also manageable in the ski areas in Carinthia and the Steiermark. The small family ski areas, which were open in western and eastern Styria on December 24, had very good visits, but there were few cars in the parking lots. Weinebene, which is exactly on the border between Carinthia and Styria, does not want to open until Christmas Day. There was also little happening at Lachtal near Judenburg and at Riesneralm, Hochwurzen near Rohrmoos, Hauser Kaibling, Planai, and Galsterbergalm near Pruggern in Ennstal. In Carinthia, the situation was the same with relatively few winter sports enthusiasts. Fog in Nassfeld, slightly better weather in Turracher Höhe in the Styria-Carinthia border area and in nearby Falkert took their toll.
On the slopes of the Hochkar and the Ötscher in Lower Austria Around 500 guests took the opportunity to ski until the afternoon. Andreas Buder, Authorized Officer at Hochkar Bergbahnen and Managing Director of the Ötscher Elevators, was “relieved”. He described the good mood in the ski area. The mandatory use of FFP2 masks on the Hochkar four-person chairlift was “observed by all”
(Those: APA)
