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Specimen with helmet and mask on the Semmering ski slope
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The radiant weather in most of Styria and Carinthia ensured a good visit to the ski areas on Saturday, St. Stephen’s Day, at least the ones that were open. The rush was significantly greater than on the largely foggy Christmas Eve. Security measures against Covid-19 could be observed everywhere, also thanks to butler services, said the chairmen of the cable cars of the respective WK, Fabrice Girardoni and Manuel Kapeller-Hopfgartner.
Glorious weather prevailed at the Teichalm north of Graz or the Hauser Kaibling in the Ennstal, the Tauplitz in the Salzkammergut recorded late morning fog in the area of the summit, the Lawinenstein. The same applies to the ski areas on the border with Carinthia, the western wine plain of Styria and Turracherhöhe in Upper Styria. A fine winter day in St. Jakob im Walde in eastern Styria also ensured a good visit. The same applies to Bad Kleinkirchheim in Upper Carinthia, the Gerlitzen near Villach or the Klippitzthörl in eastern Carinthia.
For Girardoni, representative of the Styrian cable car, who had a meeting with the district administration on the concept of traffic over his “own” ski area, the Stuhleck, the Covid-19 safety precautions were followed with masks and distances. “The measures were observed everywhere,” Girardoni told the APA, scenes like the one in Lower Austria Semmering, where the toboggan runs were crowded, did not exist.
The chairman of the Carinthian group of specialists for cable cars, Manuel Kapeller-Hopfgartner, was also able to confirm this for his federal state. “We have a good turnout and it is generally more than on Christmas Eve. That is also due to the fact that in a normal winter in Carinthia there are about 50 percent locals on the slopes,” Kapeller told the APA. In the Gerlitzen ski resort car park you could see cars with license plates from Klagenfurt and Klagenfurt Land, Villach and Spittal / Drau, but also from Vienna, presumably owners of a second home. People would go skiing for three to four hours. “He is probably happy to be able to get out at this difficult time. I ask that you adhere to safety regulations so that we can all enjoy a long and beautiful winter of skiing,” says Kapeller-Hopfgartner, who is located in Gerlitzen in St. was.
In Salzburg’s ski areas such as Zauchensee, Gastein, Filzmoos, Großarl and Flachau, there were also more winter sports enthusiasts on Saturday, as could be seen on the numerous webcams. However, there was still a lot of space left on the slopes, and the correct queuing at the cable cars and chair lifts could not be ruled out. Relatively more was happening in the much smaller ski areas of Upper Austria, here in Hinterstoder for example you could see grapes on people in front of a chair lift. The distances, that is, a clear space between the skiers on the chairlift, were, as far as you can see, well maintained.
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