Cableway & Technology
Green light for the Loser panorama lift
A cable car to the Loser in Altaussee, in the Liezen district, has been planned for a long time. Now, the project has been granted the building permit. The construction of the new facility is expected to cost around 30 million euros. Starting from late summer 2024, it will replace the two aging chairlifts. This year, the mountain and middle stations will be built, and the foundations for the lift pylons will also be poured.
The Loser cable car will accommodate ten people and transport 1,800 passengers per hour. The cable car is intended as a year-round offering for tourists and will operate in both winter and summer. The implementation of the cable car will be carried out by the Swiss manufacturer BARTHOLET.
Panoramic gondolas
The cabins for the Loser lift also come from Switzerland. Photo: Bartholet
No environmental impact assessment required
Although requested by “Dialog Lebenswertes Altaussee,” a local party in the municipality, no environmental impact assessment is necessary for the construction of the cable car in the Liezen district. Only the conventional approval procedures under cable car regulations had to be followed. These procedures have now been completed.
Technical data:
10EUB Loser
| System: | Convertible single-rope circulating cableway with 10-person cabins |
| Height valley station: | 858 m.a.s.l. |
| Height middle station: | 1.401 m.a.s.l. (Garaging) |
| Height mountain station: | 1.608 m.a.s.l. |
| Vertical rise: | 750 m |
| Inclined length: | 3.497 m |
| Supports: | 22 |
| Number of gondolas: | 76 |
| Operation speed: | 6 m/s |
| Trip time: | 13 min |
| Capacity: | 1.800 p/h, bzw. 2.000 p/h. in final construction |
| Power: | 570 kW / 389 kW |
| Rope: | 52 mm |
