Wintersport am Heinzenberg

"When I was a child, I didn't particularly like winter. It was hard and strict for us. We had school from October to April without holidays. The school was in Tschappina. We could ski down, we had to walk up. There was no bus, nothing. At that time, you didn't have skis yourself. The skis belonged to the school. In 1957, to my delight, the first and by far the only ski lift from Obergmeind to Alp Lüsch was built. This T-bar lift had so little power that we had to bump into people with two out of three bars. Today I love the snowy winters. Working on the ski lift and looking after the guests is now a hobby of mine." Fridolin Blumer, long-time mountain railway employee and lifelong resident of Innerglas

The first ski lift on the Heinzenberg was built in 1957 from Obergmeind to Alp Lüsch. At that time, it was the only ski lift in the area.

In 1966, the second ski lift on the Heinzenberg was opened. It was now possible to get from the post office stop in Obertschappina to Oberurmein by ski lift. From then on, more people, mainly locals from Thusis and the surrounding area, came to ski on the Heinzenberg.

Today in 2017, the Tschappina-Urmein-Heinzenberg ski area stretches from 1580 to 2180 m above sea level and offers a total of 25 km of groomed slopes. The sunny, rock-free ski area offers a lot: four ski lifts, children's area with magic carpet and children's lift. In addition to the offer for ski and snowboard enthusiasts, winter can also be enjoyed on the groomed winter hiking trails, the toboggan run, the natural ice rink or on the sun terraces of the restaurants and at the snow bar.

Thanks to modern snow-making equipment, 6 km of artificially snow-covered slopes are available. The water for snowmaking comes from the catchment area of the former Lüschersee. Since the tunnel was built and the lake was drained in 1910, the water has left the lake basin through the tunnel and flows above ground down the small stream towards the valley until it is dammed up in the artificial reservoir of the winter sports area. If the conditions (temperature, humidity, water level) are favourable for snow-making on the slopes in the winter months, the water finds its new place on the ski slope in a different aggregate state.

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