Lifts
Environmentally aware and comfortable in the air! In the beginning of the ski sport industry not many people could imagine such great developments. Today, modern lifts bring skiers into the air combining modern high tech applications with the maximum of comfort.
On the Plose there are 9 lifts and various “magic carpets” for beginners. In addition to the Plose cable car, which brings the winter sports lovers from St. Andrä to 2050m altitude in Kreuztal, there are seven modern and comfortable chair lifts. Close to the valley station there is a lift for beginners. It is flanked by two conveyor carpets for the first few hours on skis.
| Name | Condition | Length | Altitude difference | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plose |  | 2.68 km | 983 m | 9,02 min |
| Schönboden | | 1.47 km | 292 m | 4,55 min |
| Palmschoss | | 0.99 km | 358 m | 8,14 min |
| Rifugio CAI | | 0.74 km | 273 m | 5,22 min |
| Rossalm | | 1.10 km | 321 m | 3,4 min |
| Skihütte | | 0.30 km | 303 m | 5,51 min |
| Trametsch | | 1.31 km | 498 m | 4,22 min |
| Pfannspitze | | 1.02 km | 334 m | 6,33 min |
| Randötsch | | 0.25 km | 35 m | 1,40 min |
The first lifts on the Plose
While the skiing sport on the Plose has over 100 years tradition and the initial plans for a development of the mountain by building a cable car reach back to the beginnings of the last century, the first lift concluded relatively late.
The first ski lift was built by the family Kahl/Tinkhauser in the surroundings of the places called Skihütte and inaugurated in 1950. The installation was 600m long and started where today the Parkhotel Plose is located. As it had no proper name, everybody referred to it as skilift Skihütte. Other lift systems were built in 1956 with the so-called Ladurner lift and in 1959. 1965 followed the legendary basket lift that reached the Plose top.
Since 1964, a cable car connects the village of St. Andrä with Kreuztal. Until 1985/86 there was even a connection to Brixen. Today the Plose gondola runs uphill from St.Andrä and takes annually more than 500,000 visitors to Kreuztal. In recent years new lifts were built again and again to replace the old ones and new trails were opened up.
The newest ski lifts on the Plose
In the winter season 2010 / 2011 a modern six-chair lift has been installed and since then the popular slopes of Pfannspitze have been made more accessible. The Rossalm lift guarantees comfortable ride, high capacity and weather protection.
