Sustainable snowmaking
Snow safety with responsibility
Snowmaking is an essential part of modern winter sports and helps to ensure snow reliability and high-quality piste conditions. We rely on innovative, resource-saving technologies to utilise water and energy as efficiently as possible.
Our aim is to create a balance between the needs of winter sports and the protection of nature. By using modern snowmaking systems and targeted planning, we minimise the consumption of valuable resources. At the same time, we take care to respect the natural environment and act sustainably.
With this responsible approach, we enable skiing enjoyment for locals and guests - today and in the future.
Energy-efficient snowmaking
Energy-efficient snowmaking
Snow safety and piste maintenance
Our reservoir on the Brauneck supplies the snowmaking systems in our family ski area during the winter season and has a capacity of 100,000 m³.
The capacity, dimensions and location are designed in such a way that we can make snow as energy-efficiently as possible in the shortest possible time at optimum temperatures.
Around 180 snow guns are currently in use in the area in winter.
Positive effects of snowmaking
Positive effects of snowmaking
Good for flora and fauna
Snowmaking is often reduced purely to its energy consumption. The positive effects are often completely ignored. A stable, closed snow cover in the winter months is an important factor in the mountain ecosystem, which is supported by technical snowmaking.
- A sufficiently thick snow cover due to snowmaking protects the vegetation from damage, e.g. from frost and erosion
- A snow cover that remains closed for several months enriches the alpine meadow with water in the long term. Unique plants and animals can colonise these saturated meadows in spring and summer.
- Storage ponds balance the water balance. Mountain lakes and water reservoirs fill up naturally in months of high precipitation. Periods of heavy rainfall can thus be balanced out, as can periods of drought. As the snow melts, the water returns to the natural cycle