Cable car operators appeal to politicians.
They fear again for the winter and ski season in the Miesbach district.
Schliersee / Munich
- “Two weeks ago we were still full of optimism.
Now we really don't know what to do next. ”Peter Lorenz, managing director of Brauneck- und Wallbergbahnen and Alpenbahnen Spitzingsee, said helplessly in his function as deputy chairman of the Association of German Cable Cars VDS, who had invited to the annual press conference in the Munich press club.
Opening plans or prospects? Hasn't existed since the new Corona rules for Bavaria also only allow skiing with 2G plus. Normally, according to Lorenz, he would report at this point how far the preparations for the season had progressed and when the first lifts were running. But "with 2G plus that is currently impossible for us." He could not even make a statement about his operations. One will discuss with the group of Alpen-Plus partners how to proceed. It is still open "whether there will be a ski operation under 2G plus."
While there was still cautious optimism in the same circle a year ago when they did not yet know that six months of lockdown would lie ahead of them, the mood among all those involved was visibly depressed.
VDS President Matthias Stauch, head of the Bayerische Zugspitzbahnen, spoke of a "punch in the pit of the stomach" and described the regulations as a "lockdown through the back door".
A "punch in the pit of the stomach"
"Our skiers scratch their hooves", reported Peter Lorenz from the practice and told of the high demand for season tickets that were deliberately withheld as long as the general conditions were not clear.
In view of this demand, if there is enough snow, he expects many visitors again this year.
"But we don't want uncontrolled chaos."
Nevertheless, 2G plus is not the right way to prevent this. The required limitation of the transport capacity to 25 percent in all lifts is not economically feasible. In addition, there are too many unanswered questions, such as who can be promoted with whom. Technical investments in card systems such as Skidata or Access, which record lift tickets and vaccinations, are overwhelmed with additional test certificates. If the days are cold enough to produce artificial snow, the snow cannons will be running at Sudelfeld, Spitzingsee and Brauneck for the next few days. But only under perfect conditions in order to keep costs as low as possible. They also do not want to prepare slopes as long as there is no real opening perspective, but only create snow depots.
"We are well prepared, we risk it," said Lorenz, who sounded anything but convinced and at the end raised his voice again. “I still have one appeal,” the veteran cable car operator added: In the current situation, he would also like supporters from the ski association, ski instructor association and tourism professionals. Apart from the gastronomy, who sat on the podium in the person of Angela Inselkammer, he missed fellow campaigners. He can be sure of your support, assured the President of the Hotel and Restaurant Association Dehoga, who appealed to politicians to see tourism in its entirety; not just as something nice for the side, but as an important branch of the economy.
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