Skiing fun at Brauneck is becoming significantly more expensive

Created: 09/27/2022, 19:00

By: Andreas Steppan, Gabi Werner

The day pass for Brauneck will cost 14.3 percent more than before in the coming season.

© Dietmar Denger/Alpenplus

Fun on the slopes at Brauneck will be significantly more expensive this year.

The board fans have to swallow price increases of up to 16.6 percent.

Lenggries – The energy crisis is also giving the local railway operators a hard time.

As early as August, the Alpenplus partners – including the Brauneck, the Spitzingsee and Sudelfeld ski areas and the Wallberg toboggan run – announced that they would increase the prices for the ski passes.

It is now clear that the price jump will be significant.

Day ticket for Brauneck will be 14.3 percent more expensive

The day ticket at Brauneck, like at Sudelfeld, will cost 48 euros in the coming season instead of the previous 42 euros.

This corresponds to an increase of 14.3 percent.

If you want to buy a season pass right away - which is then valid for all Alpenplus areas - you have to shell out 420 euros as an adult in the pre-sale period (October 15 to November 15), previously it was 360: a surcharge of 16.6 percent.

From November 16, the season pass will cost 480 euros, compared to 420 euros last year.

The season pass for families now costs 895 euros instead of the previous 770 euros, provided it is purchased early.

When buying from November 16, the families even have to lie down 995 euros (previously 890).

The increase for the adult day ticket in the Spitzingsee-Tegernsee ski area is even more significant.

There the Brettlfans have to shell out 45 instead of the previous 39 euros this season - an increase of 15.4 percent.

Compared to other ski areas such as Garmisch Classic, however, it is still in the favorable range, emphasizes Alpenplus spokeswoman Antonia Asenstorfer.

There is hardly any other place in Upper Bavaria where you can get a day pass for less than 50 euros.

Brauneck: More moderate price increases for children's tickets

While the final decision on the pricing of the hourly tickets is still pending, the prices for the children's tickets have already been fixed.

"Here we increased a little more moderately," explains Asenstorfer.

After all, the Alpenplus partners strive to continue to be considered family-friendly areas.

"The children should be able to learn to ski with us in the future." Means: The price for the children's day ski pass will increase from 21 to 23 euros at Brauneck, from 19 to 21 euros at Spitzingsee and from 20 to 23 euros at Sudelfeld.

"We don't want to burden the guest unduly," assures Asenstorfer.

Against the background of the exploding prices for diesel and electricity, the spokeswoman makes it clear that the railway operators had no choice but to pass the price increases on to the users.

There are still existing contracts with the energy suppliers for many systems in the ski areas until the end of December.

After that, according to Asenstorfer, new prices apply.

"We don't know what's in store for us." One has to reckon with increases of three to six times.

However, the energy-intensive snowmaking in the ski areas cannot be shaken.

Without the production of artificial snow, there could be no secure season in the Alpenplus areas.

"But we will try to make snow as energy-efficiently as possible," says Asenstorfer.

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Energy saving measures planned for lifts

Those responsible had already made it clear in August that the railway operators would like to exploit further savings potential.

For example, there are considerations to run the lifts more slowly when there are fewer visitors or to stop using the seat heaters in the modern chairlifts.

At the same time, Asenstorfer assures: "We want to try to provide our guests with a good offer." Always assuming that the railway operators do not get in the way of official requirements.

The fact that some guests stay away because they can no longer afford or want to ski because of the increased prices, "I'm afraid there will probably be," says Asenstorfer.

"On the other hand, I hope that our regular customers will remain loyal to us."

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