History of the Ötscher ski lifts
Historical and nostalgic insights into the origin of the Ötscher ski lifts ...
1962 - 1969
1962 - Founding of the company
1963 - Opening of the single chairlift “Gr. Ötscher” (summer operation only)
1966 - Opening of the “Hüttenkogl” drag lift, construction of the “Gr. Ötscher” slope, start of winter operations
1968 - Expansion of the ski area with the “Eibenkogl” double chairlift and the “Kälberhalt” drag lift, construction of the Eibenkogl slope
1969 - Extension of the ski area with the “Kl. Ötscher” drag lift, construction of the “Kl. Ötscher” slope
1971 - 1996
1971 - Opening of the connecting “Fuchswald 1” drag lift, construction of the Fuchswald slope
1973 - Opening of the “Fuchswald 2” drag lift
1976 - Opening of the “Kurvenlift” drag lift on the “Kl. Ötscher”, expansion of the “Kl. Ötscher” slope
1976 - Construction of the Traumschlag slope
1983 - Construction of the Distel slope
1984 - Conversion of the “Eibenkogl” double chairlift to a triple chairlift
1994 - Installation of the snowmaking system with storage pond and 8 snow guns, construction of a halfpipe near the “Kl. Ötscher” slope, decommissioning of the “Hüttenkogl” drag lift
1995 - Conversion of the “Gr. Ötscher” single chairlift to a double chairlift
1996 - Removal of the “Hüttenkogl” drag lift, construction of the Riffelsattel slope
2000 - 2013
2000 - Takeover of the company after insolvency by the Schröcksnadel Group “Vereinigte Bergbahnen”
2004 - Demolition of the “Kl. Ötscher” and “Kurvenlift” drag lifts, opening of the “Ötscherbahn” 4-seater chairlift, removal of the halfpipe
2005 - Expansion of snowmaking to 30 snow guns
2004–2006 - Expansion of the Distel slope
2006 - Demolition of the “Eibenkogl” triple chairlift, opening of the new “Eibenkogl” 4-seater chairlift and the self-service restaurant “Ötschertreff”
2009 - Construction of the Funpark at “Kälberhalt”
2013 - Reorganization as “Ötscherlift-Gesellschaft m.b.H.”
2019 - Snow chaos
from 2022
2022 – Since February 2022, merger of the Hochkar and Ötscher ski areas
Company renamed “Hochkar & Ötscher Tourismus GmbH”