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Two ski resorts in Central Switzerland are reacting to the lack of snow: the Mörlialp ski resort above Giswil OW is using its artificial snowmaking resources more efficiently and is therefore closing a lift and no longer grooming a piste. The Schratten ski area in Flühli LU is giving up.
Skilifte Mörlialp AG announced on Friday that the highly popular pistes and areas will be strengthened for the new season. Less frequented offers will be adapted or omitted. This will enable the ski resort to improve its cost structure, which is important for its future.
According to the press release, the resort, which is located at an altitude of 1,350 and 1,840 meters above sea level, wants to increase its attractiveness for children. This will bring the important guest group of young families even more into focus, it said.
The Egglift, whose piste could only be used on a few days in recent seasons, will no longer be in operation. This will make it possible to broaden the offer in the “Kinderland” area and provide more artificial snow.
The wall slope will no longer be groomed and covered with snow. According to Skilifte Mörlialp AG, the expense was disproportionate to the use of the slope. The wall slope will remain available as a mogul slope. There are no changes to the Baumgarten and Kanonenrohr pistes.
Ski area in Entlebuch closes
The increasing lack of snow has even more far-reaching consequences for another ski resort in Central Switzerland. As the Schratten ski lift association in Flühli LU writes on its website, it is ceasing operation of the large ski lift and the children’s lift.
“Now we too can no longer defy the forces of nature”, the statement said. In the last twelve years, the large ski lift has only been able to operate for half of the winters. In addition, major investments are pending and people are increasingly moving to larger ski resorts.
The Schratten ski area is located at around one thousand meters above sea level. The ski lift was put into operation in 1945 as the first T-bar lift in the canton of Lucerne.
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