PROJECT OF THE MONTH | FEBRUARY 2022


HIGH ENOUGH H


AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN


Hubert Schmid, part of Stahl CraneSystems, partners with Nebelhornbahn on its €55m renovation in the Alps.


ubert Schmid Bauunternehmen, crane construction partners of Stahl CraneSystems, has completed


a project with Nebelhornbahn on the design and assembly of four crane systems, for maintenance work on the Nebelhorn cable car in the Alps. The Nebelhorn is a 2,224-metre-high


(7,297 ft) mountain in the Allgäu Alps in Germany, near the village of Oberstdorf, which is part of the Daumen Group mountain range. Its summit has a renowned viewpoint over the Alpine massif.


Nebelhornbahn operates a series of enclosed cable car and tram line systems, ski lifts, a hotel, the Marktrestaurant on the summit and a cafe. Established in 1930 and still one of the longest passenger overhead railways in the world, the company decided it was time to modernise the facility, with an approximately €55m makeover including a new 10-seater gondola lift, replacing the old large-scale aerial tramway, that takes visitors up to the top. Oberstdorf-Kleinwalsertal mountain railways made extensive use of


R The middle station maintenance room houses a STK 50 chain hoist with extra-short headroom trolley (All photos: Leitner AG) www.hoistmagazine.com | February 2022| 19


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