The Seilbahn can be used to transport heavy stuff up the mountain withouth the need of an helicopter.
pystream on
Probably not as regular as “I go hiking and take my car with me”. But alpine huts (that typically also sell warm food and drinks) regularly use cable cars for freight transport. So seeing a car there doesn’t look that surprising.
Looks like the old “Gipfelbahn”, which runs from the Alpincenter to the top (but with new, huge gondolas now). There is a driveable gravel road up until the Alpincenter, and there is absolutely nowhere to go from the top of this cable by car really, so I can only imagine this being some kind of sponsor event (or the car was exhibited at the top for a while).
noyxid on
As far as I remember, it was an advertising campaign by a car manufacturer.
jacob502030 on
When the Kaprun/Kitzsteinhorn was built, they built 3 cable-car type sections, from today’s base camp station (47°13’44.8″N 12°43’35.9″E) to today’s top station “Gipfelwelt 3000” (https://maps.app.goo.gl/BVGWGc4Gg72rfwG49).
Section I has been removed. It’s path vaguely was where today’s “Gletscherjet I” runs, but ended a few 100 m below.
Section II is the one in the picture: It is not used for public transport anymore, but remains in operation for transporting material. It’s route starts here:
This section II goes to Alpincenter, so do the other lifts for public use. Alpincenter is here: 47°12’29.8″N 12°41’25.8″E
From there, section III runs to the top of the skiiing area and it is still in operation today for public use, however, its cablecars have been replaced twice (at least) and don’t look like the old one. This section III can be seen on the skiiing maps and it’s called “Gipfelbahn” and it is the one with the very high aerial lift pylon, which once was the highest in the world (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_lift_pylon#Tallest_pylons)
Via a temporary construction road, which is somewhat permanent these days, you can drive up with construction vehicles to the beginning of section II (and if you want, a bit further). From there it might be or have been difficult to get to Alpincenter, I guess. The picture looks old, today they might have a street.
So the story behind this picture is most likely, that for use in the skiing area by either a construction company or the skiiing area itself the car probably drove to the beginning of section II and was then brought to Alpincenter via cablecar.
I painted the driving-route from Kaprun to the beginning of section II here (roughly, it’s not 100 % correct):
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Found the pic here – [https://www.flickr.com/photos/chasa-imago/17765070376](https://www.flickr.com/photos/chasa-imago/17765070376)
Is this a regular thing or occasional?
The Seilbahn can be used to transport heavy stuff up the mountain withouth the need of an helicopter.
Probably not as regular as “I go hiking and take my car with me”. But alpine huts (that typically also sell warm food and drinks) regularly use cable cars for freight transport. So seeing a car there doesn’t look that surprising.
Austria is a car country. 😀
https://preview.redd.it/k1sgu6386sqd1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=cdb4506e72afd487f5d706f0b2c982ccec81395d
Looks like the old “Gipfelbahn”, which runs from the Alpincenter to the top (but with new, huge gondolas now). There is a driveable gravel road up until the Alpincenter, and there is absolutely nowhere to go from the top of this cable by car really, so I can only imagine this being some kind of sponsor event (or the car was exhibited at the top for a while).
As far as I remember, it was an advertising campaign by a car manufacturer.
When the Kaprun/Kitzsteinhorn was built, they built 3 cable-car type sections, from today’s base camp station (47°13’44.8″N 12°43’35.9″E) to today’s top station “Gipfelwelt 3000” (https://maps.app.goo.gl/BVGWGc4Gg72rfwG49).
Section I has been removed. It’s path vaguely was where today’s “Gletscherjet I” runs, but ended a few 100 m below.
Section II is the one in the picture: It is not used for public transport anymore, but remains in operation for transporting material. It’s route starts here:
[https://earth.google.com/web/search/kaprun/@47.2227023,12.70605452,1859.24072266a,0d,60y,235.00909449h,77.70537285t,0r/data=CiwiJgokCYw-u82jbUVAEUzrd2nwj_M_GaICANyl4WFAIZZxGT1Sa2HAQgIIASIwCixBRjFRaXBONFJ4a3FlUDJnZnBWWmdTdkVkdm50bUJ2WmpaX1BQbFZCYkNMcRAFOgMKATBKDQj___________8BEAA](https://earth.google.com/web/search/kaprun/@47.2227023,12.70605452,1859.24072266a,0d,60y,235.00909449h,77.70537285t,0r/data=CiwiJgokCYw-u82jbUVAEUzrd2nwj_M_GaICANyl4WFAIZZxGT1Sa2HAQgIIASIwCixBRjFRaXBONFJ4a3FlUDJnZnBWWmdTdkVkdm50bUJ2WmpaX1BQbFZCYkNMcRAFOgMKATBKDQj___________8BEAA)
This section II goes to Alpincenter, so do the other lifts for public use. Alpincenter is here: 47°12’29.8″N 12°41’25.8″E
From there, section III runs to the top of the skiiing area and it is still in operation today for public use, however, its cablecars have been replaced twice (at least) and don’t look like the old one. This section III can be seen on the skiiing maps and it’s called “Gipfelbahn” and it is the one with the very high aerial lift pylon, which once was the highest in the world (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_lift_pylon#Tallest_pylons)
Via a temporary construction road, which is somewhat permanent these days, you can drive up with construction vehicles to the beginning of section II (and if you want, a bit further). From there it might be or have been difficult to get to Alpincenter, I guess. The picture looks old, today they might have a street.
So the story behind this picture is most likely, that for use in the skiing area by either a construction company or the skiiing area itself the car probably drove to the beginning of section II and was then brought to Alpincenter via cablecar.
I painted the driving-route from Kaprun to the beginning of section II here (roughly, it’s not 100 % correct):
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/FtrRDa3vKX6qUeVCA](https://maps.app.goo.gl/FtrRDa3vKX6qUeVCA)
From there this transport started, I’d say.
That’s how Austrians drive cars. The design is very human.
Severe geographical and geological limitations make this necessary, but I assure you: it is very normal.