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Expansion of the Wurmberg ski area
04.10.2011 13:43
The Wurmberg offers the largest and highest ski area in Germany's northernmost mountain range, the Harz. Until December 2012 the Wurmbergseilbahn GmbH & Co. KG plans to invest a total of eight million Euros. This will turn the Wurmberg into an even more attractive alpine ski area with additional and widened runs, a powerful snowmaking system and new high-capacity lifts. Long lines, boring catwalks and unreliable snow will no longer turn away keen skiers and boarders from this beautiful mountain. Montenius Consult, that was already involved in the design of the expansion project, has supported the Wurmbergseilbahn in the course of realizing this project, among other things coordinating the procedure in order to receive EU-subsidies and financing.
Visitor forecast for cable car project in Turkey
11.04.2011 16:26
The Turkish ĹžentĂĽrkler group plans to replace the existing tramway from Bursa to Mount Uludag by a state-of-the-art eight passenger gondola. Moreover, the line of the ropeway shall be extended. Once finished the gondola will supply a direct link between Bursa, a town of almost two million inhabitants, and the ski slopes on Uludag, Turkey's most popular alpine ski resort. With a length of almost eight kilometres the gondola will be one of the largest of its kind worldwide. Montenius Consult has been commissioned with a market analysis and a subsequent visitor forecast.
Ski Resort Planning in Mongolia
19.10.2010 13:27
On November 25th the first commercial ski resort was opened near the Mongolian capital Ulaanbataar. The athletes of the Mongolian Skiing Association have finally found a home on the Kuhrkree slope, providing them with good conditions for their slalom training. President of the association, Chagnaa Dorjgotov, is now planning another training area about 50 km from Ulaanbataar, including Nordic skiing and biathlon training facilities besides further alpine disciplines. The association has already secured a suitable area of land, its development by the Mongolian Skiing Association is supported by Montenius Consult.
Introduced feasibility study Erlebniswelt Goldisthal-Masserberg
22.02.2010 10:52
On February 5, the results of the feasibility study for the project Erlebniswelt Goldisthal-Masserberg were presented to the local population in a citizen assembly. In cooperation with gamon&partner consultancy from Austria, Wald, Wild, Landschaftsökologie from Bad Krozingen and ift Freizeit- und Tourismusberatung consultants from Cologne, Montenius Consult produced a feasibility study of an interconnected system of ski trails between the villages of Masserberg and Goldisthal in the Thuringian Forest. Planning issues as well as ecological and economic impacts had to be addressed. The main features of the project are the establishment of a new slope on the northern side of the Farmdenkopf above the village of Goldisthal. On the mountaintop is the upper reservoir of the Vattenfall hydroelectric power station. The Farmdenkopf can be accessed by gondola from the Rennsteig area in the village of Masserberg (300,000 bed nights p.a.) across the Schwarzatal and the reservoir. The new slope and gondola schemes will be enhanced by the establishemt of a mountain hiking trail and a Skywalk as well as several downhill attractions. The existing hiking trails (including four certified quality trails), cycling and trails for Nordic skiing are included in the Goldisthal-Masserberg experience.
MDR-TV project report: http://www.mdr.de/thueringen/7069947.html
Site evaluation for a hotel project in Söll
27.10.2009 22:20
Montenius Consult was commissioned to develop a location analysis for the Blue Vital Hotel, a four-star hotel in the Tyrolian village of Söll. The analysis included an evaluation of the supply and demand situation in Söll and the surrounding tourism regions of Wilder Kaiser as well as a study of the hotel market in Tyrolia.
Visitor Forecast Rennsteig Thermal-Bath
27.10.2009 22:14
In early October 2008, the Rennsteigtherme in the Thuringian holiday village of Oberhof was closed down. During the last couple of years, various improvement and conversion plans were discussed. The town of Oberhof commissioned Montenius Consult with a visitor projection prognosis for the current remodelling concept.