Kirchenkarbahn I, Gondola lift station in Sölden, Austria.
Kirchenkarbahn I is a single-cable circulating gondola lift (10-MGD) in Hochgurgl, Tyrol, built by Doppelmayr/Garaventa and opened on 28 November 2015. It carries ten people per cabin and serves as the feeder lift to the Kirchenkarbahn II. Its valley station sits in the Top Mountain Crosspoint building at the Timmelsjoch toll road, a 6060 m² structure with a wooden facade whose shape was modelled on snow cornices.
Kirchenkarbahn I was built by Doppelmayr/Garaventa and opened on 28 November 2015, the same day as the Top Mountain Crosspoint. It was the first ten-passenger gondola of Doppelmayr's D-Line product line worldwide. Before it, the Kirchenkar area was served only by drag lifts.
The valley station sits inside the Top Mountain Crosspoint at Timmelsjoch, a 6,060 m² building designed by architect Michael Brötz with a facade almost entirely of wood. It also houses the toll station of the Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road and, until a fire on 18 January 2021, Europe's highest motorcycle museum. The restaurant has 280 indoor and 380 outdoor seats.
The ride allows visitors to gain elevation quickly and take in the surrounding mountain landscape as they ascend. Since the cabins are heated, the journey remains comfortable even in cold weather.
The Kirchenkarbahn I was the first gondola in Doppelmayr's "D-Line" product line worldwide, opened on 28 November 2015. Its base station sits inside the Top Mountain Crosspoint at Timmelsjoch, a 6,060 m² building designed by architect Michael Brötz of Hall in Tirol, whose form was modelled on snow cornices.
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