For the past 40 years, beginner skiers in Elm had to bring a certain degree of resistance to bad weather along with them to learn the sport. Indeed, the Eggli platter lift was located in the valley floor, which due to the surrounding mountains was, for the most part, in the shade the entire winter. Yet as of this winter, that is history.

“For a long time it has been the dream of the Elm sports railway to relocate the beginner’s area in Eggli up to the mountain and transform it into a larger kids' arena," reveals Bruno Landolt, managing director of the Elm sports railway.

Thanks to the relocation of the kids’ arena to the "sunny first floor" of the ski resort, comfortable conditions can now be created which children and entire families gladly take advantage of. A significant contribution to the increase in comfort for beginners was made by two conveyor belts by Sunkid with a total length of 135 meters, which provide access to three ski slopes having various gradient conditions. The successful image of the new kids’ arena is rounded off by a variety of ski school aids, seating arrangements, as well as a teepee.

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