The Eggalm ski area in Austria

The Eggalm ski area in Tux, in Austria’s Ziller Valley, has a new luxury six-seat chairlift with weather protection domes and seat heating.

Built over the summer and autumn of 2009, the Sesselbahn Lattenalm lift cost about €5.5 million (£4.9m) and takes skiers to the Eggalm ski area in just over three minutes, according to one report.

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The German based Skiresort Service International has announced its three TOP-Resorts of the season 2008-9 in their annual Awards, staged since 1998/1999.

It was a fantastic season, with a lot of snow, mostly good weather, a new world record and a lot of new test reports. We visited 70 different ski resorts in eight countries and a sand ski area in Doha/Qatar,” said Oliver Kern of Skiresort Services International.
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