Wiegand-Alpine Coaster Reports Continued Success

In the spring of last year, Wiegand beat its competitors in an extensive tender process and was commissioned to build an Alpine Coaster in Castelmezzano, southern Italy.

Wiegand fitters have been on site since the end of October 2023. Placing the parts on the extremely steep railway line was a challenge that could only be mastered with the help of a helicopter.

First, the future guests are transported 170 m further up the mountain in the approx. 425 m long lift before they tackle the approx. 700 m long downhill section, which is characterized by a fantastic panoramic view.

In mid-January, an assembly team set off for Australia to bring new momentum to the toboggan run market there after decades of abstinence.

A 1500 m long Alpine Coaster 2.0 is being built at the Thredbo Alpine Resort in New South Wales, where a summer toboggan run "Made in Germany" from Wiegand has been in operation for over 30 years.

And the Alpine Coaster 2.0 also celebrated its premiere in France:

In Super Besse, the longest alpine coaster in France was approved by the German TÜV in February and opened for operation: 1300 m downhill track and a 600 m long lift overcome a sporty 130 m difference in altitude. Further information at superbesse.com/activites/outdoor/luge-4-seasons/

But that's not all: two new projects are already in the starting blocks.

Additional plants are currently under construction in the USA, Brazil, China, Turkey and Poland.

In addition, four new systems will be built in Germany this year, one of them in Berlin, where the operator of a toboggan run built by a competitor in 2017 was injured after a fire in which the station building, which housed the control technology for the toboggan run, burned down , for the complete replacement of the system with an Alpine Coaster from Wiegand and thus opted for quality, comfort, safety and the highest technical standards.