Rahtel
A single-tow ski slope near Slovenj Gradec that collapsed in the early 2000s when the money earmarked for it went to Kranjska Gora and Maribor Pohorje instead.
- Region
- Koroška
- Country
- Slovenia
- Status
- closed
- Year closed
- early 2000s
- Reason for closure
- Insufficient investment. Plans for a training facility and initial funding for snowmaking came to nothing when the resources were directed instead to the larger national centres at Kranjska Gora and Maribor Pohorje.
History
Rahtel is a slope on the edge of Slovenj Gradec in Slovenian Carinthia which carried a single tow lift until the early 2000s. There were plans to develop it as a training facility, and initial funding was found for snowmaking, but the investment never followed - the money went instead to the two big national centres at Kranjska Gora and Maribor Pohorje, and Rahtel was left behind. Proposals to develop it for summer tourism afterwards also came to nothing, and the ground is now used for walking. It is the third of the three Carinthian ski areas in Slovenia recorded here as having collapsed, alongside Mežica and Ivarčko-Ošven. Its opening year, the lift specification and any piste name are unrecorded in accessible sources, and those fields are left empty rather than guessed.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed lift | Surface lift | A single tow lift, the only installation the site ever had |
Sources and further reading
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Location
46.5206, 15.0760