
Skiing with a handicap - adaptive skiing in Brandnertal
Skiing for people with disabilities:
Departures for all
Skiing is pure magic.
This magic should be accessible without barriers in Brandnertal.With special equipment, experienced guides and optimal conditions on site, we enable people witht disabilities skiing in the in the Brandnertal.
A barrier-free dream day in the Para Alpine Skiing area
Everything is possible in Brandnertal. You can also enjoy the snow-covered mountain slopes and pure skiing pleasure with disabilities. Our chairlifts and T-bar lifts can be used with mono or bi-skis, turnstiles are no problem and at the Palüdbahn there are disabled parking spaces, a ground-level entrance with ramp and a barrier-free exit. There are plenty of places to stop for refreshments and the sanitaryn facilities facilities are accessible for the disabled.
The Brandnertal is the home of sportyr top performances: Our ski area has already hosted the FIS ParaSki Austria Cupwhere athlete:inside from all over the world put their skills to the test.s.
Adaptive skiing: the feeling of freedom
Adaptive skiing focuses on the needs of people with disabilities and gives them the opportunity to enjoy the slopes safely. With a mono-ski you can ski sitting down skiing - with short poles that have small skis at the ends. For more stability, you can use a bi-ski with two skis - optionally with the support of an accompanying person. Visually impaired athletes:inside can carve with a guide who gives instructions by radio. Thanks to these innovative techniques and specialized trainers:inside skiing in Brandnertal is possible for everyone. possible.
Sporting ambition at the FIS ParaSki Austria Cup
The FIS ParaSki Austria Cup took place for the second time in Brandnertal in February 2024 and showse impressively demonstrates the sporting level that is possible in adaptive skiing. Around 50 athletes:inside from 10 nations took on the race course - whether in the visually impaired, standing, seated or mentally impaired categories. The first day of the competition demanded everything from them in snow, rain and fog, but on the second day the athletes:inside were rewarded with sunshine.
Dhe FIS ParaSki Austria Cup is an expression of freedom, self-determination and pure joie de vivre.
Ski & Snow despite handicap
Anyone who has ever felt the excitement knows that skiing is about more than just the sport
.It's about the feeling and the lasting memory. Brandnertal lives these values - for a ski area that celebrates diversity and creates opportunities.
Whether as abeginner:in or athlete:inwhether with or without restrictions - we invite De invite you to rediscover winter.