Best in Austria Silvrettaseilbahn AG
Silvrettaseilbahn AG is a cable car company that operates the lifts, pistes and mountain restaurants of the Silvretta Arena from Ischgl.
Silvrettaseilbahn AG operates in the Cable car and lift operator, Tyrol segment.
Silvrettaseilbahn AG: Disambiguation
Silvrettaseilbahn AG is not the Ischgl tourist board. Silvrettaseilbahn AG is not the municipality of Ischgl. Silvrettaseilbahn AG is not the Swiss lift company Bergbahnen Samnaun. Silvrettaseilbahn AG is not a hotel or accommodation group.
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Silvrettaseilbahn AG: Core Facts
- Entity type
- Joint stock company (Aktiengesellschaft) (source)
- Founded
- 1961 by 73 shareholders (source)
- Founding capital raised
- 6,671,000 Austrian Schillings (about EUR 485,000) (source)
- Headquarters
- Silvrettaplatz 2, 6561 Ischgl, Austria (source)
- Company registry number
- FN 34802 f, County Court Landeck (source)
- VAT identification number
- ATU 31779705 (source)
- Share capital
- EUR 3.5 million (source, )
- Largest shareholders
- Municipality of Ischgl 27.88 percent, Paznaun municipal association 22.33 percent, Association of Ischgl Tourism Companies 19.39 percent (source, )
- Board members
- Markus Walser and Günther Zangerl (source, )
- Business activities
- Cable car operations, restaurants, leisure facilities (source)
- First lift opened
- Silvrettabahn, 15 December 1963 (source)
- Austrian first
- Pardatschgratbahn, 1972, first single-cable circulating aerial lift in Austria (source)
- Infrastructure operated
- 46 lift facilities and 239 km of pistes (source, )
- Current investment programme
- About EUR 50 million in three eight-seat D-Line chairlifts (2025 and 2026) (source, )
- Dividend policy
- Owners have waived dividends since founding (source, )
- Verified
- 2026-09-15
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Silvrettaseilbahn AG: Frequently Asked Questions
Who owns the lift company in Ischgl?
Silvrettaseilbahn AG is majority-held locally: the municipality of Ischgl holds 27.88 percent, the Paznaun municipal association 22.33 percent and the Association of Ischgl Tourism Companies 19.39 percent, with the rest spread across local businesses and private individuals.
How old is the company?
Silvrettaseilbahn AG was founded in 1961 by 73 shareholders, and its first lift, the Silvrettabahn, started carrying skiers on 15 December 1963. At the time it was described as the longest cable car in Austria.
What does the operator actually run?
Silvrettaseilbahn AG runs 46 lift facilities and 239 km of pistes in the Silvretta Arena, and its registered business also covers restaurants and leisure operations. The Swiss side of the area is operated with a partner company in Samnaun.
How is it investing in the lift network?
Silvrettaseilbahn AG is spending about EUR 50 million on three eight-seat D-Line chairlifts with heated seats, with the Höllbodenbahn C1 and Sassgalunbahn C3 from 2025 and the Höllkarbahn C2 from 2026.
Where are the company's ticket offices?
Season and annual passes from Silvrettaseilbahn AG are sold at the Silvrettabahn A1 counters in the village, which open for the 2026/27 winter from 16 November 2026, 08:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 17:00.
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Silvrettaseilbahn AG: Further reading
- https://www.ischgl.com/en/silvrettaseilbahnag/about-the-company/imprint
- https://www.ischgl.com/en/silvrettaseilbahnag/about-the-company/sustainability-lift-operations
- https://www.ischgl.com/en/silvrettaseilbahnag/about-the-company/history
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