1972 - 2022 | 50 years of successful family business
Company anniversary
Skiing fun for the whole family! Cable car pioneer Andrä Brandtner Sr. laid the foundations back in 1972 with the construction of three T-bar lifts and the high-altitude road from Waidring. To this day, the Steinplatte is a popular paradise for skiing and snowboarding fans with sunny, snow-sure and fantastic views in the middle of the Tyrol-Salzburg-Bavaria border triangle.
A pioneer with foresight - What does it take to realize sunny skiing fun on 42 kilometers of perfectly groomed slopes? An enthusiastic skier who is not discouraged by large investments. And that's what Steinplatte has found in Andrä Brandtner. Together with business partners, he built the Plattenkogel, Schwarzlofer and Kammerkör 1 T-bar lifts, which were still diesel-powered at the time. The Plattenkogel 2 double chairlift followed in 1975, followed 4 years later by the Bärecklift and the Kapellenlift. In 1979, his son Andreas joined the company as managing partner and was involved in all projects from then on.
A milestone was reached in 1985 with Austria's first detachable four-seater chairlift and in 1990 with the construction of one of the first snow-making facilities in the region. After decades of planning and preparation, the German side was finally better connected in 2009 with the construction of the Winklmoosalmbahn from Seegatterl to the Winklmoosalm. With Andi jun. and Florian Brandtner, the 3rd generation is already active in the management and is constantly working on the continued existence of a modern and economically successful family business.
Every year, further investments are made in customer satisfaction. Ticket machines, e-charging stations and the new Triassic Kinderland on Hausberg are among the new offers for the 2023/24 winter season.








A portrait of our family business

our management



our team in the office and at the cash desks






our plant managers





our team at the gondola lift






our team at the cable cars












our team at the snow groomers




our Snowpark Team



our team from Triassic Park




We are very proud to present the podcast episode "Auf an Ratscha mit Andrä Brandtner" from Podcast Pillerseetal with our mountain railroad pioneer Andrä (93 years old), who founded our ski area in 1972.
Andrä talks about the visions and ideas he had back then and how to plan a ski resort on paper. What are the challenges and in which invention was Andrä significantly involved? The answers can be found in the podcast episode!
Thanks for your visit Flo & Flö + Sonja and for your great stories!

And another (success) story in the bärig.tirol We would like to share Eduard Ehrlich's blog with you:
DThe Brandtner Andrä
... or how a poor saggar with zero equity built up a cable car empire
Andrä doesn't want to be portrayed as “the great Brandtner”. “That's not me. In principle, I've had a really great life,” says the Waidring native. “And I wouldn't want to miss a single day”. Although: “I didn't really have anything at the beginning!“. Here is the whole story