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Kopaonik: Six of the best

At the end of July, the 4-CLD Gobelja was opened in Kopaonik, Serbia. This is the sixth Doppelmayr lift in this ski region since 2004.

Kopaonik is an all-year tourist area in the Central Balkans. The region offers around 15,000 beds. The guests are mainly from the UK, Russia and Serbia.

Doppelmayr lifts are much more popular than others

In total, the area has 17 lifts with an hourly capacity of over 18,000 skiers. The Doppelmayr installations are extremely popular and currently transport 90 percent of all passengers. Gobelja acts as a feeder lift as well as providing uphill transportation for the adjacent slopes. For this reason, the Srbenac Hotel is located right next to the bottom station. The new ropeway replaces an old surface lift and follows a slightly modified liftline. In its capacity as general contractor, Doppelmayr performed the planning *1 and also supplied the ropeway and electrotechnical equipment as well as the foundations, installed the towers (by helicopter) and built the control rooms plus the transformer station. Regional resources were used in the process. The construction phase took nine months. In view of the extremely low temperatures and deep snow, construction work had to be interrupted from December 2008 until after the thaw in May 2009. As the ropeway features the same design as previous lifts, it will be possible to draw on experience and utilize synergies in maintenance, the use of spare parts and training. The customer for this contract was “Skijalista Srbije”, a state-owned holding company which was specially founded to run all Serbian ski resorts. The operating company is the state-owned Ski Resorts of Serbia.

4-CLD Gobelja
Transport capacity 2,400 PPH
Trip time 3.1 min
Speed 5.0 m/s
Chairs 62
Interval 6.0 s
Inclined length 846 m
Vertical rise 232 m
Towers (1 twin shaft) 8
Drive Bottom
Tension Bottom

*1) Including surveying, geotechnical assessment, etc. and obtaining official permits



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A major argument in favor of awarding the contract to Doppelmayr: the meticulous instruction and continuous training of ropeway operatives. The photo shows ropeway crews from Montenegro and Serbia at the training center in Wolfurt in July.