The construction of the cable car to Černá hora will be assisted by a helicopter

Janské Lázně (Trutnovsko) - A helicopter will assist in the construction of the cable car to Černá hora in the Krkonošsko mountains in the coming days. It is expected to lift 11 pillars of the cable car, each 20 to 25 meters high, onto the slope. Petr Hynek, the manager of the ski lift company Mega Plus from Janské Lázně, stated this to ČTK today. The cost of constructing the cable car will be approximately 120 million Czech crowns. This makes it one of the largest investments in the field of lifts and cable cars in the Czech Republic.
Work on the cable car began three weeks ago when workers started dismantling the old cable car. "The technology of the old cable car and its pillars are gone. We have already erected the first two pillars of the new cable car using a crane," said Hynek. The weather is also favorable for the builders as the snow on the slope has nearly melted.
The new cable car is expected to commence trial operation in August. It will have a length of 2.3 kilometers. The hourly capacity of the facility will be 1500 people compared to 580 people on the old cable car. The travel time will be shortened from 12.5 minutes to approximately seven minutes. The cable car will serve as the primary means of transporting skiers from the central parking lot to the summit of Černá hora. The queues known from the old cable car should disappear.
The area on Černá hora, along with the areas in Pec pod Sněžkou and Špindlerův Mlýn, is among the best equipped in the Czech Republic. The prices of the tickets reflect this. This year, a one-day ski pass in Špindlerův Mlýn cost 750 crowns, while in Pec pod Sněžkou and on Černá hora it was 550 crowns.