The Story of Arosa Bergbahnen AG
Arosa Bergbahnen AG is the sole owner of all the transport installations in Arosa. The majority of the shares of the company are held by inhabitants of Arosa. The council alone holds 17 % of them.
- 1930 Founding of the "Autotram AG"; Bus company Obersee-Kulm
- 1935 Bus service extends to Maran
- 1936 Bus service extends to Prätschli
- 1938 "Autotram AG" becomes "AG Autobus und Skiliftanlagen Arosa" (Bus and Ski Lift Installations plc)
- 1945 Hörnli Ski lift
- 1946 The bus goes to the Untersee in summer, for the 1st time
- 1948 Rebuilding of the Hörnli ski lift into a combination of ski and chairlifts
- 1954 "AG Autobus und Skiliftanlagen Arosa" becomes "AG Aroser Verkehrsbetriebe" (Arosa Traffic Company plc)
- 1956 Arosa-Weisshorn Luftseilbahn (LAW) (Cable Car)
- 1960 Prätschli/Tomeli Ski Lift
- 1963 Gondelbahn Arosa-Hörnli (LAH) (Gondola) and demolition of the old installation
- 1964 Hörnli Ski Lift, first piste preparation by machine
- 1966 Plattenhorn Ski Lift
- 1970 Brüggerhorn Chair Lift and demolition of the Weisshornsattel Ski Lift
- 1972 Tschuggen-West Ski Lift
- 1973 Innerarosa-Tschuggen Chair Lift
- 1974 Installation of drains Weisshorngipfel-Sattel-Prätschli
- 1976 Ried Ski Lift
- 1978 Obersäss and Bänkli Chairlifts
- 1979 Garage for the piste machine vehicles
- 1983 Three-seater Chairlift and Tschuggen-Ost Ski Lift,Innerarosa-Tschuggen Three-seater Chairlift
- 1985 Ried-Krähentschuggen Four-seater Chairlift
- 1987 Hörnli-Express Six-seat Gondola
- 1988 Responsibility for the Bus taken over by Council/Tourist office/ABB
- 1990 "AG Aroser Verkehrsbetriebe" becomes "Arosa Bergbahnen AG" (ABB)
- 1991 Renovation of the Brüggerhorn conveyor belt boarding system
- 1992 Renovation of the Arosa-Weisshorn Luftseilbahn (Cable Car)
- 1994 Demolition of the Hörnli Ski Lift and a new Hörnli Chairlift
- 1995 Renovation of the LAW bottom station and ABB offices, enlargement of the mechanical workshop and piste machine garage LAW-Mittelstation
- 1996 New artificial snow making installations, 1st stage, Opening of the Snowboard Fun Park on the Tschuggen hill
- 1997 Artifical snow making installations, 2nd stage
- 1998 Building of the new Prätschli lift (Renaming of the old Prätschli lift to the Tomeli lift)
- 1999 Demolition of the Obersäss-Chairlift
- 2000 Demolition of Krähentschuggen Chairlift and Carmenna Ski Lift
- 2001 Abbruch Sesselbahn Krähentschuggen und Skilift Carmenna
- 2002 New Plattenhorn Chairlift, demolition Plattenhorn Ski Lift and Bänkli Chairlift, extension of the snow installations, LAW Mittelstation-Carmenna Mittelstation, renovation of the Sattelhütte/new Terrace, Europe's biggest multimedia Laser Show at the Mittelstation, purchase of Hotel Hohenfels
- 2003 Extension of the snow installations, Weisshorrn summit-Carmenna Mountain Station, New Sternen Bar at the Brüggerstuba, New Raclette Bar at the Tschuggenhütte, room renovation in Hotel Hohenfels
- 2004 Building of the permanent halfpipe on the north-easterly slope Tomeli Skilift
- 2007 FIS Snowboard World Championships
- 2008 Approval for the extension of the snow cannons
Construction of the impounding reservoir and extension of the snow cannons
Extension of the winter garden in the Brüggerstuba
- 2009 Reconstruction of the chairlift Tschuggen-Ost
- 2010 Rebuild of the chair lift Innerarosa-Tschuggen (SIT) in gondola lift Kulm
- 2011 Holding of the Snowboard FIS Worldcup Final
