Schetteregg ski area secures future with signed contracts
Wednesday 16th September 2026 on 20:45 in
Austria
The future of the Schetteregg ski area is secured after the Alpe Gemeine Brongen and Tristen alpine pasture association signed contracts with investor Jürgen Sutterlüty, broadcaster ORF reported. Project manager Elias Schwärzler said the agreement guarantees winter operations and clears the way for planned year round operations with a bike park.
Preparations for the summer project will now continue, including the final applications to the authorities. Construction of the first bike park trails could begin as early as this autumn, Schwärzler said.
The ski area’s future had remained uncertain at the end of August. At a general meeting of the Alpe Gemeine Brongen and Tristen agricultural association, the required majority for the contracts with Sutterlüty was narrowly missed. At the time, this was also said to mean that winter operations could not continue.
The association’s approval was required for the planned year round operation combining the ski area and bike park. The summer bike park concept had received overwhelming support at a March meeting, but the vote changed in August.
The alpine pasture tenant said at the time that opponents were mainly concerned about the 20 year contract term. He also said another investor had reportedly expressed interest in continuing the ski area during winter only, which would have suited the alpine pasture association. Sutterlüty strongly rejected that account, saying the alternative proposal had only been raised as an idea and had never become a viable offer.
Sutterlüty said in August that his plans had broad support. Nearly all affected landowners and alpine pasture associations had signed the required agreements or granted the necessary rights, he said, with about 70 agreements concluded or prepared. He added that he had reached a prior informal agreement with the association’s board and operator.
At the subsequent general meeting, 58 percent and 60 percent of grazing rights supported the two contracts, according to Sutterlüty. They failed only because the association’s rules required a two thirds majority. The latest approval removes that obstacle and allows the year round project at Schetteregg to proceed.