The Decentralized Administration of Epirus-Western Macedonia approved the environmental conditions for the upgrade and operation of the Vitsi Ski Center in Kastoria, with the Kastoria Ski Mountaineers Association as the management body.
Specifically, the project concerns the upgrade, in two phases, of the existing Ski Center, which includes three ski slopes categorized based on difficulty and two slopes, one for beginners at the base of the ski center and one for snowboarding on the central slope.
According to the content of the decision, one of the general directions of the spatial development of the Kastoria region is the utilization of local resources that are of interest for the development and promotion of soft forms of tourism (agritourism, sightseeing, hiking, ski, cultural tourism, etc.). with a more specific direction of strengthening the networking of the settlements of the wider region with the Kastoria tourist pole and promoting their complementary operation in the tourism sector. Specifically for the Vitsi Ski Center, its promotion and modernization are highlighted for the further development of ski tourism and the promotion of its complementary operation with the Pisoderi Ski Center.
In detail, the current total capacity of the Ski Center is 900 people per hour, specifically 600 people per hour for the adult ski lift and 300 people per hour for the baby-lift.
In the first phase of the upgrade, the ski lift will be replaced with a new modern technology ski lift, also 782 meters long and with a capacity of 900 people per hour, the beginner ski lift with a new 120-meter-long, 600-person-per-hour, escalator-type ski lift for beginners and disabled people, while the existing beginner ski lift will be relocated to a new location.
In addition, a 2500 sq.m. synthetic snow simulation track (dry slope) will be installed, among other things. and a central piste artificial snowmaking system, with its supporting infrastructure.
After the upgrade, the total capacity will amount to 1800 people per hour, specifically 900 people per hour for the new adult ski lift and 900 people per hour for the two baby lifts and the disabled ski lift.
The second phase of the upgrade will include, among other things, the installation of a new aerial lift with a length of 800 meters and a capacity of 1,000 people per hour, the relocation of the first phase’s drag lift to a new location with a length of 500 meters and the same capacity of 900 people per hour, including the necessary technical infrastructure (opening a new forest strip, shaping the ground, etc.) as well as the widening of the existing forest strip of the existing lift, land reclamation and shaping works, so that it can function as a new ski slope.
Upon completion of the second upgrade, the total capacity will amount to 2,800 people per hour.
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