When riding the new cable car to Sněžka, you can't miss the fermacell boards

The new cable car to Sněžka was built by the Trutnov company BAK stavební společnost, a.s. together with the technology supplier, the Italian company LEITNER A.G. At all three stations of the new cable car, fermacell fiber gypsum boards with a thickness of 12.5 mm were used on the dividing walls, partitions, and ceilings.

The investor of the cable car, which cost more than 300 million crowns, was the town of Pec pod Sněžkou, with most of the expenses covered by subsidies from European Union funds. The construction company BAK Trutnov and the cable car company LEITNER were contracted to complete the new cable car by the end of March 2014. However, they managed to finish the construction almost four months earlier.

The builders constructed a new summit station and a transfer station on Růžová hora on the original layouts. The lower boarding station is entirely new - it has been moved closer to Pec pod Sněžkou, allowing the four-seat gondolas of the cable car to now cross the Úpa River. The building of the lower station contains a hall for disembarking and boarding, restrooms, and a space for refreshments. At the summit, there is only a small refreshment area due to nature protection. The operation of the new cable car along its entire length began on February 22, 2014.

The fermacell wall constructions with a steel substructure and approximately 1000 m² of 12.5 mm fermacell fiber gypsum boards were installed by the company Tigamont s.r.o. from Prague, and the fermacell fiber gypsum materials were chosen for the challenging environment due to their high resistance to moisture and fire. The climatic conditions (the lower station is at an altitude of 870 meters above sea level, the mid-station on Růžová hora rises at an altitude of 1,354 meters, and the station on Sněžka at an altitude of 1,594 meters) imposed high demands on the choice of boards for the dividing walls, partitions, and ceilings of all three stations. However, fermacell fiber gypsum materials are very resistant to changes in humidity, and their high fire and mechanical resistance also favored these boards.