Plans to connect the Haideralm and Schöneben ski areas have been on the cards for many years. As long ago as 2010, the environmental sustainability assessment was successfully completed, laying the foundation for the project. However, it was only in 2017 after the merger of the Schöneben AG and Haider AG companies, as demanded by the Province of South Tyrol, that things began to get moving again. The connection project has now been submitted and approved, and LEITNER ropeways, with its construction of two 10-passenger gondola lifts, can make the dream of the operators and many visitors come true.