About us
Here you will find some fun facts about our skiing and hiking areas, interesting highlights of our history and hard facts from our annual reports – everything you could possibly want to know about Corvatsch AG and Diavolezza Lagalb AG.
Three mountains, one landscape of fairy-tale mountain scenery
Seven months of skiing, five months of summer activities and one cable car service open 365 days a year – this is the fairy-tale mountain scenery of Corvatsch, Diavolezza and Lagalb.
The Upper Engadin skiing and hiking areas of Corvatsch AG and its partner company Diavolezza Lagalb AG are situated around the 4,408-metre mountain Piz Bernina, the only peak above 4,000 metres in the canton of Graubünden. On the western side of Piz Bernina, mighty Piz Corvatsch looms majestically. Its mountain station is the highest in Graubünden at 3,303 metres above sea level. On the eastern side of Piz Bernina lie Diavolezza and Lagalb.
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Corvatsch AG
1899
Philip Mark and Claudio Saratz become the first people to scale Piz Corvatsch on skis
1950s
Planning for the cable car at 3,303 m
23 March 1963
Opening of the first section
8 December 1963
Opening of the second section
23 December 1963
Opening of the Murtèl and Giand’Alva ski lifts
1964
Opening of the summit restaurant
1964/1965
Purchase of the first snow groomer
Summer 1969
Temporary car park for 40 cars set up below the valley station. The cable car racks up over one million journeys
12 July 1971
Establishment of the Furtschellas cable car company
19 February 1972
Opening of the Sils/Furtschellas cable car
3 March 1972
Opening of the Grialetsch Sils/Furtschellas ski lift
December 1972
Opening of the Chüderun ski lifts
December 1972
Opening of the Furtschellas ski lift
1 January 1973
Opening of the Rabgiusa ski lift
July 1974
Passenger no. 10 million takes the Corvatsch cable car
1981
Complete renovation and refurbishment of the first section
1982
Renovation of the second section of the cable car
November 1985
Launch of the first part of the artificial snowing system for the section from Alp Margun to Surlej valley station
1987
Construction of the second part of the artificial snowing system, renovation of the second section
23 January 1987
Technical approval of the Margun ski lift
18 December 1993
Opening of the four-person chairlift
2007
Start of construction of the new cable car (second section), demolition of the old Corvatsch cable car (second section)
14 July 2007
Merger of Furtschellas and Corvatsch
22 November 2008
Opening of the new cable car of the second section
17 December 2008
Opening of the chairlift connecting Rabgiusa to Curtinella
20 December 2010
Opening of the new staff building on Corvatsch
2015/16
Opening of the Mandra four-person chairlift (replaced the Mandra ski lift)
2016/17
Opening of the Curtinella six-person chairlift with the valley station at the Hossa Bar (replaced the Curtinella ski lift)
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Diavolezza Lagalb AG
28 February 1955
Establishment of Diavolezza-Bahn AG with CHF 0.85 million in capital
22 December 1956
Opening of the Bernina-Diavolezza cable car with a 50-person cabin
Summer 1958
Upgrade to a 62-person cabin
1959
Construction of the Diavolezza Firnfeld ski lift on the Diavolezzafirn Glacier. Open for skiing from the summer season of 1960
1962/63
Purchase and renovation of Chesa Diavolezza, which at the time was not on the exact site where the Berghaus is today
1966
Purchase of the first snow groomer. Construction of the Bernina ski lift on the Diavolezzafirn Glacier. Share capital increase from CHF 0.85 million to CHF 1.7 million. The Berghaus is connected to the electricity grid.
1967
Merger with the Berghaus to form Diavolezza AG
1969
Open for winter skiing for the first time.
1970
Second Diavolezza ski lift for summer skiing
1976
Renovation of the kiosk and the self-service restaurant of the Berghaus
1980
Opening of the new 125-person cabin of the Diavolezza cable car
1981
The old mountain station gives way to the extension of the Berghaus. Dormitory accommodation is built
1987
Construction of the artificial snowing system in the area of the Diavolezza finishing slope
1990
Construction of the Diavolezza chairlift
1997
Opening of the button lift for children and beginners at the Diavolezza valley station
1999
Demolition of the two ski lifts on the Diavolezzafirn Glacier. The nine-year-old chairlift is converted to a detachable chairlift
2004
The Diavolezza and Lagalb ski areas are connected by a slope and a button lift
2006
Merger to form Bergbahnen Engadin St. Moritz Mountains AG
2011
Comprehensive modernisation of the Diavolezza cable car service
1 June 2017
Establishment of Diavolezza Lagalb AG
Our shared story
1 June 2017 – a mountain swap: Piz Nair for Diavolezza Lagalb
Around this time, the Lagalb skiing area, which belonged to Engadin St. Moritz Mountains AG, was due to be closed for financial reasons. There was an uproar from local and non-local Lagalb fans alike. After a period of uncertainty, a solution was found to keep Lagalb going. That solution was a mountain swap.
The transport facilities and catering businesses of Luftseilbahn Corviglia-Piz Nair AG, founded in 1952, are located in the Corviglia skiing area. These were transferred to Engadin St. Moritz Mountains AG and in return, Luftseilbahn Corviglia-Piz Nair AG received the facilities and ancillary businesses that belonged to the Diavolezza and Lagalb area. At the same time, Luftseilbahn Corviglia-Piz Nair AG was renamed Diavolezza Lagalb AG. The current shareholders of Piz Nair AG became the owners and proprietors of Diavolezza Lagalb AG. This solution was in part made possible thanks to the Niarchos family, who owned the majority of shares in Luftseilbahn Corviglia-Piz Nair AG. Since then, Diavolezza Lagalb AG and Corvatsch AG have been partner companies.
