Often accessed by ski lift, and sometimes floodlit, toboggan evenings are hugely popular as activities on corporate ski events. Groups head up the mountain, drink, dance and dine in a mountain hut, and then head out into (ideally) a starry sky to make the descent back to the valley.
The nighttime atmosphere in the mountains can be fantastic, with tranquillity and views over distant moonlit mountain peaks. Huts often play live music, and the food, while not kind to the waistline, is often traditional and delicious.
There are two main types of toboggan - the traditional Austrian wooden sledge and the French luge. The Austrian variety rides higher, and clients sit on it and steer/break with their feet and hands. The French luge is lower, and riders sit in the scooped body of the luge, breaking and steering with side-mounted breaks.
French trails tend to use either a (closed) ski piste or a similar trail running parallel to the piste. Austrian toboggan trails tend to run through forests with banked snow and barriers to keep the toboggans and their pilots on track. Both varieties of toboggan run can be either illuminated or moonlit (cloud cover, depending).
Getting to the starting point of the toboggan trail can be made on foot, but most of the popular huts are accessed by either ski lift or tractor and trailer. Sometimes, downloads are possible by tractor or ski lift for those who do not want to toboggan down.
Where lifts serve the toboggan trail, multiple descents are possible, although the attraction of a warm, atmospheric mountain hut is often too tempting to miss. Ice can cause toboggan trails to be closed, while organised, guided group descents are required to reduce the risk of injury. For insurance reasons, clients are required to contract directly with the suppliers of the toboggan activity.
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