CHRISTIAN LINGENHÖLE

Maybe it's because of his age, because someone like Christian Lingenhöle has a lot to tell. He has dedicated his life to winter sports. It is thanks to him that the ski museum in Damüls is what it is today: an exhibition that has received an award from the International Ski Federation, the FIS. With a unique collection that pays homage to Vorarlberg skiing, its pioneers and history.
Christian Lingenhöle skied for the first time at the age of three and still skis over 70 days a year as a pensioner. In addition to ski resorts such as Livigno in Lombardy or the Arlberg, he spends most of his time skiing in Damüls. His favorite place, where his parents built their first vacation home and a ski lift in 1950. The young Lingenhöle spent almost every weekend and vacation in the snow-sure mountain village between the Bregenz Forest and the Great Walser Valley. "To alleviate my homesickness for skiing, I always took a snowball from Damüls to Bregenz and kept it in the fridge," the former ski instructor smiles to himself.