Overview
- Training resumed on Nov. 2 and the German skeleton championships were held on Nov. 8 as the rebuilt track began limited operations this week.
- Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder will preside over a ceremonial reopening with invited athletes and officials following inaugural runs by Johannes Lochner.
- The reconstruction cost about €58.5 million and added flood protections including a large debris barrier and a roughly 7,000 cubic metre retention basin to reduce future rockflow and flood damage.
- A TÜV inspection in early 2025 forced replacement of the lower-track refrigerant main line and delayed earlier plans, and environmental groups still object to rebuilding in the site's geological high‑risk zone and to on‑site ammonia refrigeration tanks.
- The track's return restores a local training hub that had forced athletes to travel long distances, boosts expectations for regional tourism, and clears a path for the luge World Cup in March 2027 and the 2028 world championships.