Installation of New Slide with Helicopter Deployment at Saanen Outdoor Pool

Photo: Courtesy of Klarer Freizeitanlagen (eap) This season, a new water slide was installed in a spectacular way at the Freibad Saanen outdoor pool in the canton of Bern in Switzerland: A helicopter was used to transport the new slide and a steel staircase to the difficult-to-access location. The new body slide from Klarer Freizeitanlagen starts at a height of around eight meters and then winds its way along the slope of a hill for around 74 meters into the water basin. The slide has both open and closed sections, as well as a fake element that gives the sliders the feeling that they are sliding straight ahead, even though the course continues in a curve. A maximum of around 240 people can use the hybrid slide per hour.

The season at the Saanen outdoor pool is expected to run until the beginning of September. Until then, visitors can slide down the new body slide, swim laps in the 25-meter-long sports pool, linger in the adventure pool or venture onto the one- and three-meter-high diving platforms. Young visitors can spend a fun time in the paddling pool or on the playground. ■