| Creator | Alex Walter Diggelmann |
| Printing year | 1937 |
| Sheet size (cm) | 102×63.5 |
| Printing technique | Lithograph |
| Printer | J. C. Müller |
| Condition | A- |
| Asking price | 0 CHF |
| Categories | Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Winter Posters |
Original Vintage Travel Poster issued by the Braunwald tourist office to mark the opening of the sledge cableway or funi in the winter of 1936/37, which took skiers from Hüttenberg on the (still car-free) sun terrace in the Glarus Alps up to Grotzenbüel. The commission was given to the Bernese commercial artist Alex W. Diggelmann, who worked in Zurich and created the scene, which today seems almost impossible, with the Ortstock in the background.
It is somewhat surprising that the first ascent aid for winter sports in the canton of Glarus was not actually put into operation until the end of the 1930s. After all, the first ski race in Switzerland took place in Glarus in 1902 – when the Swiss Ski Association did not even exist. It was only founded in 1904. As a result, in January 1905, the association entrusted the organization of the first «Great Ski Race of Switzerland» to the Glarus Ski Club, which had already been founded in 1893.
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