Colorado ready for ski season
Colorado Ski Country USA is unveiling a series of major improvements for the 2012-13 snow season,
In Aspen/Snowmass, major projects include the completion of The Restaurant at Elk Camp on Snowmass, a USD15 million capital improvement; and a complete remodel and reinvention of the restaurant at The Little Nell hotel, located at the base of Aspen Mountain.
Snowmass will add 230 acres of new terrain on Burnt Mountain, bringing total skiable acreage to 3,362 acres, making it the second largest ski area in Colorado.
As part of its commitment to improving the experience for beginners and introducing newbies to the sport, Arapahoe Basin is adding a USD80,000 conveyor lift in the Pika Place Learning Arena.
Already home to North America’s highest terrain park, the resort will prepare to open the 2012-13 season with the addition of a beginner-level terrain park, called Ace’s Kids Park, which will be adjacent to the new lift.
Winter Park Resort will have a new Tube Park. Opening in December 2012, the new park will feature four lanes, conveyor lift access and a state-of-the-art warming structure with restrooms, hot chocolate service and flexible space available for groups.
Launched for the summer of 2012, Copper Mountain’s newest attraction – the Alpine Rush Zip Line – will continue to operate throughout the 2012-13 winter ski season. The ride allows two guests to fly side-by-side as they soar 30 feet above Copper’s West Lake ice skating rink.
For the adventurous, Silverton Mountain will begin hiking access, and heli drops for an upgrade fee, to new runs that require rappels in or out of couloirs and/or big snowy aprons.
This will allow access to places like the Mad Dog, Close Out Couloirs off Storm Peak, and the Hidden Valley – a large, open powdery bowl with no accessibility except via a 100 ft. rappel.
The new activity is USD425 per person and, operators say, “promises the adventure of a lifetime”.
Ian Jarrett
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