Solar Valley Resort’s Bald Mountain will see two higher mountain carry upgrades for the 2026-27 season. Lookout Categorical will probably be upgraded to a removable six pack and Christmas will probably be changed by a contemporary removable quad. Each outgoing machines are Yan excessive velocity quads relationship again to 1993 and 1988, respectively. A brand new Christmas was initially accepted as a gondola-chairlift mixture carry however in the long run will solely embody chairs. A brand new carry upkeep facility can also be deliberate close to the summit of each lifts. “With at the moment’s announcement, Solar Valley is embarking on one other spherical of main investments within the mountain,” stated Pete Sonntag, COO of Solar Valley Resort. “The substitute of Christmas and Lookout Categorical chairlifts will guarantee quick, dependable entry to a few of Solar Valley’s finest terrain for a few years to return,” he continued. A producer was not introduced as Solar Valley remains to be working by way of the contract course of. Baldy at present operates a principally Doppelmayr fleet.
These initiatives would be the fourth and fifth new lifts for family-owned Solar Valley in 4 years. New Challenger and Flying Squirrel opened in 2023 and an upgraded Seattle Ridge debuted in 2024. By winter 2026-27, Solar Valley could have changed 5 of its seven Yan removable quads constructed between 1988 and 1994. The ultimate two, Frenchman’s and River Run, are going by way of substitute scoping now with no set timeline for building. They most likely gained’t be round for lengthy as Solar Valley’s mother or father firm, Grand America Accommodations & Resorts, has been investing closely in each its ski resorts of late. Solar Valley’s sister mountain, Snowbasin, has equally added three marquee lifts prior to now 5 years. That’s eight new lifts in 5 years for the corporate – all removable.
In partnership with the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Administration, Solar Valley will host a group open home and public remark alternative subsequent Monday, July twenty first. It will likely be held on the Neighborhood Library from 4:30 to six:00 pm.
