It’s official: Snowmass will assemble two lifts concurrently this summer season for the primary time since 2006. Leitner-Poma will substitute the Elk Camp removable quad with a six pack and Skytrac will set up a T-Bar to interchange the Cirque platter. The tasks are a part of an $80 million capital enchancment summer season for Aspen Snowmass. Different tasks embrace a brand new Ullrhof restaurant, snowmaking upgrades and forest well being work. “We’ve an enormous summer season forward for on-mountain developments right here at Aspen Snowmass,” stated Geoff Buchheister, CEO of Aspen Snowboarding Firm. “These tasks characterize Aspen One’s dedication to ongoing funding in delivering essentially the most distinctive visitor expertise potential.”
The Elk Camp chair dates again to 1995, tied for the third oldest elevate at Snowmass. Elk Camp companies standard intermediate terrain within the winter and hauls bikes to the highest of the Snowmass Bike Park come summer season. Winter throughput will improve from 2,020 skiers per hour on the present quad to 2,800 whereas bike haul capability will practically double. The elevate’s alignment will shift barely away from the Elk Camp Restaurant.
On the prime of the mountain, the curved Cirque platter can be retired in favor of a straight Leitner/Skytrac T-Bar. Capability right here will improve from 450 visitors per hour to 1,000. Just like the brand new floor elevate at Champan Hill, Colorado, Cirque will mix specialised Leitner components from Europe with American made towers, controls and operator homes from Skytrac.
“The areas of terrain served by these lifts are a few of the hottest on our mountain,” stated Susan Cross, Mountain Supervisor at Snowmass. “These updates permit for visitors to extra easily entry Snowmass’ traditional wide-open slopes and sweeping vistas at Elk Camp, and the unbelievable number of high-alpine terrain we have now off The Cirque. I’m proud that we proceed to spend money on making this mountain one of the best that it may be, and having high-speed, increased capability lifts is essential to the Snowmass expertise,” she continued.
