Lift Upgrades to Enhance the Guest Experience

British Columbia, Canada

• Whistler Blackcomb, Creekside Gondola: A new 8-person gondola, replacing the existing 6-person gondola, will significantly improve wait times and increase out-of-base uphill capacity by 35% in the Creekside area, especially on high-volume days. 

• Whistler Blackcomb, Red Lift: An upgrade of the existing high-speed quad with a high-speed 6-pack, combined with the new Creekside Gondola, will increase uphill capacity by nearly 30% and enhance and modernize the guest experience.

Colorado

• Keystone, Bergman Bowl: Enhancements to Bergman Bowl, including a high-speed 6-person chairlift increasing lift-served terrain by 555-acres, 16 new trails, a ski patrol facility, and snowmaking. This project unlocks access for novice and intermediate guests and provides expanded entry to expert terrain in Independence and Erickson Bowls. 

• Keystone, Outpost Restaurant: An approximately 6,000 square feet expansion of the existing Outpost restaurant, offering more indoor and outdoor seating for guests.

• Vail Mountain, Sundown Lift: The installation of a new high-speed 4-person chair will materially reduce wait times on peak days at the popular Chair 5 lift (High Noon Express), allow guests to more conveniently access trails in Vail’s Legendary Back Bowls, and improve mobility to the front side with a new egress at Wildwood.

• Vail Mountain, Game Creek Bowl: Improved reliability and capacity in this popular bowl by replacing the current 4-person chair with a new high-speed 6-person lift, increasing capacity by nearly 50%. 

• Breckenridge, Rip’s Ride Lift: An enhancement of the beginner/ski school experience at the highly utilized Peak 8 base area by replacing the current lift with a high-speed 4-person chair, increasing uphill capacity by nearly 70% and improving out-of-base circulation.   

Utah

• Park City Mountain, Silverlode 8-Pack Lift: Vail Resorts’ first-ever high-speed 8-pack chair replacing an existing 6-pack chair will increase uphill capacity by 20% and more importantly, reducing high wait times at a critical circulation lift.

• Park City Mountain, Eagle Lift: A high-speed 6-pack chair with a new alignment and mid-station will replace the existing Eagle and Eaglet lifts, increasing out-of-base uphill capacity by nearly 150% to reduce crowding, wait times and increase the guest experience; especially for beginner skiers and ski school guests.  

Lake Tahoe, California & Nevada

• Northstar California, Comstock Lift: The new high-speed 6-pack mid-mountain, replacing a high-speed quad, is designed to alleviate wait times at one of the mountain’s most popular lifts and increase capacity by nearly 50%.  

• Heavenly, North Bowl Lift: The replacement of an existing fixed-grip triple with a high-speed quad will increase uphill capacity by more than 40% and reduce the combined ride time of the Boulder and North Bowl lifts, which is expected to alleviate the busy Stagecoach area and reduce pressure on the Olympic lift.

Vermont & New Hampshire 

• Stowe, Mountain Triple Lift: The replacement and extension of the existing fixed-grip triple to a high-speed 6-person lift will increase uphill capacity by 100%, eliminate the steep hike to the base of the lift, improve reliability on windy days, and offer beginner and intermediate guests with better access to lower-level terrain choices. 

• Mount Snow, Sundance/Tumbleweed Lift: The replacement of two fixed-grip triples with one high-speed 6-person lift will improve access to underutilized terrain and alleviate pressure from other lifts in the main base area, increasing uphill capacity by nearly 70%. 

• Mount Snow, Sunbrook Lift: A new high-speed quad to replace the existing fixed-grip triple will significantly decrease the current 14-minute ride time by approximately 30%, and result in better utilization of the Sunbrook terrain. 

• Attitash: The replacement of the East and West Double-Double chairs with one fixed-grip 4-person chair will improve reliability and enhance the overall guest experience at Attitash.

Pennsylvania & Ohio

• Jack Frost/Big Boulder: The replacement and consolidation of lifts to improve reliability and enhance the guest experience. Jack Frost: two new fixed-grip 4-person chairs, one to replace the B & C lifts and the other to replace the E & F lifts. Big Boulder: a new fixed 4-person chair replacing the Edelweiss Triple. 

• Boston Mills/Brandwine: At Boston Mills, the resort will get a new fixed 4-person chair replacing the Lift 5 double. At Brandywine, a new fixed-grip 4-person chair will replace the Lift 3 triple. Both projects will enhance reliability and the overall guest experience.