New Gondola Announced For Jackson Hole
New Gondola Announced For Jackson Hole
Published : 20-Jan-2016 07:21
World famous Jackson Hole ski area in Wyoming, USA, which has reported the most fresh snow in the world this week with four feet of new snow, has also just announced it's to build a new gondola lift ready for a winter 2016/17 opening.
The new Sweetwater Gondola will be located between the Bridger Gondola and Teewinot High Speed Quad and will include a mid-station approximately a third of the way up the mountain in the Solitude area, then continues up to terminate just uphill of the Casper Restaurant. The Doppelmayr built lift will have eight-passenger cabins capable of carrying up to 2000 people per hour.
The resort says that new Sweetwater Gondola will support several specific objectives, particularly to significantly increase the capacity on lifts from the resort's base, and then in addition, over time, to provide access to a new and enhanced children's ski school facility located in the Solitude mid station area.
A gondola was chosen as the best conveyance to allow easy and safe uploading and downloading of children for the new children's teaching facility, in addition to parents and family.
"This is an exciting time for Jackson Hole," said resort president, Jerry Blann. "Improving the out of base capacity will greatly enhance skier flow, and the Sweetwater Gondola will dramatically improve the beginner skier and rider experience,"
"It's not coincidental that we are happy to announce this new lift during our 50th anniversary season," Blann addd, continuing, "this is the first in a series of significant capital improvements over the next few years that underscores our commitment to keeping Jackson Hole at the industry leading level we are at today."
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