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Park City to become largest ski area in the Nation...Canyons Resort name to change and incorporate into Park City
Vail Resorts details blueprints for 'centerpiece' gondola > It will connect PCMR and Canyons Resort, summer construction planned
...A connection has drawn widespread interest in the time since Vail Resorts acquired PCMR. The tourism industry, rank-and-file Parkites and Wall Street analysts who cover the publicly traded Vail Resorts have been intrigued by the prospects of a combined resort...It will be "one of the most ambitious and impactful capital programs in U.S. ski industry history and will transform the guest experience at Park City Mountain Resort," ...Katz said Vail Resorts will create "one of only a handful of top destination resorts in the world, both in terms of the experience, but also in terms of the financial performance...
Jay Hamburger, The Park Record
http://www.parkrecord.com/park_city-...rpiece-gondola
Vail Resorts on Monday said it plans to build a gondola linking Park City Mountain Resort and Canyons Resort prior to the 2015-2016 ski season, publicly outlining details of the much-anticipated connection for the first time as part of a broader announcement involving more than $50 million in upgrades.
In a release, Vail Resorts said the link will be an eight-person gondola that will travel between the base of the Silverlode lift at PCMR and the Flatiron lift at Canyons Resort. It will also offer an unloading point at Pine Cone Ridge, Vail Resorts said.
Planning for the link has been a priority since Vail Resorts acquired PCMR in the fall. The Colorado firm operates Canyons Resort as part of a long-term agreement with the Talisker corporate family. The release says the linked resort will offer more than 7,300 acres of skiing terrain. It would be the largest mountain resort in the U.S...
...Vail Resorts, meanwhile, said in the release it intends to upgrade the King Con and Motherlode lifts prior to the next ski season. King Con, now a four-person lift, will be turned into a six-person one. It will be a high-speed, detachable lift. The Motherlode lift, a fixed-grip, three-person lift, will be made into a high-speed, detachable lift for four people. The release says the upgrades will cut lift lines.
Vail Resorts also said it wants to build a new Snow Hut restaurant with 500 inside seats at the bottom of the Silverlode lift. It will be situated at the terminal of the gondola. The firm also said snowmaking will be expanded on two Iron Mountain-area trails at Canyons Resort that will become more central as a result of the connection. The Red Pine Restaurant at Canyons Resort will be renovated...
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