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The Berry family built a new base lodge, six new trails, and a new quad chairlift (the resort's first new chairlift in 30 years) in 2004. In 2007, the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission approved Saddleback's 10-year development plan, which calls for a major expansion of lifts, trails, vacation homes, and other facilities. [4]
Mount Wachusett is home to a 25-trail ski area serviced by 3 high-speed quads, 1 fixed-grip triple and 3 carpet lifts. It features approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) of vertical, a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m 2) base lodge, 100% snowmaking and night skiing on 18 trails. The mountain also maintains a terrain park and a jump called the Main Event.
Chair 4 runs from the Raven Hut Lodge area and back up to the top of Chair 3. Chair 5 replaced two parallel double chairs and accesses intermediate terrain, as well as the experts-only Gabl's run and the Elbow backcountry area. Chair 6 runs to the top of Panorama Dome. Chair 7 is the only chair that leaves from the White Salmon Lodge base area.
The base lodge has recently been expanded, and is now nearly 50,000 sq ft (5,000 m 2). It contains public areas, a cafeteria, The Black Diamond restaurant, and private suites, that are available for daily rental. The resort used to include the nearby Wachusett Village Inn, which provided overnight accommodations. The Inn was sold in 2016 and is ...
Main lift out of Village base area. Chair 2: Swift Creek Express: 2007: 1110-1 of 3 lifts open for night skiing. Originally Glacier Chaser Express prior to 2007. Chair 6: Base Lodge: Quad: CTEC: 1992: 240: 1535: Chair 9: Easy Rider: Quad: Garaventa CTEC: 2006: 269-Chair 3: Tenderfoot: Triple: Thiokol: 1975: 443: 2452: Oldest lift on the ...
Stratton was established in December 1961 with three double chairlifts and a three-story base lodge. Although the mountain was top notch, the access road was a disaster; it was paved in 1962, prior to the second season, and two T-bar lifts were added in 1963 for the third season. A big expansion took place for the 1964–65 season when the Snow ...
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In 2021, both jumps received upgrades that enabled year-round training and increased reliability, in addition to a new base lodge. [8] [9] The towers were built using a jacking system that lifted and poured concrete into the forms continuously, night and day, for 15 days for the larger jump, and 9 days for the smaller one. [citation needed]