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The Loveland Ski Area is the combination of two separate areas—Loveland Basin and Loveland Valley. The two areas, formerly connected by a double chairlift , are now served by bus. The area is one of Colorado’s highest ski areas with a summit of 13,010 ft (3,965 m) and the third highest lift-served areas in North America at 12,697 ft (3,870 m).
Alta Sierra Archived 2019-09-23 at the Wayback Machine: Wofford Heights: California: 7,091 6,491 600 6 2 80 [28] December 11, 2019 [29] Buckhorn Ski and Snowboard Club: Three Points: California: 7,903 7,203 680 40 5 2 180 April 20, 2012 Bear Mountain: Big Bear Lake: California: 8,805 7,104 1,665 198 24 12 100 December 11, 2019 Mount Baldy Ski ...
Ski resorts (and other venues that issue tickets) commonly use a wicket to secure the ticket (called a "ticket wicket"), a short piece of light wire which loops through the ticket holder's clothing or backpack. The ticket wicket was invented by Killington Ski Resort employee Martin S. "Charlie" Hanley, in 1963, and given its name by his wife Jane.
In 2009, the resort installed the "Roundhouse Express Gondola" on Bald mountain, which runs from the mountain's River Run Base to the Roundhouse Restaurant (located midway up the mountain, at 7,700 feet (2,350 m)). The Exhibition triple chairlift (originally a single-chair in 1939) was removed with the addition of the new enclosed 8-passenger lift.
A ski lift is a mechanism for transporting skiers up a hill. Ski lifts are typically a paid service at ski resorts . The first ski lift was built in 1908 by German Robert Winterhalder in Schollach/ Eisenbach , Hochschwarzwald .
Vail Ski Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located near the town of Vail in Eagle County, Colorado. [1] At 5,289 acres (8.3 sq mi; 21.4 km 2), it is the third-largest single-mountain ski resort in the U.S., behind Big Sky and Park City, [2] featuring seven bowls and intermediate gladed terrain in Blue Sky Basin.
Alta is a ski area in the western United States, located in the town of Alta in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, in Salt Lake County.With a skiable area of 2,614 acres (10.58 km 2), Alta's base elevation is 8,530 ft (2,600 m) and rises to 11,068 ft (3,374 m) for a vertical gain of 2,538 ft (774 m).
The typical ski area base includes a ticket office, ski lodge, ski school, equipment rental/repair shop, restaurant/bar, shopping, shuttle bus stop and parking. [ 3 ] Some ski resorts offer lodging options on the slopes themselves, with ski-in and ski-out access allowing guests to ski right up to the door.