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Grouse Mountain is also home to the Tyee Ski Club, [16] an organization for training children and youth to become competitive alpine ski racers in slalom, giant slalom and super-giant slalom skiing. In addition to the 305 centimetres of annual natural snowfall, the mountain uses 37 snow guns, covering 75% of the ski and snowboard terrain, for ...
Breckenridge and other ski resorts faced a severe drought in the winter of 1980-1981 and installed snowmaking systems the following year. In 1981, Breckenridge installed the world's first high speed detachable quad chairlift, the Quicksilver Quad running from the Village base area to near the bottom of Lift B. The lift was constructed by ...
The ski slope and first hotel property, The Charter at Beaver Creek, opened during the 1980–81 ski season. The resort had six chairlifts, all constructed by Doppelmayr: three triple and three double chairlifts. In 1983, Larkspur Bowl was opened with the addition of its own triple chairlift, accessible via the Strawberry Park region.
Name Nearest city Skiable area (acres) Top elevation (feet) Base elevation (feet) Vertical (feet) Runs Lifts Snowfall (in/year) Date Statistics Updated
Of the 503 ski areas, 390 are "public U.S. ski areas that run chairlifts" and "113 either run only surface lifts, or are not open to the general public", says to Storm Skiing. [5] Of the 390 public, chairlift areas, 233 or 60% have joined one or more United States–based, international multi-mountain ski pass , according to Storm Skiing.
Blackstrap Ski Hill, Blackstrap Provincial Park (ski hill closed but the park has cross-country skiing) Cypress Hills Ski Area, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (cross-country skiing) Duck Mountain Ski Area, Duck Mountain Provincial Park; Mission Ridge Winter Park, RM of North Qu'Appelle No. 187; Kinsmen Ski and Snowboard Centre, Prince Albert
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Grouse Mountain (1,231 m; 4,039 ft) – Site of the very popular Grouse Mountain ski area, and the popular hiking trail Grouse Grind. It can be accessed by gondola. Dam Mountain (1,349 m; 4,426 ft) – Located directly west of Grouse Mountain with the hike from the Grouse lodge referred to as the "Snowshoe Grind" in the winter.