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The Exhibition triple chair lift, built in 1978, will be replaced this summer with a high speed Leitner-Poma quad chair lift christened Black Mountain Express. Of the 118 chairs from the old lift, 110 will be available to the public for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis for $450 each. The remaining chairs will be donated to local Summit County organizations for fundraising purposes.
Sale of the chairs will begin May 1 at 8:00 a.m. online at www.arapahoebasin.com. The chairs will be available for pick up on June 11 and 12 at A-Basin.
The new lift received its name this past February after receiving hundreds of suggestions in a naming contest. A-Basin employee Mark LaFlamme was the first to enter the Black Mountain Express name.
The new lift will have a capacity of 2000 people per hour, a length of 2877 feet and a vertical rise of 719 feet. Ride time from base area to mid-mountain will be just under three minutes, half the time of the current lift ride. Construction is scheduled for mid-June and will not impact the current season’s closing date (tentatively scheduled for June 6, 2010) or opening date next fall.
“The Exhibition lift is a great lift with few maintenance issues, but now is the time to replace it. The new lift will have increased capacity, shorter ride time and easer loading. It will provide rapid, easy access to the upper mountain, Montezuma Bowl, and Black Mountain Lodge,” stated Alan Henceroth, Chief Operations Officer.
Eight chairs will be donated to the following local non profit organziations: The Summit Foundation, High Country Conservation Center, Team Summit, Summit County Community Care Clinic, Colorado Avalanche Information Center, The Family & Intercultural Resource Center, Friends of the Dillon Ranger District and the Keystone Science School.
Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010
As seen in Golf Wire and Golf World
The Raven and Three peaks in the famed Rocky Mountain ski resort region of Summit County, announced its golf package partners for 2010, including Key to the Rockies Vacation Rentals, offering a wide-variety of affordable and luxury rentals in Keystone and Dillon.
Raven Three Peaks and Key to the Rockies have teamed to create a "Links and Lodging" package ($90 to $190 per person, per night) that includes fully-appointed and furnished condos and homes ranging from one to four bedrooms, and 18 holes of golf, per day, at the highly-ranked Hurdzan, Fry, Lehman-designed course 70 miles west of Denver.
"The Links and Lodging package provides Front Range golfers with a broad array of stay-and-play options and a tremendous value proposition," says Rhonda Boutelle, General Manager. "Raven Three Peaks is just over an hour's drive from Denver and under a half day's drive from most of Colorado's population centers. The course and its accommodation partners are ideally located to be the hub of an unforgettable Rocky Mountain golf vacation."
Raven Golf Club at Three Peaks is a rare combination of a championship layout set against a panorama of towering pines, snow-capped mountains, crystal clear streams and wildflower meadows. In creating one of the great golf experiences in the American West, Hurdzan/Fry and Lehman utilized the routing of the former Dick's Phelps-designed Eagle's Nest Golf Course to create a playing surface on which every hole, landing area and shot value maintains its design integrity and takes advantage of the site's natural terrain.
Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2010