Friday, November 21, 2008

The Master Plan has been approved at Snoqualmie. Here are some highlights:

The Seattle Times article is here:

Some highlights of the MDP include (broken down by base area):

Alpental

  • New International Quad Chair
  • Sessel realignment/replacement with Quad Chair
  • Night skiing on International
  • Additional Visitor Services Building

Summit East

  • New Rampart Quad Chair (front side of Hyak)
  • New Mill Creek Triple Chair (back side of Hyak)
  • Replacement/realignment of Keechelus with Mt. Hyak High Speed Quad
  • Night skiing at Rampart and Mill Creek chairs
  • Mountain-top restaurant

Summit Central

  • New Ski School Quad Lift
  • Replacement/realignment of Triple 60 Chair with Quad lift
  • Replacement/realignment of Holiday Chair with Quad lift
  • Additional parking at Silver Fir
  • Replacement/expansion of Central Base Area Lodge, Silver Fir Lodge

Summit West

  • New Northside Double Lift (Advanced terrain, skier's left from top of Pacific Crest)
  • New Baby Chair Double Lift (Looker's right of Julie's chair)
  • Replacement/realignment of Wildside Chair with Quad lift
  • Replacement/realignment of Dodge Ridge Chair with Quad lift
  • Realignment of Julie's Chair
  • Expansion of main parking lot
  • Expansion of Slide-in Lodge

At all base areas, there will also be extensive vegetation/restoration work to include adding tree islands, paving some parking lots and improving the existing drainage.

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Check out the rest of the info here.

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