Ski Idaho Unveils What’s New for the 2009-2010 Season
Expanded snowmaking, new lodges and a gondola among the new amenities this season
10.19.2009 – Idaho’s winter hit quickly, foreshadowing a powder-filled season with ski areas seeing snow before falling leaves. From the Panhandle to the Southwest to the East, recent storms brought five to 17 inches to Idaho ski areas. Ski Idaho, the state’s voice for the Idaho skiing and snowboarding experience, has the overview of what awaits skiers and riders for the 2009/ 2010 season, from additional snowmaking capabilities to brand new ski lodges and terrain parks.
• Bogus Basin announced the release of Building Bogus Basin, a multi-year history project creating a Bogus Basin history book. The hard cover, coffee table stylebook is filled with photographs and stories recounting Bogus’ past and is available through the Bogus Basin Offices.
• Brundage Mountain Resort remodeled their base lodge with sustainability in mind. The lodge has a new roof, new windows, fresh paint, and a new layout for Smoky’s Pub. On the mountain, the run Engen now connects with 45th Parallel directly, eliminating traversing on any cat tracks.
• Lookout Pass focused on safety during the summer, adding a new ski patrol and first aid lodge at the base area. For visitors’ convenience, Lookout Pass also added an additional acre of parking and a new 500 square-foot outside patio.
• Lost Trail remodeled and expanded their offices, ticketing area, and built a new back deck. In order to keep skiing affordable, Lost Trail also announced they would keep their ticket prices the same as last season.
• Pebble Creek enhanced their lodge’s seating area. They finished and repainted walls, installed new larger windows and new carpet to create a more comfortable, “homier” feel.
• Pomerelle expanded their snowmaking abilities and added a second terrain park as a way to meet the needs of both beginner and advanced snowriders.
• Schweitzer Mountain Resort finished phase two of their snowmaking system by building a lined pond at the top of Stiles Saddle, left of their Great Escape Quad. The reservoir will provide enough water to create 18 inches of snow from the top of the Basin Express lift to the bottom of the run Midway. The resort is also developing additional options to own a piece of Schweitzer through the new slope-side neighborhood Mountainside Homes, featuring the latest LEED certified techniques in sustainable building.
• Soldier Mountain’s new lodge will be done before ski season starts. The new lodge will replace the old one that burnt down last March. The new building is completely framed, siding is on, and staining/painting will be done in time to give skiers a warm place to rest.
• Sun Valley Mountain Resort will open the 2009/2010 season with their new Roundhouse Gondola. Featuring 56 eight-passenger cabins, it will ascend 2,000 vertical feet in eight minutes and transport more than 1,800 people per hour. The gondola is the largest Doppelmayr project in North America, and will carry more people at a faster rate than any other lift in the state.
Grand Targhee and Sun Valley have received the most snow so far this season with Grand Targhee at 22 inches and Sun Valley at 18 inches. Both Grand Targhee and Sun Valley predict opening by the end of November.
Ski Idaho made several additions to the Web site, www.SkiIdaho.us, that make it even easier to monitor conditions, know what’s happening around the state, and find the best deals when deciding ski getaway plans. The Ski Idaho newsroom will soon offer all of the most recent news from Ski Idaho with hot buttons that link to the organization’s social media networks on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Ski Idaho will continue its efforts to be the most reliable source of information for anything happening in the Idaho ski world.
About Ski Idaho:
Ski Idaho is the voice of the Idaho ski experience, an experience encompassing crowd-less slopes and untouched mountainsides. Managed by Idaho’s ski areas, Ski Idaho is the marketing organization that furthers Idaho’s ski persona as the true soul of skiing—a down to earth, friendly and full of life snow enthusiast, which embodies all skiing experiences from pristine groomers to chest-deep powder. As a whole, Idaho offers 17 ski areas, totaling to have more than 650 runs and 16,592 in-bounds acres of terrain. For more information visit: www.skiidaho.us and follow us on www.twitter.com/skiidaho for daily news and updates.
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