What, Another Steamboat Gondola?

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What, Another Steamboat Gondola?

Tuesday, 09 March 2010 07:47

Last month a $3 million, enclosed gondola system, with six passenger cabins, began operating along a 2,000-foot-long route that links Trailhead Lodge at Wildhorse Meadows Resort with the base of Steamboat Ski Area in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

The 47-acre resort is a private, half-billion-dollar real-estate development, which has completed the first phase of a five- to seven-year construction program.

Wildhorse Meadows Gondola opened last month to the public. This new gondola has four pairs of six passenger cabins and delivers occupants from Wildhorse Meadows to the base of the gondola in 3 minutes and 30 seconds. With gondola cars arriving every minute and a half, the new gondola is expected to be used as a new way for Wildhorse occupants and the public to get down from the mountain.

‘The gondola will operate daily through ski season from 7:30 a.m., in time to serve people commuting to work, to 6 p.m., late enough to transport the après ski crowd back to their vehicles.’

Kerry Shea, director of sales and marketing for Resort Ventures West, thinks that the new gondola is ‘a strong sign for our market and the strength of our area.’

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