Whitewater Ski Resort, in Nelson, is very pleased to announce the summer of 2010 planned installation of the new 'Glory Ridge Chair'. The chair was formerly identified as the BS1 lift in the Master Plan and will service the terrain currently referred to as the Backside.
"The mountain crew, in cooperation with mother nature, hope to have the lift ready to load as conditions permits this coming season" says General Manager Brian Cusack, who indicated that the project could not have been possible with the tireless support of the Whitewater staff and diligent vision of the owners, Knee Deep Development Corp.
The Dopplemayr triple chair has been purchased from Vail Resort in Colorado. The goal for the summer is to have a good portion of the skiable terrain on the Backside area developed, creating a combination of eight selectively logged and gladed runs which will offer great fall line skiing an overall unique mountain experience. "This summer we will focus mechanical harvesting on the area to the skier's left of the chair with further gladed advance/expert tree skiing developed to the skier's right of the lift line. We plan to start on the lift line first to allow the lift installation crew access and then proceed with the remainder over the summer", says Outdoor Operations Manager Kirk Jensen.
The harvesting of the Backside area will be spread over two years and once complete, the Glory Ridge Chairlift will service a total of 303 hectares consisting of 18 gladed, treed and groomed runs of primarily intermediate and advance/expert terrain. The expansion will effectively double the developed ski terrain at Whitewater. With a major increase of total vertical drop to 2,042 ft Whitewater Ski Resort will offer some of the best lift serviced powder skiing in North America.
The company strives to ensure that the powder skiing and backcountry character of Whitewater is preserved and further enhanced with this ski area improvement. Whitewater Ski Resort is destined to become the lift serviced Powder Capital of Canada!
New Development at Whitewater Ski Resort in Nelson
