Snowbird: New for 2006/07 – Peruvian Chairlift & Tunnel

Lift Details

Snowbird recently began a two-year project constructing a new chairlift and tunnel in Peruvian Gulch. By fall of 2006, Snowbird’s original Peruvian lift will be taken out and replaced with a new high-speed quad.

While the base will stay near the original base shack, the top station will be located below the steepest Chip’s Run pitch, an approximately 2,600-vertical-foot rise. At the top of the lift, a 595-foot tunnel with a conveyor lift will provide access to Mineral Basin. The expected completion date of the Peruvian Gulch project is fall of 2006.

Chairlift Stats

• 8,000 linear feet long
• Approximately 2,600-vertical-foot rise
• Approximately 1,800 passengers per hour
• Estimated 8 minute lift ride
• 6,000 square foot lift base area

Tunnel Stats

• 595 feet long
• 12 feet high
• Estimated 4 minute lift ride
• Sealed from the elements with retractable doors
• One-way access into Mineral Basin

Base area grading
05/30/2006 VS 07/31/2006

86,000-pound cable delivery
07/25/2006

Some exterior skin goes on
07/19/2006

The 2nd story goes up
07/12/2006

Bottom terminal progress
07/05/2006

New at the base
06/27/2006

From the Red Tram
06/08/2006

Lowering the base
05/30/2006

New lift towers
05/17/2006

Goodbye old chair
04/24/2006

Inside the Tunnel
01/26/2006

Top of the lift
09/21/2005

Tunnel entrance
09/21/2005