Aspen : Projects for 2006/2007 season

Elk Camp Gondola
The existing Funnel chairlift will be replaced with a new 8-passenger, high-speed gondola. Traveling from Base Village to Elk Camp Meadows in 8.5 minutes, the gondola provides access to Elk Camp, Alpine Springs and Burnt Mountain areas of Snowmass. Comfortable cabins transport 2,800 people per hour. Elk Camp Gondola is 8,560 feet long, with 1,360 vertical feet of rise.

Elk Camp Meadows
A major on-mountain activity center at the top of the gondola includes a beginner’s park with a six-acre protected learning area on gentle terrain. The mid-mountain location gives beginning skiers and snowboarders the opportunity to ride the gondola and experience fabulous views. The beginner’s park includes a detachable quad chairlift and surface lift to help make learning a new sport much easier. If their skills haven't progressed far enough to ski or ride down the easy green trail from Elk Camp, the gondola is available to take them down safely and comfortably. Elk Camp Meadows may include, based on further review by Town of Snowmass Village, a wide variety of winter and summer activities, including skating pond, ACES nature tours, Tube Town , snowshoeing, mountain biking, snow biking, sleigh rides, Frisbee golf and climbing wall.


Existing Lifts to be Modified/Removed
Funnel - removed and replaced with Elk Camp Gondola (Summer 2006)
Assay Hill - rebuilt and shortened (Summer 2006)
Naked Lady - removed (Summer 2006)

Summer Trails & Activities
In addition to the current summer activities at Sam's Knob, there will also be activities available at Elk Camp Meadows. Several new biking and hiking trails will be constructed, pending U.S. Forest Service approval, in the upper reaches of Elk Camp. Other activities taking place are horseback riding, fishing, camping (pending U.S. Forest Service approval), nature centers, climbing walls, trampoline bungies, paintball, mountain boarding - the list goes on!