Telluride Begins Construction Of New Lift

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• July 07 2008
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Telluride, Co – Telluride Ski Resort starts construction July 7th on the new Revelation Lift, cited to open for the 2008-2009 season. Projects include installing towers along with the top and bottom terminals for the lift. Some hiking and biking trails will be closed for the remainder of the summer due to the lift construction.

“Construction of the new area and lift is moving along in a timely manner,” said Jeff Proteau, vice president of mountain operations, “unfortunately for safety reasons we will have to close some trails.”
The closures are to ensure safety as construction equipment traffic and projects will be indirectly impacting travel along these trails. Signs will be posted at the trail head closures.

Closures include:
Access into the ski area on the Wasatch Connection (trail 508.1B) will be closed for the summer. Bear Creek Trail and Wasatch Trail (trail 508) will remain open.
Both the hiking and biking portions of See Forever (trail 415/West Drain Rd.) will be closed for the summer.

“Spectacular Revelation Bowl boasts truly European-style terrain, located directly off the back side of famous Gold Hill and Chair 14, and will be served by a new, locally manufactured Leitner-Poma,” said Dave Riley, Chief Executive Officer for the resort. “Situated above tree line, the natural, wide-open bowl offers advanced and expert skiing in an unbelievably scenic setting – we are truly excited.”

The new Leitner-Poma quad-lift will run from the base of Revelation Bowl up to the Gold Hill ridge. The base of the lift sits in a large flat area more than 1,500 feet above the Bear Creek drainage, quite possibly the original ‘revelation’ that skiers and riders discovered that led to the long-time name of the bowl. The top of the lift sits at the base of the Hillary Step, and also offers access with a short 160 vertical-foot hike to Gold Hill Chutes 6-10 and the expansive Palmyra Basin below 13,320 foot Palmyra Peak.

The opening of Revelation Bowl is just part of Telluride’s incredible expansion this year. The first phase began with public hike-to access in Black Iron Bowl last December. Mid-season, Palmyra Peak and Gold Hill Chutes 6-10 opened to rave reviews. All told, the resort has expanded by nearly 400 acres, offering some of the most stunning skiing and riding on the continent. The resort’s vertical drop is now one of the largest in North America at 4,425 feet, with 3,845 vertical feet lift-served.