Last night was good and cold, and the snowmakers have been making good progress on Bald and Dollar mountains. The forecasts show continued cold temperatures throughout this weekend and all next week – and we’ll be taking advantage of every minute of it.
Join us for the 2009-2010 Winter Expo and Gondola ‘Ganza on Saturday, November 21st from 11am – 2pm, featuring the Roundhouse Gondola Grand Opening
FREE GONDOLA RIDES!
Ribbon Cutting at 11am
Prizes and raffles, “A Taste of the Mountain”, Mini SPT Jib Park, Mountain Department and Ski Patrol Demonstrations, Free Refreshments,
and much more!
Bring Your Friends & Family!
Detailed program: Read more…
Our webcams are now monitoring North America’s largest gondola construction project on Bald Mountain.
Opening for Sun Valley’s 74th ski season (2009-10), the Roundhouse Gondola will travel from River Run Plaza to the Roundhouse Restaurant.
The Doppelmayr CTEC Detachable-Grip, Eight-Passenger Gondola will carry 1800 passengers per hour, traveling 2,000 vertical feet in eight minutes. 56 eight-passenger cabins will service skiers, snowboarders and foot passengers.
To keep an eye on construction progress check out our mountain cams page.
Lower Gondola Terminal – River Run station. Picture updating continuously.
Upper Gondola Terminal – Roundhouse station. Picture From October 1, 2009.
Construction on Sun Valley’s new Doppelmayr gondola from the base of River Run to Roundhouse is progressing. The new gondola cars have just arrived and preparation is underway for flying tower forms and concrete pours early next week!
UPDATED: The helicopter is finished for this phase. The top terminal photo was poured via truck and pumper, 15 towers were poured with the helicopter There are now 21 tower footings in place.
Looks like the sun is finally here and the Sun Valley Ticket Office is getting ready to open the summer lifts on June 27th and 28th then closing until July 3rd for gondola construction. We are excited about some new things happening for winter ski passes. Keep checking www.sunvalley.com for more information.