Get your buddies together and make a dream happen. The price is right and the forecast for a wet winter is on the horizon!!” – Soldier Mountain Ski Area, today via Facebook After watching the 1948 Winter Olympic tryouts in nearby Sun Valley, Bob Frostenson and his friend, Harry Durall, decided they couldn’t turn their backs on the sport of skiing. That summer they raised $10,000, began work on a base lodge, and purchased two rope tows, the first powered by a 1938 Chevrolet engine. They cut timber, installed lifts, and built lodges by hand.The first chairlift was installed in 1971, and the upper chairlift (Bird’s Eye) was added in 1974. Soldier has 1,150 acres (4.7 km2) of variable terrain including a terrain park, glades, bowls, and tree skiing. Soldier maintains snowmaking capabilities, although it has not operated since 1996. Soldier Mountain is open from Thursday through Sunday, except for the Christmas holiday season when it is open daily.Four miles (6 km) west of Soldier’s summit is Smoky Dome, with an elevation of 10,095 feet (3,077 m).
In between there are several peaks well over 9,000 feet (2,740 m): Peak 1 at 9,147 feet (2,788 m) and Peak 2 at 9,529 feet (2,904 m) are used in Soldier’s backcountry skiing operations, served by snow cat. Speculation is that Willis plans lift service to some of these areas.An early morning fire on Monday, March 30, 2009, destroyed the 61-year-old base lodge. The cause was attributed to electrical wiring, and occurred shortly after the final day of the ski season. A new 4,500-square-foot (420 m2) base lodge was constructed and Soldier Mountain reopened ten months later, on January 28, 2010.Actor Bruce Willis, a part-time resident of Hailey, bought the ski area in the mid-1990s. After nearly two decades of ownership, he donated it in 2012 to a non-profit organization, Soldier Mountain Ski Area, Inc. Many of its members are from the area and have been skiing/boarding the mountain since childhood. If interested in purchasing Soldier Mountain ski area, please contact Soldier Mountain ski area via the email below:
Ski Lift SwingSki Lift ChairChair LiftsLift ChairsIan S SkiLift ProjectSki FurnitureSki TeamChair GoogleForwardWe have a ski lift in our basement that was supposed to become this years agoWant To Own A Piece of Vermont Ski History...Suicide Six Chairs For Sale ($350 Per Chair) Want To Own A Piece of Vermont Ski History... On September 30th at 10a.m. 60 chairs from the former Chair #1 at Suicide Six will go on sale. The chairs are 38 years old but the lift was opened in 1936. The chairs will be replaced by a new Leitner-Poma quad at an estimated cost of $1.5 million. All proceeds from the sale will go to WSR youth ski programs. 50% will go support a low-cost learn-to-ski program offered to over 300 local schoolchildren every ski season and 50% will go towards WSR’s alpine and nordic racing programs. Great opportunity to own a piece of Vermont ski nostalgia while supporting some outstanding Vermont skiing programs! “It’s your turn to own a piece of Historic Suicide Six Nastalgia, and support the Woodstock Ski Runners at the same time.
On Friday, September 30, 2016, at 10:00am chairs from the former Chair #1 at Suicide Six will go on sale for $350 per chair. Buyers are welcome to gift more than $350 per chair with excess funds reserved to benefit the Friday Program. Orders will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. There will be a limit of one chair per transaction.” WATCH: Seb Montaz Returns With Another Super Spicy Couloir DescentSeb Montaz ladies and gentlemen. *Video courtesy of Seb Montaz Studio The Unofficial POW: Squaw/Alpine Record 199mph Winds | Cold Temps + Snow The Rest Of The Week Jackson Hole Closes For The Day Due To Wild Weather + 'HIGH' Avalanche Danger Jackson Hole ski patrol has decided to not open today after heavy winds and snow blasted the resort in the last 24 hours, making it (…) VIDEO: Ski Helmet With Integrated Detachable Bluetooth Headphones Unit 1 Gear about to launch an Indiegogo campaign to fund their newest product, The SOUNDSHIELD, a (…) VIDEO: Parlor Is Asking The Homeless And Disabled To Help Design Ski Graphics
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