Ski & Snowboard Club Vail received the window it needed last week to get its athletes on Golden Peak in time for the weekend. Thanks to a midweek weather window, snowmaking ramped up to allow for favorable conditions to get the training courses ready.
Snowcat operators on the Golden Peak Expansion have been trading off 12+ hour shifts, with 24-hour coverage and some overlap, to ensure resources were best utilized. On Wednesday night, the intricate work began to build out the upper T-bar line. Those efforts continued through the day on Thursday and into the early hours of Friday morning. Vail Mountain Operations assessed the venue on Friday afternoon, allowing SSCV time to commence venue set-up Saturday morning.
“Through strong joint efforts between SSCV and Vail Mountain Operations, many teams and entities have banded together to provide our athletes with access to the Fall Line trail, beginning today,” SSCV Chief Operating Officer Bryan Rooney said on Saturday in a statement.
Although the opening of training area is a significant step forward, it is just the beginning of what is in store for Golden Peak. There are many more piles of snow to be made.
“We are making snow at every opportunity, and as temperatures continue to drop we will be able to open more terrain for guests and athlete training,” said Brian Suhadolc, vice president of mountain operations at Vail Mountain. “The weather continues to improve and we’re excited to be skiing and snowboarding at Vail Mountain.”
“We would like to thank the Vail Mountain snowmaking team, snowcat operators and mountain operations personnel that have worked tirelessly to get us to this point,” said John Hale, the club’s executive director, in a news release. ”Several Alpine staff were out early this morning, working alongside some of our visiting teams that also have been awaiting early season training, carrying the lion’s share of work that is involved in getting our b-net protection systems in place which will allow for local and visiting athletes to begin training in Vail today.”
“We are thankful for the connections that our young athletes are able to make with teammates and coaches in a safe outdoor environment which is what SSCV is all about — to be there for the kids,” Hale said.
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