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Squaw
Valley Readies for Winter with Major Lift Upgrade
New High-Speed Six Person Chairlift at
Shirley Lake
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STORY
SUMMARY: [Squaw Valley USA] August 28, 2007- Preparations
for the coming winter season as well underway at Squaw Valley
USA. One of Squaw Valley’s most popular skiing and snowboarding
areas, Shirley Lake, will now be accessed via a brand new Doppelmayr
CTEC 2007 Detachable Grip Six Person Chairlift. The Shirley
Lake lift is one of the most frequently ridden lifts on the
mountain. The new Shirley Lake Express Chair replaces an older
quad chairlift which was installed in the mid-eighties and was
one of the first express quad chairlifts in the country. The
new lift will provide access to 375 acres of technical intermediate
terrain. Construction of the lift is scheduled to be completed
by opening day 2007.
Squaw Valley Ski Corp has redesigned the lift profile several
times in an effort to minimize the impact to the environment
while replacing the lift. All new lift towers were flown to
a mid mountain staging area and refitted for the new chair.
Use of a helicopter to bring in lift towers is a sustainable
method as it eliminates the environmental impact incurred by
using trucks to drag the towers. Less than 166 cubic yards of
material will be excavated, eleven of the existing towers and
footing will be reused, two towers will be replaced and the
previously-disturbed top and bottom terminal footing will be
incorporated into the new terminals. After completion, any disturbed
areas will be treated and nursed back to pre-construction state.
FOOTAGE DESCRIPTION: Footage includes dynamic
shots of lift tower installation via helicopter and tower construction,
shot on August 13th.
SOUNDBITES:
Savannah Cowley, Squaw Valley Ski Corp.
PROVIDED
BY: Squaw Valley Ski Corp.
Contact: Savannah Cowley (530) 581-7130, scowley@squaw.com
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