| Gary DeFrange, President of Winter Park Resort, | | | | again, it will be awhile; They will also build a lift from |
| gave an hour long presentation to the Zephyr | | | | down in Parsenn's bowl up to Lunch Rock so you |
| Mountain Lodge, Fraser Crossing, and Founder's | | | | don't have to ski to Sunnyside and then up. |
| Pointe homeowners this past Saturday as part of the | | | | 5) Mary Jane snowmaking - really long explanation to |
| HOA weekend that Intrawest puts on for the | | | | basically say that they want to make snow on MJ so |
| owners. Here are the highlights of what he revealed | | | | they can open it when they open WP. Something |
| about what's coming to Winter Park Resort in the | | | | about losing a lot of water to Denver since they |
| next few years. | | | | don't make snow up there now and when they do |
| In the coming 12 months, there will be virtually no | | | | have this, they'll be able to use the water 6 times |
| investment in any new features, slopes, lifts, buildings | | | | before it goes to Denver due to evaporation |
| other than completing the village. He repeatedly said | | | | snowfall. |
| Winter Park has to get to over 1.3 million skiers to be | | | | 6) Sorensen Park Bypass - a run to get you more |
| able to move forward (this year, they were around 1 | | | | easily from one point to another up there |
| million). But when they do restart the plans, here is | | | | 7) Mary Jane Cutoff - this will let you take the |
| what is coming: | | | | Zephyr and then cut over easily to MJ Trail instead |
| 1) Vasquez Mountain - 900 acres of skiing, mostly | | | | of taking Outhouse (personally, this is not pretty for |
| blue and 2 & ½ times longer than | | | | me in the morning if I start on that slope!) or having |
| Cranmer; they will develop this eventually | | | | to do the whole deal to get over the MJ Trail by |
| 2) Downhill Mtn Biking - more downhill mtn biking trails | | | | going down to Olympia and up. |
| 3) Thrill Hill Tubing - will be under or around the | | | | 8) Looking Glass Lift - replacing with the old |
| Cabriolet (costs $2 million to build, so again, not | | | | Timberline Lift |
| coming in the next few years) | | | | 9) Solve Zephyr lift congestion - either speed it up, |
| 4) Lunch Rock Restaurant & Surface Lift - this | | | | get a 6 pack (but these are hard to load when |
| will go where Lunch Rock is today at the top of | | | | beginners around) or put in a Gondola |
| Mary Jane Resort. It will be somewhere between the | | | | Gondola from Downtown to Resort is on hold, no |
| size of the existing Lunch Rock and Sunspot. They | | | | idea if they'll ever do it, maybe when they open |
| have to get plumbing up there in order to build it (and | | | | Vasquez Mountain. |
| not use mechanical toilets as are used today) so | | | | |