If Copper Mountain Resort gets it way, the POWDR corporation resort will replace and upgrade both its American Eagle and American Flyer chairlifts in time for next ski season.
But the U.S. Forest Service will first have to sign off on the plan, as each lift corridor up the mountain would have to be doubled from 30 feet wide to 60 feet wide, among other noted forest and potential wildlife impacts. Both lifts are located within the resort’s existing special use permit and operational boundary within forest service land.
For the American Eagle lift out of the resort’s Center Village, Copper wants to install a combination six-passenger chairlift and eight-person gondola cabins. Copper says the new lift would increase lift capacity by over 40 percent. It’d be along the same alignment of the current detachable quad lift, the only difference being American Eagle’s top terminal would be shifted approximately 150 feet downhill from its existing location.
For the American Flyer lift out of the resort’s West Village, Copper wants to install a six-passenger bubble — or weather protection cover — chairlift, with the American Flyer bottom lift terminal relocated approximately 30 feet to the east, the resort says, to improve skier circulation.
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