Loon Mountain is getting a new chairlift and more skiable terrain

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The brand new facilities can be open for the 2023-2024 season.

A skier at Loon Mountain. Courtesy of Loon Mountain Resort

Loon Mountain Resort skiers and riders may have a brand new method up the mountain and much more skiable terrain in the course of the ski resort’s 2023-2024 season.

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The White Mountains resort in Lincoln, N.H., introduced on Monday its plans to increase and improve the resort’s South Peak space that embrace the addition of greater than 30 acres of skiable terrain and a brand new four-person chairlift. It’s all a part of the resort’s 10-year funding plan, Flight Path: 2030.

“Offering raise entry and extra snowboarding and using nearer to downtown Lincoln is thrilling — and distinctive — significantly within the East.” stated Brian Norton, Loon’s president and common supervisor, in a press launch.

A Doppelmayr Alpenstar 4-CLF chairlift with loading conveyor can be put in on the backside of the Escape Route path. It would convey skiers up 500 vertical toes to entry Cruiser and different terrain by way of the Lincoln Categorical Quad.

South Peak’s expanded terrain will enhance Loon’s best terrain by greater than 50 p.c and end in greater than 400 skiable acres for the resort, in line with Loon. New trails and tree-skiing areas can be added which can be a mixture of simple (inexperienced circle) and tougher (blue sq.). The brand new trails can be serviced by totally automated fan weapons and frost-free pipes.  

Loon Mountain introduced its Flight Path: 2030 in 2020. As a part of the plan, the resort opened the high-tech Kancamagus 8 chairlift in December, the primary eight-person chairlift within the East.

“The South Peak growth has been a key a part of Loon’s grasp plan for many years and we’re thrilled to be transferring in direction of the following main milestone of Flight Path: 2030,” Jay Scambio, COO of Boyne Resorts, stated in a press release.

Loon Mountain Resort, which provides three mountain peaks, 2,100 vertical toes, terrain parks, and four-season actions, is a member of the Boyne Resorts household of resorts and points of interest.

Future growth plans embrace a brand new studying space with two floor lifts and services for guests studying to ski and snowboard.