The iconic resort of Jackson Hole in Wyoming, USA is spending around £3m this summer on improvements, the majority of it going on a new double chairlift.
Usually when a new chair is built these days it's a quad or 6 seater chairlift, but Jackson Hole believe they only need a double chair in the chosen location to help improve skier flow around the mountain and give a new access route back up from South Pass Traverse, below the existing Thunder Lift, to the top of the Bridger Gondola.
The link will mean skiers and boarders can stay on the upper slopes more easily if terrain on lower slopes is limited, for example at the start of the season. Jackson Hole is making a two pronged assault on that issue by installing more snowmaking on key lower runs too as part of a $4.5m spend following their second busiest ever winter.
The new Marmot chairlift will have a capacity of 1,200 skiers per hour and will take the resort's lift count up to 12.
Another chunk of the resort's summer spend is going on a $1m, makeover of Jackson hole's children's centre and they're also purchasing a new trail groomer with special park and pipe cutting features.