Utah's Solitude ski area has broken both its all-time seasonal snowfall record, receiving more than 800"/20m of snowfall, and posted its longest ever season, beating its previous record 161 days and planning to stay open through to the latter half of May.
Owners the Alterra Group have also now advised that a previously announced new quad chairlift for the Solitude to be built this summer and open for winter 23-24 will instead now be a larger 6-seat chairlift.
"At Solitude, the previously announced Eagle Express replacement will now be a Doppelmayr six pack rather than a high speed quad. Solitude and the entire Wasatch have seen an extremely busy winter with plentiful snowfall and a growing Ikon passholder base in Utah" and Alterra spokesperson said.
Ikon is Alterra's multi-resort season pass set up as a competitor to Vail Resorts' Epic Pass five years ago. The Alterra Group now own 16 of their own resorts and the Ikon Pass is valid at more than 50 areas worldwide.
The new Solitude lift is one of half a dozen new lifts the group plans for the 2023/24 ski season as part of a of $400 million spent on resort infrastructure improvements.