Today is the first official day of Summer. We are now open with the Aerial Adventure Park, The Via Ferrata, Black Mountain express is spinning and the 6th Alley is open with some tasty food for summer.
With the wet and cold weather that we have had in June our Hiking, Biking and Disc Golf course are not quite ready. Our team is working hard shoveling and hoping with the help of mother nature they dry out soon.
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I really enjoy finding bits of A-Basin history. Attached is a link to Youtube posted by the Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame. There is some excellent A-Basin footage of skiing, riding rope tows, poma lifts and the first chairlift, a single chair, out of the base area. Over the years trees and trails have changed. It is fun to figure where the scenes were shot. Check out 1952 A-Basin Movie
The Aerial Adventure crew has been busy getting their park ready for summer. Snow has been shoveled from the trails. While most of the park stays in place in winter, a few elements, like the zip lines, are taken down. They have been re-installing those features. Prior to opening, contractors, Forest Service and State inspectors and engineers give the park a good "going over." That process has begun and the place will be in tip-top shape when it opens Friday, June 23.
Following closing day a few cat drivers will spend a few days working key areas on the hill. They will doze the summer service road, not quite to ground, but close. Over the next 2-3 weeks, the sun and warm weather will melt the remaining snow off the surface so we can have a nice dry road for operations and maintenance. Where possible, they will clear much of the snow off our summer hiking and biking trails. After spending the spring, managing the snow to make it last as long as possible, the drivers are now trying to clear the snow for summer travel and recreation.
