Sipapu: New chairlift for the 2015-2016 winter!It’s Sipapu’s First Quad and Made for Families Our new lift will be a quad, a chairlift that can accommodate four skiers or snowboarders at a time. Virtually everything about this lift is family-friendly, even down to the seating arrangements: now a mom, a dad, and two kids can all ride on the same chair. I actually just finished surveying the site with our managing partner, James Coleman, and he said it best: "We are building this lift for families. It is perfect for parents and kids to ride together, and it gives those who are learning easy access to some of our best beginner terrain." It Is Ideal for Beginners The beginner lift carries guests 330 vertical feet and services beginner trails like Bambi and Lower Bambi, and intermediate trails including Thumper and Rolling Rock, giving families and novice skiers and snowboarders an easier way to practice their skills before progressing to more advanced terrain. This marks the 6th Lift at Sipapu and the 3rd New Lift in Less than 5 Years The new chairlift (which will open sometime in 2015) is part of a long-term strategy to introduce more skiers and snowboarders to winter sports. For more than a decade, Sipapu has offered a unique Learn to Ski FREE program that offers first-time skiers and snowboarders a free ski school lesson with a lift ticket purchase. This free lesson program is the only of its kind in New Mexico and among a handful in the United States. In 2010, our ski school teaching area introduced Sipapu’s first magic carpet – a conveyor lift that glides flush along the surface of the snow. The response to this carpet was so overwhelming that we added a second carpet in 2013 on Sipapu’s Practice Slope. The New Lift Comes With a New Run In addition to the new lift and its superior beginner terrain access, we will add a new intermediate or advanced run directly under the lift, which will bump our trail count to 42. www.sipapunm.com |