At the General Membership meeting of the Mammoth Lakes Board of Realtors this past Tuesday, October 30, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area representative, Tom Hodges, was kind enough to bring us information on what the mountain is working on.

In 2007, we saw the opening of Top of the Sierra Interpretive Center and Café located at the top of the Main Lodge Gondola.  Additionally, Chair 9 has been converted to a high-speed six pack lift and has been named “Cloud 9 Express”.  Load testing is being completed now and will open this season.  A new terrain park, Wonderland Park, has been built at Chair 7 and the Canyon half-pipe has been relocated to this park to minimize impact to all snowboarders and skiers at Canyon Lodge.

Projections for 2008 and beyond include the Ski Back Trail from Main Lodge to The Village.  This project is now open for public comment with the USFS (United States Forest Service) and all comments, including positive ones, are encouraged.  It is expected that this ski back trail will alleviate the traffic congestion from Main Lodge to The Village when the mountain closes at the end of each day.  Chair 5 is going to be converted to a high-speed quad lift.  A new 3 bedroom cabin is being built at Tamarack Lodge and will be the first LEED certified building in Mono County.  LEED certification has to do with environmentally sound building specifications to minimize impact on the site.  Also in the works is a new dining venue at McCoy Station and will be the evolution of Parallax restaurant.

Further out to 2009 is Eagle Lodge.  This is the 50,000 sqft base lodge, 30,000 sqft of commercial space and 68 condo-hotel units in 1, 2, 3 & 4 bedroom sizes with lock-off configurations to maximize usage.  This project will also include 2 levels of underground parking amounting to 500 spaces.  There will be a fee for this parking.  It is possible that the project may start in 2008 with an expected open in the season of 2010.  Construction will take approximately 2 years but plans include only disrupting one ski season where there will be no parking and excessive construction.

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