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Vail Resorts opens Snowcat road

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Vail Resorts opens snowcat road
Vail Resorts has completed snowcat-access road and the Lionshead utility building

Vail Daily staff report
Vail, CO Colorado


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Chris Jarnot, Paul Fillion, Dick Funk, Nick Buchanan and Dave Tucholke celebrate the completion of Cat Alley, the new snowcat and snowmobile access road to Vail Mountain​

VAIL, Colorado — Vail Resorts has completed two Lionshead-area projects: the Cat Alley snowcat- and snowmobile-only access road and the Lionshead utility building at the base of the Born Free Express Lift (#8).

Construction of Cat Alley, the 950-foot access road, began in May and was completed in early November. Previously, snowcats and snowmobiles coming from the Vail Shop Yard, located on the north side of the South Frontage Road across from West Lionshead Circle, had been using the western portion of Forest Road to access the mountain for operations and maintenance of the ski area.

Concerns over the maintenance of Forest Road as well as the nuisance factor led to the development of Cat Alley. Cat Alley runs through a light industrial area at the rear of the wastewater treatment plant and should have little impact to residents.

Cat Alley is also an integral part of the proposed development of Ever Vail and an even more efficient maintenance shop, which would continue to use the new access road. Cat Alley is not open to skiers and snowboarders. Guests who wish to ski or ride back to Cascade Village will continue to have access to the Cascade Way trail.

“We are grateful to our neighbors on Forest Road as well as the Glen Lyon and Cascade communities for their partnership in permitting the development of Cat Alley as a long-term Vail Mountain access route solution,” said Chris Jarnot, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Vail Mountain.

Chris Fedrizzi, president of Eagle-based Site Resource Management, which constructed the road, praised the Gallegos Corp.'s work building the wall alongside the road at the start and said they kept all the work that they could local.

The new 2,500-square-foot Lionshead utility building was also completed in early November. It was designed to fit with the existing buildings, using similar materials such as stucco, stone facades, wood trim and pavers. The building provides men's and women's public restrooms and is also the new home for the ski tuning and rental pickups for the Vail Children's Snowsports School in Lionshead.
 
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