Timeline Released For Sugarloaf's Massive West Mountain Expansion – Unofficial Networks

Sugarloaf Mountain announced their plans for the massive West Mountain Expansion a good while ago, but details relating to the timeline of the project have been fairly limited until quite recently. Work on the plan, which aims to add an additional ski lift and twelve new beginner and intermediate trails, has officially begun today, January 12th. The timeline for the project is as follows: “January 2023: Logging begins to clear lift line and new alpine trails. May 2023: Road and infrastructure (sewer, water, electric, phone) construction begins. June 2023: Pour concrete for Bucksaw Express lift and snowmaking infrastructure construction begins Early Fall 2023: Bucksaw Express lift towers installed Late Fall 2023: Bucksaw Express lift terminals installed Late Jan/Early Feb 2024: Anticipated chairlift and trail openings.” The new Bucksaw Express will have a capacity of 2400 skiers per hour and an estimated ride time of 6 minutes and 53 seconds. The project is set to add 300 acres of skiable terrain to the already large East Coast ski resort, increasing the area’s total skiable acreage by around 10%. All trails planned are set to be open to the public with most of the snowmaking infrastructure installed by the time the Bucksaw Express lift
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