SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo.—The Aspen Skiing Co. plans to invest more in Snowmass Ski Area, though a developer’s financing difficulties have slowed the completion of the village at the base.
Senior Vice President David Perry spoke to the Snowmass Village Town Council on Monday. He said that pending approval from the town and the U.S. Forest Service, the company hopes to break ground in spring 2011 on a multimillion-dollar restaurant at the top of the Elk Camp Gondola.
The gondola operated for the first time this summer. Snowmass general manager Steve Sewell says it carried about 13,000 passengers, some of whom were drawn by hiking and biking trails. A two-person lift that offered access to a different part of the mountain last summer carried 5,400 riders.
