Boreal ski area in California’s new Castle Peak Quad Chair will replace the existing Gunnar’s and Claimjumper chairs, increasing base area capacity on beginner/novice runs and evolution parks. The new lift will take skiers and riders to a slightly higher end point than the Gunnar’s chair, offering skiers and riders terrain to the resorts mid-mountain.
The resort is also upgrading to a fully automated fan snowmaking system that will double the current output capacity and dramatically improve efficiency. This will make for a much improved early season product, cementing Boreal’s reputation as the first place to be in a Northern California winter. The expanded snowmaking will not only increase capacity, it will reduce the resort’s carbon emissions by over 300 tons.
Major Environmental Projects at Boreal also underway include a full retrofit planned for a major section of indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures, upgrading to energy efficient lighting, reducing our carbon footprint by over 40 tons a year.
In addition, Powdr. Corporation, Boreal’s parent company has recently announced that it will offset 100 percent of the grid supplied electricity consumed at its seven ski/snowboard resorts through the purchase of renewable energy credits beginning in June 2008. Powdr Corp’s purchase of nearly 50 million kWh of renewable energy credits is the second largest among the US Environmental Protection Agency’s partners in the travel and leisure category.
Daily Archive for July 2nd, 2008
Skiers and snowboarders visiting Sun Peaks this winter have the option to ride the rails to their ski holiday with train company VIA Rail Canada. Effective December 2nd, 2008, VIA Rail is making schedule changes that will allow passengers traveling to and from Vancouver or Jasper to arrive in Kamloops late evening or early morning and then catch a shuttle to Sun Peaks Resort.
In the past, the train arrived in Kamloops in the middle of the night, making it difficult for our Sun Peaks guests,”
commented Christopher Nicolson, President of Tourism Sun Peaks. “So we are extremely excited about these schedule changes by VIA Rail as they will give our guests an additional transportation option for the ski holiday.”
VIA’s legendary transcontinental train, The Canadian, offers travelers the option of economy (Comfort) or first-class sleeper (Silver & Blue) accommodations. Snacks and beverages can also be purchased on board. No matter the length of your journey, passengers can enjoy the scenery from the large picture windows of their seats or from VIA’s Skyline observation car.
When you’re traveling to one of the most pristine ski regions of the country, the train allows you to sit back and enjoy some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet,”
said Steve Del Bosco, VIA’s chief customer officer “It’s also about making it all easier, safer and more fun. As we say at VIA, leave the driving to us and you’ll never again have to worry about our famously volatile winters playing havoc with your plans.”
Tourism Sun Peaks will be working with the station manager in Kamloops and working to arrange shuttles to transport guests up the mountain to Sun Peaks from the train station once the new schedule takes effect at the start of December.
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