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Vail to keep chairlifts running longer starting Friday

Weekend storm may bring up to a foot of new snow

By Real Vail
Real Aspen – January 30, 2013
Just in time for a fresh coating of snow this weekend, Vail is switching to its spring operating hours on Friday – meaning most front side lifts will stay open until 4 p.m. instead of 3:30. Chairlifts in the Back Bowls and Blue Sky Basin will also operate an additional half hour.

Beaver Creek’s main lifts -- Centennial Express, Strawberry Park and Buckaroo Gondola – have been operating till 4 p.m. since December. The resort also recently opened portions of upper Stone Creek Chutes after nearly two feet of new snow fell in late January and early February.

Beaver Creek is now up to 1,665 acres of skiable terrain, and Vail is offering more than 5,000 acres after nearly three feet of new snow in late January.

Beaver Creek's Stone Creek Chutes (Vail Resorts file photo by Cody Downard).

Opensnow.com is calling for anywhere between four and 10 inches of new snow between Saturday and Sunday night at Beaver Creek, and anywhere between five inches to a foot new at Vail during that same time span.

Vail and Beaver Creek have been basking in mostly warm and sunny weather throughout most of the week. More snow is in the long-range forecast toward the end of next week as well – a good thing given the anticipated crowds for the long President’s Day weekend Feb. 16-18.

Also this week, Vail announced its annual Spring Back to Vail lineup for closing weekend April 12-14. Free concerts featuring Sublime with Rome, O.A.R. and Jimmy Cliff are on tap.

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