Helicopters working on new chairlifts at Heavenly and Northstar

As the ski season gets closer, progress is being made on chairlift upgrades on the Comstock lift at Northstar, and on the North Bowl chair at Heavenly.

Aerial work by helicopters recently occurred at both of the Vail Resorts.

Now that parts are in place, Heavenly crews have begun building the detachable four-person high-speed North Bowl chairlift. Concrete is expected to be poured via helicopter at the end of the month on the lift.

At Northstar, the next phase of the Comstock upgrade began last week. A helicopter carried in concrete from Castle Peak parking lots over the eastern portion of the mountain to pour the lift tower foundations for the new Comstock Express chair.