Snowbird Opens First North American Ski Tunnel

The new Peruvian Tunnel at Snowbird is open and running, carrying skiers and borders through a mountain to provide improved access to the intermediate runs in Mineral Basin.

It is the first ski tunnel in North America, and it is causing quite a stir. A conveyor in the tunnel carries skiers and boarders 600 feet, from Peruvian Gulch in Little Cottonwood Canyon to the Mineral Basin side, on a four-minute, one-way ride.

WMC-TV Memphis carried the story, and has a video clip on its website.

So did WBIR-TV in Knoxville, and a host of other news outlets.

Snowbird said this about the grand opening: "A new era in Little Cottonwood Canyon began today when Snowbird Chairman Dick Bass and President Bob Bonar shattered a bottle of champagne on the new Peruvian Express high-speed quad chairlift." (See their entire Peruvian Tunnel report.)
Snowbird’s website also has an extended video clip.