On November 26, 2024, Citadel Mountain Resort (Citadel) in Alberta, Canada, introduced it could be opening a brand new chairlift for the 2025-26 season. Nestled within the South Canadian Rockies, the resort is a long-time favourite of native Alberta skiers. The graduation of this new undertaking marks a brand new chapter within the almost 60-year historical past of this beloved Canadian ski vacation spot.
Citadel Mountain Resort opened to the general public in 1965 with a number of T-bar lifts. In 1998, the mountain obtained its first chairlift after a change of possession. The resort took on its present form in 2006 when the brand new Huckleberry triple chairlift enabled entry to new terrain on Mount Haig. The opening of Mount Haig in 2006 additionally marked the start of Citadel’s Powder Stagecoach cat snowboarding service on Haig Ridge above the Huckleberry chair.
Over this summer time, Citadel Mountain Resort acquired the previous Angel Specific Quad chair from Banff’s Sunshine Village. Sunshine Village will likely be changing the quad with the brand new cutting-edge six-pack bubble chair that options heated seats and is about to open this winter. The previous Angel Specific Quad chair will endure important mechanical and operational upgrades earlier than being put in as the brand new Haig 1 Raise in the course of the 2025 low season. Some preliminary work has already begun, nonetheless, the majority of the undertaking will likely be completed after the 2024-25 winter season.
The Haig 1 Raise undertaking is bound to be one among Citadel’s largest mountain infrastructure investments so far. It should even be the primary new elevate set up on the resort for the reason that Huckleberry Chair was accomplished in 2006. The brand new Haig 1 Chair will likely be Citadel’s first specific chair and its solely quad chair. The undertaking nonetheless is just briefly titled Haig 1 because the resort plans to ask enter from friends and stakeholders to pick a everlasting title.
The brand new chairlift is about to develop Citadel’s lift-serviced skiable space by greater than 25%. The vast majority of this terrain is at the moment accessible solely through Citadel’s Powder Stagecoach Cat Snowboarding service. Dean Parkinson Citadel’s Basic Supervisor defined: “The terrain that may quickly be accessible to all has been effectively liked by our cat snowboarding friends for over a decade, primarily for its deep snow and nice snowboarding. We’re excited to lastly be opening up this terrain for everybody to get pleasure from.”
Presently, Citadel Mountain is Alberta’s second largest ski resort, with 3,592 skiable acres of terrain. The mountain has 95 trails and operates two triple chairs, two double chairs, one T-bar, and one Magic Carpet. The resort base is at 4,675 ft and its summit is at 7,529 ft for a vertical of over 2,800 ft, averaging 335 inches of snow per yr. With heaps extra coming due to the brand new Haig 1 Citadel Mountain have heaps to be excited for within the close to future!
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