US Forest Service approves Colorado ski resort’s expansion

VAIL, Colo. – The U.S. Forest Service has approved an expansion of the Golden Peak area at Colorado’s Vail Mountain ski resort.

Vail Daily reports the project will double the training space on Golden Peak utilized by Ski and Snowboard Club Vail.

The newspaper reports the expansion will include an additional 760 vertical feet (about 233 metres) that will bring the area’s total to more than 1,500 vertical feet (about 457 metres) of race and training terrain.

Officials at the resort 104 miles (about 167 kilometres) west of Denver say construction is set to begin this summer and will increase the size of Vail’s operational boundary by 68 acres (about 27 hectares.)

Officials say the proposal was originally submitted to the forest service in 2014 and has undergone a comprehensive environmental review.

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Information from: Vail Daily, http://www.vaildaily.com/