| Show Entire Treasure Mountain Ar Urea Area a Swarms with Recreation Work I I By Gwen Owen Pratt Geared to the grana opening In December 1963 the Treasure i mountains ski resort is 18 well under underway way The entire mountain area is JI a beehive of activity The golf course will wUl be In operation op the summer of 64 It will OP-I OP start out as a nine hole course and later be enlarged to 18 holes The entire course has been laid out and sprinkler system is now being installed The man made lakes which will vill be a very attractive attractive attractive at at- part of f the course will soon be full of water The Tho construction con con- of the swimming pool will wilt bei begin n next summer iThe i- i The foundation of the recreation recreation tion center has been poured and the walls for the bottom floors are going up This building will willbe willbe be the center of most of the activity activity ac ac- ac In the area Used the year round by skier golfer and tourist with facilities for all Gondola Longest in USA have long been noticIng noticing I ing ling the green blue-green tripod towers climbing the mountain side They I of course are are on the course of the gondola tramway which will willbe willbe be the longest gondola lift in the United States measuring 2 miles to the top The ride will take 20 minutes and the scenery seen seen- ery is unsurpassed as we in Park City know The towers for the tramway have all been placed I except for three This will be a astory astory I I story in Itself One of the three towers is a giant it will be feet tall and will be an engineering feat just to swing it into place Another outstanding out out- standing feature at one point on the lift there is 18 to be a span spar of 1800 feet between towers I The first terminal will be at atthe atthe atthe the Silver King Mine where skiers and tourists can disembark from the lilt lift and take a tour around the historic old mine There is a bar J-bar on Treasure mountain This lift will serve the lower ski trails traUs and Is 18 almost complete and the traits trails are now being cut Mountain Top Cafe The tripod towers go on up Crescent Ridge to the last ter I I minal of the gondola tramway foundation of which Is pour poured d and almost ready At the top of Pioneer Plo Pio neer ner Ridge the activity is even more noticeable The foundation for the mountaintop moun moun- top tam cafe is being completed The chair lift will be the longest longest long long- est in Utah witH double chairs The chair lilt lift has been beeners beeners ers for the Prospector are in I very modern in design The towers tow ers for the Prospector are iii place and workmen are in the process of swinging the cable Mark Jolley Ishi charge of or cutting cutting cut cut- ting the ski trails of which 14 miles mUes of the planned 23 miles mUes of oC trails traUs have been cut and groomed The ski sid trails have been lieen very thoughtfully planned with every type of skier considered from the beginner to the expert The latest In modern equipment and engineering has b been en used throughout the resort I Park City will soon be bea a n name me meI known all over the country as the center of one of Americas America's t. t great year around res resorts rIs |
