New Resort

its gonna be like right beside revelstoke and its gonna have more vertical then whistler.

I know a few people involved, sounds like they allready bought the gondola and it could be in by next year but they say that every year so ill have to see it to believe it

i read about it in a magazine a while ago, the ppl sound pretty legit

my dads company is building all the condos for it and the "master plans" for the whole mountain are in his office. Its gonna be right on mt mackenzie. the gondola and lower village is gonna start where the chair is now and its gonna go all the way up to the wheather station if you guys know where that is. theres gonna be an upper village there. Then from the upper village there will be multiple chairs leading to all the different peaks up above.some will go all the way to the top of mt mackenzie. if any of you have been cat skiing with cat powder then you should have a good idea of where its gonna go(to where the cat drops you off at the top).its gonna take the biggest vertical drop in north america from whistler too. and you know the best part is? im gettin a condo there at discount price too!

oh and there gonna put up the gondola at the end of the season.and its the last season of cat powder skiin too

they used to have the plans and all sorts of stuff on the internet but its no longer there.

yeah im gonna go check on them tommorow and il give you guys an exact update of whats gonna be goin on there

its going to turn revelstoke into a gong show. The ski hill is suppossed gonna handle close to 14000 skiers a day or something. I don't think that many people even live in revelstoke. That number can't be true, not even close.

14000 is the capacity.. it will only come close to that at peak times(christmas). for the rest of the year lift lines will be smooth sailin', guaranteed

Here ya go.
Fresh off biglines
http://www.biglines.com/articles_readmore.php?article=1&read=3348

NORTH AMERICA’S LONGEST SKIABLE VERTICAL IS COMING
Authored By Katie Bowyer On Wed Jan 17, 2007
Today in the heart of Revelstoke, in a major public announcement to the community, Revelstoke Mountain Resort announced a $22 million gondola and high speed quad chairlift contract with Leitner Poma Canada Inc. that will make Revelstoke Mountain Resort North America’s longest skiable vertical at 1,829 m (6,000 ft).

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The Resort also announced the signing of a purchase agreement contract for a spring takeover of renowned local helicopter skiing operation, Selkirk Tangiers. The signing of these contracts, in combination with the Resort’s acquisition of CAT Powder Skiing, will make Revelstoke Mountain Resort a one-stop destination for helicopter, snowcat and lift skiers from around the world.



“Revelstoke has been my favorite place to ski for years. This is the epicenter of world class helicopter and snowcat skiing, and now, with the signing of this contract with Poma and the upcoming contract with Selkirk Tangiers, Revelstoke Mountain Resort will be a world-class, one-of-a-kind ski resort.” said Don Simpson, Chairman of Simpson Property Group Canada, Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s developer, “You will literally be able to get up in the morning and have the world’s greatest adventure playground at your doorstep, with helicopter, snowcat, and lift skiing all accessible from the village.”



Over 1,000 enthusiastic community members attended the announcement and celebration in a show of support for this long-awaited $1 billion four-season resort located on the edge of the Selkirk Mountain Range. Politicians including His Worship Mark McKee, Mayor of Revelstoke; Norm Macdonald, MLA, Columbia River-Revelstoke; Kevin Krueger, MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson and Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development; and the Honourable Larry Campbell, Senator, were in attendance, as well as community groups like the Revelstoke Ski Club.



“We have been waiting for years for the dream of this resort to take shape and now it’s finally happening,” said Mayor Mark McKee, “This is a monumental day for all of us in Revelstoke and I’m thrilled to be a part of it all.”



The Revelstoke Mountain Resort development team also presented a $10,000 donation to the Canadian Avalanche Association and the Canadian Avalanche Centre, headquartered in Revelstoke, as well as a $5,000 donation to the Revelstoke Community Foundation, the official centennial legacy project of the community of Revelstoke.



The celebration event, emceed by former Canadian Women’s Ski Team champion, Kendra (Kobelka) Wilson, was attended by over 150 local schoolchildren who were greeted with cookies and flags emblazoned with the brand new Revelstoke Mountain Resort logo. A family barbeque, sculptures by the Canadian Snow Sculpture Team as well as an audio visual display of Revelstoke ski history and lifestyle followed the announcement.



“From all of us at Revelstoke Mountain Resort, we want to thank the community of Revelstoke for their patience and support,” added Simpson, “Revelstoke Mountain Resort is no longer a dream, it is now a reality.”



Peter Schlunegger, current owner and operator of Selkirk Tangiers, explained that following Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s spring takeover, the team of expert guides and professionals would remain the same and that Schlunegger would continue to assist the resort with the management of the heli-skiing operation.



The spring 2007 acquisition of Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing will mean that, in total, Revelstoke Mountain Resort will boast over 500,000 acres of skiable terrain.



With phase one of lift installations beginning spring 2007, the first 8-person gondola and high speed quad chairlift will be operational by fall 07/08 in time for the official opening of this proposed $1 billion resort.



The gondola will initially take skiers from the upper village to an elevation of 1700 m while the high speed quad chairlift will begin at 1595 m and rise to 2245 m. In 2008, the gondola will be extended, creating North America’s longest vertical descent with 1,829 m (6,000 ft) of lift serviced ski terrain.



Located just minutes from downtown Revelstoke, B.C. (population 8,500) and only hours from international gateway cities like Vancouver (631 km), Kelowna (199 km) and Calgary (413 km), the Revelstoke Mountain Resort area is already a popular local, national, and international ski getaway. Over 8,000 heli and cat skiers flock to the region annually to enjoy the 40 to 60 feet of annual snowfall (about four storeys high) and superb backcountry terrain.



In addition to offering world-class snowcat, helicopter, and lift skiing, Revelstoke Mountain Resort will also be a multi-phased resort community featuring a village heli-center, hotels, condominiums, town homes and single family lots. Over 5,000 homes are part of the long term plan for this sustainability-driven resort. A design and architectural team with years of resort planning expertise, including Perkins Design Associates and Ray Letkeman and Associates, master planned the Resort Village which will house commercial, retail, and residential space.



Through each stage of planning, Revelstoke Mountain Resort has engaged a team of industry leading experts including Enkon Environmental, SE Group, Integrated Design Studio Inc., Patty Xenos Design, Urban Systems, Skelton Design, and Holland Barrs Planning Group. As part of their effort to reduce environmental impact, this team has developed a comprehensive sustainability strategy that strives to reduce emissions, utilize green fuels and transportation, build green and energy efficient buildings, as well as support local businesses.



Real estate offerings in this master planned resort community are marketed exclusively by Sotheby’s International Realty Canada, a Vancouver-based luxury real estate firm whose Revelstoke Mountain Resort Presentation Centre opened today at 122 Mackenzie Avenue in downtown Revelstoke. The first release in Phase 1 of the resort will include 60 resort condos ranging in size from 450 square foot studios to 1500 square foot penthouses. The homes are expected to be released in spring 2007 and buyers can register for more information at www.discoverrevelstoke.com

So is this gouing dow for next year.........there seems to be no more updates.

yup, get the good jobs while they're hot!

gondola will be running this year but i highly doubt the chair will be running...

ive cat skied the terrain its really sick. awesome vertical

yeah i heard they have started construction.i read it was sapossed to be 1 third as big as whistler but they will expand and that will be still massive.But i think this will trigger alot of tourism to are regein and im not sure i like that.Imvery excited to ski it when its done though.

Here,, pictures are worth a thousand words.

http://www.catpowder.com/photo_update/august_23rd/index.html

SAM Magazine—Revelstoke, B.C., Oct. 9, 2007—Revelstoke Mountain Resort, the massive development in British Columbia’s interior, is expected to open on schedule by Dec. 22. Upon completion, the resort will boast the longest vertical in North America at a whopping 7,000 feet from top to bottom.

For the coming season, two major lifts will serve 4,700 vertical feet and 1,500 acres of terrain. Both are Leitner Poma products: a 7,900-foot-long eight-passenger gondola, and a 6,200-foot-long detachable quad. With a limited bed base and established competition for it from Revelstoke-based heli and snowcat operations, visitors to the resort will find mostly uncrowded slopes until the resort’s accommodations come on line beginning in December 2008. Properties at the resort have been particularly hot, with the first condos selling out immediately and speculators driving up home prices in Revelstoke.