These ski areas got an early start to their major construction projects.
BY PETER LANDSMAN, EDITOR, LIFTBLOG.COM
Snowshoe, WV
Alterra-owned Snowshoe is replacing its Shavers Center lodge this summer. The old facility served for more than 50 years, but was deemed structur- ally unsound and torn down in 2022. Since then, departments that operated from the old building were scattered to other facilities temporarily; for example, patrol moved into a Sprung structure. The modern Shavers Center will include ticketing and food service on the main floor, with ski school, a daycare, and an adventure center below. The cen- ter will feature an open, spacious interior as well as a large outside deck with firepits and extra seating. Snowshoe hopes the new facility will encourage people to gather in a central location again. Veritas Construction Group of Salt Lake City is serving as general contractor. (Alterra previously tapped Veritas to complete work on the Base to Base Gondola at Palisades Tahoe and for another lift project at Mammoth Mountain.) Veritas broke
the following week. The yet-to-be-named build- ing replaces a yurt near an existing base lodge. Designed by Striegel Agacki Studio of Milwaukee, the new lodge will include retail, ski school, food service, guest services, and restrooms on the main floor. Below grade will be a new ski patrol room, employee locker room, and ski school lounge. The top floor will be home to administrative offices and meeting space. Once complete, the new lodge will be connected to the existing lodge via a large patio that will become the new central hub of activity. Moving patrol into the new building will allow Nor- dic Mountain to increase cafeteria seating in the existing lodge. Similarly, the current rental shop will be expanded with ticketing and retail moving to the new building. Even the yurt that was taken down will be repurposed to create indoor space at Nordic Mountain’s beginner area. Crews began excavating for the exposed basement and reached grade by the end of March. The foun- dation and basement walls were poured through- ground on Snowshoe’s 18,000-square-foot building on April 1. The two-story, steel frame structure is being built into a hillside, which required removal of 1,000 cubic yards of dirt and rock in April. As of late May, concrete had been poured for the first story, and the project was on track for mid-Decem- ber completion.
out the month of April, with the floor following in May. As of late May, crews were beginning to frame the first floor, with move-in tracking for mid-Octo- ber. The first and second floors will both be tim- ber framed with about 6,000 square feet of total usable space. All of the work is being tackled by local contrac- tors. “There was a significant cost savings using an independent architect and local crews versus the larger design/build companies,” noted Nordic Mountain owner Rick Schmitz. “We are super happy to employ our local crews.”
Nordic Mountain, WI
Nordic Mountain concluded its winter on March 16 and commenced construction of a new lodge
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