Tennessee postcard Gatlinburg Looking Toward the Lodge at Ski Resort chair liftBack in 2012, actor Bruce Willis owned this ski resort (Soldier Mountain in Idaho) (Soldier Mountain in Idaho) and generously gave it to a local non-profit organization.  Now, the ski resort is willing to sell the place for merely the debt they owe on it just to get the resort back open to the public. Soldier Mountain Ski Area is selling for only $149,000!!!  You should call up all your old ski buddies and buy a ski resort… “The price is real. This is all we owe to our bank for the last 3 years of improvements and operations. As a non profit we only sell for the debt owed against the business. We WERE under contract with Magic Mountain, with a closing end of August, no funds have transferred and WINTER is coming. We need to make public the fact we are still for sale. Any questions about premature selling of passes associated with Magic Mountain, need to be directed to Magic Mountain. So here is your chance to own a SKI MOUNTAIN!

Get your buddies together and make a dream happen. The price is right and the forecast for a wet winter is on the horizon!!” – Soldier Mountain Ski Area, today via Facebook After watching the 1948 Winter Olympic tryouts in nearby Sun Valley, Bob Frostenson and his friend, Harry Durall, decided they couldn’t turn their backs on the sport of skiing. That summer they raised $10,000, began work on a base lodge, and purchased two rope tows, the first powered by a 1938 Chevrolet engine. wingback chair covers linenThey cut timber, installed lifts, and built lodges by hand.wheelchairs for sale london The first chairlift was installed in 1971, and the upper chairlift (Bird’s Eye) was added in 1974. cheap massage chair amazon

Soldier has 1,150 acres (4.7 km2) of variable terrain including a terrain park, glades, bowls, and tree skiing. Soldier maintains snowmaking capabilities, although it has not operated since 1996. Soldier Mountain is open from Thursday through Sunday, except for the Christmas holiday season when it is open daily. Four miles (6 km) west of Soldier’s summit is Smoky Dome, with an elevation of 10,095 feet (3,077 m). In between there are several peaks well over 9,000 feet (2,740 m): Peak 1 at 9,147 feet (2,788 m) and Peak 2 at 9,529 feet (2,904 m) are used in Soldier’s backcountry skiing operations, served by snow cat. bridal shower chair rental in njSpeculation is that Willis plans lift service to some of these areas.plastic patio chair makeover An early morning fire on Monday, March 30, 2009, destroyed the 61-year-old base lodge. cheap cuddle chairs for sale

The cause was attributed to electrical wiring, and occurred shortly after the final day of the ski season.   A new 4,500-square-foot (420 m2) base lodge was constructed and Soldier Mountain reopened ten months later, on January 28, 2010. Actor Bruce Willis, a part-time resident of Hailey, bought the ski area in the mid-1990s. After nearly two decades of ownership, he donated it in 2012 to a non-profit organization, Soldier Mountain Ski Area, Inc. Many of its members are from the area and have been skiing/boarding the mountain since childhood. If interested in purchasing Soldier Mountain ski area, please contact Soldier Mountain ski area via the email below:Cindy Parker took the day off work to log on her computer at 10 a.m. Sept. 30. Suicide Six was selling ski chairs and she wanted to be sure she got one. Parker used to teach ski lessons at Suicide Six. Her kids grew up skiing there and her family used to walk up the mountain in all seasons, sit on the empty chairs and take photos or have conversations.

The mountain is important to her and she wanted to have a piece of its history. Parker, who moved to Colorado three years ago, heard about the ski chair auction on Facebook. She logged in to buy her $350 chair, but the website froze and when she checked back three hours later, the chairs were gone. Sixty chairs sold out in 15 minutes. “I was bummed,” Parker said. So many people tried to get a chair that the computer server crashed and there were reported technical difficulties with web partner AdminSports. Woodstock Ski Runners Vice President Christopher Adams doesn’t know for sure how many people tried to buy a chair, but he said 114 got through to the website before being told there were no more chairs. The chairs are 38 years old and were sold as the resort upgrades to a new $1.5 million Leitner-Poma of America, Inc ski lift, complete with four-seat chairs, to be installed and running by December. Proceeds of the sale benefited Woodstock Ski Runners. Adams said half the money will go toward the racing program.

The other half will go to the Friday Program, which allows 13 area schools to use the mountain at a discounted rate on Friday afternoons. Adams knew the chairs would be popular. “A lot of people who have become dedicated skiers made their first turns at Suicide Six,” Adams said. Suicide Six is one of the oldest ski resorts in the nation. The lift has been there since 1936. The chairlifts are novelties to some. Peter and Melissa Gebhardt got lucky. Peter won a chair at a Ski Runners golf tournament auction. The Gebhardts live less than a mile from Suicide Six and can see the mountain from their house. The family spends most of the winter on the mountain. They ski after school and all weekend. “We’re big fans of Suicide Six,” Melissa said. Peter plans to make the ski chair into a bench near his river. He wasn’t surprised the chairs sold so fast. “I thought it would be fun to have a little piece of history,” he said. “I’m sure a lot of families feel the same way.”