Beaver Creek will replace the existing Centennial Express Lift (Chair 6) with a new high-speed, state-of-the-art combination lift. The new lift will use alternating gondola cabins and six-person chairs. The new lift is expected to be in place for the 2014-2015 ski and snowboard season, and the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships.

The new combination lift will provide the same uphill capacity as a six-person chairlift, but allow guests to have a choice of whether to ride in a gondola cabin or on a chair, which will be served by two separate queuing lines.

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Mark your calendars. The world’s best ski racers will return to Vail and Beaver Creek February 3-15 as the International Ski Federation (FIS) Council confirmed the dates for the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships during their recent meetings in Oberhofen, Switzerland.

The 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships are expected to showcase athletes from over 70 nations, with an estimated 1 billion worldwide television viewers and an onsite media and broadcast entourage of approximately 1,500 members.

It’s a great chance to experience the closest thing to the Winter Olympics.

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