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Utah’s first detachable chairlift is retired at Solitude

Michele Roepke
May 9, 2023

Solitude's Eagle Express chairlift. Photo: courtesy of Solitude Mountain Resort

BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah — The Eagle chairlift, Utah’s first high speed detachable, took its final flight on Sunday amid a rockin’ retirement party at Solitude Mountain Resort.

Built in 1989, the four-person lift’s 33 years of service was celebrated as a new six-person high speed chairlift will replace it.

A couple hundred people rode the lift, skied, snowboarded, tailgated, played corn hole, danced to the D.J., shared anecdotes, compared costumes, gave gloved high-fives, and enjoyed beverages from the bar at the big bash.

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By: Michele Roepke

Contact: mroepke@townlift.com

I've lived in Park City for 30 years but right off the starting line, my journalism professors expressed plaudits after class for writing more so about the small-town sports in the surrounding mountains than the urban updates they assigned. Therefore, I’m on par punning and penning Parkites' pastimes. Turning high and early through my career, I’ve worked communications for The Olympics, the Paralympics and the Special Olympics. Additionally, there's been National Geographic, Patagonia, NCAA, USA Nordic and the United States Library of Congress, so I guess you could say this ain't my first rodeo.

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