Construction crews at work on the Sunrise Gondola project on June 19, 2024. Photo: TownLift
PARK CITY, Utah – Construction on the new Sunrise Gondola at Park City Mountain’s Canyons Village base is underway. The new 10-passenger gondola will replace the existing, two-person Sunrise chair lift and transport skiers and snowboarders to the Red Pine area. The base of the new gondola will be located below the current lift near Pendry Plaza.
The project entered its second phase in early June 2024, focusing on infrastructure improvements and preparing the site for the bottom terminal installation. The third phase, scheduled for 2025, will involve removing the existing Sunrise lift and installing the gondola.
Approved in January 2024, the Sunrise Gondola is expected to be operational for the 2025-2026 winter ski season.
Marina Knight began her career in journalism working for The Stowe Reporter in 2003, where she was a staff writer and later the publication’s Web Editor. She covered the Winter Olympic Games in 2006 and 2010, and has worked as a freelance writer covering outdoor topics as well as art criticism. Most recently, Knight was Editor-in-Chief of SkiRacing.com. She has won multiple awards from the New England Newspaper Association for environmental reporting, feature writing and art criticism. She lives with her family in Park City. In her free time you’ll find her in the mountains