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Bristol Mountain Winter Resort. History. 1964. Land in South Bristol purchased at $13,800. 1964. December 12 – Official Opening 50 acres of 360 cleared for lifts and runs Base Lodge is built 43,000 skiers in the first year. 1965. Snowmaking New Lift Wider Trails 63,000 skiers. 1966.
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Bristol Mountain Winter Resort History
1964 Land in South Bristol purchased at $13,800
1964 December 12 – Official Opening 50 acres of 360 cleared for lifts and runs Base Lodge is built 43,000 skiers in the first year
1965 Snowmaking New Lift Wider Trails 63,000 skiers
1966 364 skiers stranded – 3 days Section 5 High School race 80,000 skiers, 103 ski days
1967 Senator Robert Kennedy skis Bristol Infinity trail opens 91,000 skiers
1968 Rocket and Sunset width doubled Ski School expanded 12 FT and 25 PT Worlds largest illuminated ski resort
1969 - 1970 Skier visits break 100,000 for first time 112,892
1972 Expands operation to 7 days Ten acres of new trails Outer Orbit, Upper Meteor, and Upper Infinity
1974 - 1975 Snowmaking capacity is doubled Guarantees 90 days of skiing
1975 - 1976 Guarantees 100 days of skiing
1980 Free Run introduced (9:00 – 9:30AM) 6 – hour twilight introduced
1982 - 1983 $500,000 snowmaking expansion Peanut Patrol introduced Children’s ski program introduced
1984 High Tech Triple Chair Lift capacity increased by 67% Upper and Lower Rocket widened
1985 100% Snowmaking coverage
1986 “Seven and Under” free season passes Snowmaking increased by 40%
1987 - 1988 Northstar Village is built Ski tuning adds automatic grinder
1988 - 1989 Phase 1 one of Sunset Lodge opens Galaxy is expanded and reshaped
1990 - 1991 Bristol ranked 9th among 117 ski resorts in Mid-Atlantic region
1991 - 1992 Sunset gets new look More snowmaking
1993 Sunset Lodge final phase of construction Second consecutive season of 129 days of skiing
1994 Sunset Lodge expansion opens
1996 - 1997 www.bristolmt.com launched Orion’s Belt added for snowboarders
1999 Comet Express Quad high-speed detachable quad added
2000 Addition of Morning Star, Shooting Star, Eclipse, and Hale Bop Morning Star quad chairlift
2002 Nova and Milky Way added New half-pipe and terrain park Summit Demo Center added
2004 40th Anniversary Terrain park features on Shooting Star New boot dryers in rental shop Snowmaking system automated