Heavenly Mountain Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located on the California–Nevada border in southeastern Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It opened as "Heavenly Valley" on December 15, 1955, and now has 97 runs and 30 lifts spread between four base facilities in both states. The resort has within its permit area, with approximately 33% currently developed for skiing, boasting the highest elevation of the Lake Tahoe area resorts at above sea level, with a maximum lift-served elevation of .
Since 2002, Heavenly has been owned by Vail Resorts. With an average annual snowfall of and an extensive snowmaking system, the ski season usually runs for five months, from mid-November to mid-April.
Incidents Heavenly is notable as the resort where, in 1981, Michela Alioto-Pier, at age thirteen, was paralyzed from the waist down when she fell from the Ridge Lift and on 5 January 1998, Congressman and singer Sonny Bono died after hitting a tree. On August 31, 2009, 1 person was killed and another was injured after falling from a chairlift at the resort.http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20090831/NEWS/908319992/1068
Lifts
+Heavenly, CA/NV - Current Operating LiftsLift NameManufacturerYear builtCapacityBig EasyDoppelmayr CTEC (4-CLF)20031600 pphCanyon ExpressDoppelmayr CTEC (4-CLD)20032600 pphComet ExpressDoppelmayr (4-CLD)19882800 pphDipper ExpressDoppelmayr (4-CLD)19942800 pphGalaxyDoppelmayr (3-CLF)20181800 pphHeavenly GondolaDoppelmayr (8-MGD)20002800 pphGunbarrel ExpressDoppelmayr (4-CLD)1998 2660 pphMott CanyonDoppelmayr (2-CLF)19911000 pphNorth Bowl ExpressDoppelmayr (4-CLD)20222400 pphOlympic ExpressDoppelmayr CTEC (4-CLD)20072400 pphPowderbowl ExpressDoppelmayr CTEC (6-CLD)20043600 pphSky ExpressDoppelmayr (4-CLD)19922400 pphStagecoach ExpressDoppelmayr (4-CLD)19982800 pphTamarack ExpressDoppelmayr (6-CLD)19972400 pphAerial TramVonRoll (50 Tram)1984650 pphBoulderYan/Riblet (3-CLF)19881800 pphFirst RideYan (3-CLF)1998UnknownGrooveYan (3-CLF)1992UnknownPatsy'sYan (3-CLF)19822000 pphWorld CupSLI (2-CLF)1969900 pph Heavenly's lifts mostly consist of Doppelmayr detachable chairlifts. Some older Yan and Riblet fixed grips still remain.
There is a gondola linking Heavenly Village from the actual resort.
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