Cuchara ski area nears state approval for return of lift-served skiing after 25 years - The Chronicle

Cuchara ski area nears state approval for return of lift-served skiing after 25 years - The Chronicle

Jason Blevins The Colorado Sun Southern Colorado ski area last hosted lift-riding skiers in 2000 — a community nonprofit has spent years rebuilding a 40-year-old chairlift with a revival plan that includes $45 lift tickets at Huerfano County-owned Cuchara Mountain Park The Cuchara ski area is set to turn a chairlift for the first time in more than 25 years. The next step in decades-long plan to revive the dormant Cuchara ski area landed this mo…