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White Pass Ski Area company history timeline

1953

White Pass Ski Area opened in January of 1953.

1956

In 1956, White Pass expanded to the summit of Pigtail Peak with its very first chairlift.

1957

Former World Cup racing twins Phil and Steve Mahre (b.1957) grew up at White Pass, where their father Dave "Spike" Mahre was the mountain manager.

1958

White Pass added its second double chairlift, Pigtail II, in the fall of 1958.

1964

In 1964, the area added a new Riblet double chairlift to the beginner area.

1984

In 1984, the ski area installed Chair 4, another double built by Riblet.

1994

Looking to increase capacity at the base area, White Pass installed a high-speed detachable lift that ran from the highway to the summit in 1994.

2000

In 2000, White Pass overhauled the beginner area of the mountain.

2010

The expansion in the Paradise Basin opened in the 2010–11 season and added 767 acres (3.1 km) of terrain and two new Doppelmayr chairlifts.

2019

As of 2019, it is the second-oldest chairlift still in operation in Washington state (beaten only by Mount Spokane’s Chair 1).

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