Items at the top of the list include new mountain biking trails that would be serviced by the Pine Marten Express lift, a freestanding climbing wall at the Pine Marten Lodge, a summer downhill hiking trail from the top of the Pine Marten Express to the West Village and a new east-side chairlift that would service a new trail network of eight to 10 runs.
Mt. Bachelor is considering several improvements aimed at the summer season because of high demand from visitors.
“Mountain biking is the biggest part of what we think would be an attraction,” Mt Bachelor's CEO says. “We have unbelievably good cross-country mountain biking in Central Oregon already, and what we hear from locals and folks outside the area is that it would be great to have a gravity-fed experience off Mt. Bachelor.”
The second phase of development would be focused primarily on the Sunrise area, which would be transformed into an area for young skiers. The Sunrise Lodge would become a children's center with a new entrance and expanded parking area, and new beginner ski lifts would be added.
In the third phase, the Red Chair lift area would be renovated, and a new parking lot would be added in the West Village area.
