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Plan for year-round Fort Worth ski park underway
Yeah. How do you like these apples?
I can see it now. 100+ degrees fahrenheit (37.777777777778+ celsius for you backwards people) with skiing going on. Leave it to us Texans to blaze a path for the rest of you suckers.
12:10 AM CDT on Tuesday, April 10, 2007
By DARLA MILES / WFAA-TV
Year-round snow may soon come to North Texas if a developer's desires for a ski park in Fort Worth become a reality.
Designs are already underway for the proposed $750 million Bearfire Ski Resort. Proposals include a man-made, snow-capped mountain, snow caves and a frozen lake for ice skating.
Developers claim it would be the first snowboard and ski park with 15 acres of ski-able snow that would be open year round in the United States.
With three lodges, fine dining and shops and a spa, the park's proposed location is a 527 acre stretch of land on Eagle Parkway in north Fort Worth.
The idea has sparked reaction across North Texas.
"It sounds kind of crazy, although they have one in Dubai or some place," said Dick Snyder, a skier. "I guess they can have one in Fort Worth."
Plans are already underway for the park's big Christmas attraction, which include a polar express train and sleigh rides.
Developers said they plan to close the deal in a year and open the resort in 2009.
By DARLA MILES / WFAA-TV
Year-round snow may soon come to North Texas if a developer's desires for a ski park in Fort Worth become a reality.
Designs are already underway for the proposed $750 million Bearfire Ski Resort. Proposals include a man-made, snow-capped mountain, snow caves and a frozen lake for ice skating.
Developers claim it would be the first snowboard and ski park with 15 acres of ski-able snow that would be open year round in the United States.
With three lodges, fine dining and shops and a spa, the park's proposed location is a 527 acre stretch of land on Eagle Parkway in north Fort Worth.
The idea has sparked reaction across North Texas.
"It sounds kind of crazy, although they have one in Dubai or some place," said Dick Snyder, a skier. "I guess they can have one in Fort Worth."
Plans are already underway for the park's big Christmas attraction, which include a polar express train and sleigh rides.
Developers said they plan to close the deal in a year and open the resort in 2009.
I can see it now. 100+ degrees fahrenheit (37.777777777778+ celsius for you backwards people) with skiing going on. Leave it to us Texans to blaze a path for the rest of you suckers.
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