Adventure Weather: Soldier Mountain opening ahead of schedule

Fairfield, Idaho (CBS2) - Soldier Mountain is opening the High Trail Express, two weeks ahead of schedule.

It will open Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3-4, along with the Miss Belle magic carpet area and tubing hill.

The ski resort will operate from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days.

All services will be open.

Soldier Mountain general manager Paul Alden said the top of Chair 1 (High Trail Express) has a base in excess of 20 inches and the resort has track packed every run to ensure a good base throughout the season.

The resort will reopen Dec. 10-11, conditions permitting.

Daily operations for the holidays are Dec. 15-Jan. 2 except for Christmas Day Dec. 25th.

Soldier Mountain will commence its post-holiday Thursday-Sunday schedule Jan. 5.

It will also open for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 16 and President's Day Feb. 20

Full-day adult lift tickets cost $59 online and $74 in person for adults, and half-day tickets cost $44 online and $59 in person.

Full-day tickets for youths ages 6-17 and seniors 70 and older cost $39 online and $54 in person, and half-day tickets cost $24 online and $39 in person. Tickets for children ages 5 and younger are free online or $15 in person.

Full-day military adult lift tickets cost $42 online and $57 in person, and half-day tickets cost $34 online and $49 in person. Full-day military youth lift tickets cost $29 online and $44 in person, and half-day tickets cost $19 online and $34 in person.

Full-day tickets for the Miss Belle magic carpet cost $29 online or $44 in person.

Three-hour tickets for the tubing hill cost $24 online or $39 in person.

Rental tubes are included in the price of the tickets and are available for pickup at the rental shop in the lodge.

Visit soldiermountain.com for more details.

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