Landmark is excited to be on the Design team helping to transform the transportation experience at Steamboat Ski Resort. Alterra Mountain Company and the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation formed a private-public partnership with the City of Steamboat Springs, the Urban Renewal Authority Advisory Committee (URAAC) and the Steamboat Springs Redevelopment Authority to explore ways to transform the current single-passenger, bus and shuttle drop off on Mt. Werner Circle to be a comprehensive Transportation Center with the hub originating in Meadows Parking Lot and connecting to the base area via high-speed 8-10 person Gondola. The redesigned Gondola Transit Center will be safer, more pedestrian friendly and meet current and future transportation and capacity needs.
Using a free gondola as transportation has proven successful in other mountain communities such as Telluride and Breckenridge, where traffic congestion has greatly been reduced. Breckenridge specifically has a similar model with Gondola access as a primary transportation resource from town to the resort base area, eliminating potential pedestrian and car interactions.
Landmark and Wenk Associates partnered to develop a site solution befitting a World-Class Ski community. Passive placemaking will complement the active movements of locals, visitors and services in a breathtaking surrounding.
Alterra Mountain Company, Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation, the City of Steamboat Springs, Steamboat Springs Redevelopment Authority