Tunnel a first for U.S.

Published: Thursday, Dec. 14 2006 10:26 a.m. MST

Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Morning News

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Skier Robert Sullivan zips on a conveyer through Snowbird's new Peruvian Tunnel, the first ski tunnel in North America, after its grand opening on Tuesday. The 600-foot tunnel, which took two summers to construct, provides a shortcut from Peruvian Gulch to the ski resort's Mineral Basin on the back side of the mountain. The tunnel will allow access to and from Mineral Basin on days when it is too windy to operate the tram.

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