{"id":2458666,"date":"2020-05-20T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/skico-sells-big-burn-chairs-in-one-day-funds-will-support-community\/"},"modified":"2020-05-20T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T00:24:00","slug":"skico-sells-big-burn-chairs-in-one-day-10k-raised-will-support-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/skico-sells-big-burn-chairs-in-one-day-10k-raised-will-support-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Skico sells Big Burn chairs in one day; $10k raised will support community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Skiers and snowboarders ride under the Big Burn lift on opening day in November 2019.<\/strong>
David Krause \/ The Aspen Times<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

On Wednesday morning, the Aspen Skiing Co.\u2019s Caring for Community Fund started selling the chairs from the Big Burn lift at Snowmass, and by about 5 p.m. all 40 chairs available were sold.<\/p>\n

A $200 minimum donation was suggested for each chair and a total of $10,000 was raised, Skico officials said Wednesday evening. All funds go directly to the Caring for Community Fund, which is an employee-led and funded effort to serve the local community from Aspen to Parachute by giving grants to organizations that \u201chelp facilitate a strong, healthy, supportive and productive community,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n

The company is spending $10.8 million to replace and shift the Big Burn lift this summer, which was among Skico\u2019s first generation of high-speed detachable lifts.<\/p>\n

Skico plans to proceed with multiple capital improvement projects this summer<\/a>, including the Big Burn replacement, despite losing a significant chunk of revenue due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

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