Sleeping Giant opts to close zipline for summer season

Posted 5/25/21

Sleeping Giant has decided not to open the zipline this summer, according to a Tuesday letter sent out by owner Nick Piazza.

“Our promise to Park County was always centered on the ski season …

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Sleeping Giant opts to close zipline for summer season

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Sleeping Giant has decided not to open the zipline this summer, according to a Tuesday letter sent out by owner Nick Piazza.

“Our promise to Park County was always centered on the ski season and, while we regret we will not take part in what by all accounts should be an incredible tourist season, our review of the winter season suggested to us that we need more depth on our management team and focus on infrastructure development projects if we want to get to the quality level we want to reach at Sleeping Giant,” Piazza wrote.

Despite the decision to shut down the zipline, he said it doesn’t mean the team will be taking the summer off. One of their first moves has been to hire Cody lawyer Kristen Mueller to the lead oversight role.

“Kristen has been working for our family and our other businesses as a federal compliance officer since the end of 2020 and has agreed to oversee improvements to Sleeping Giant’s operations and development,” Piazza said.

In addition, he’s planning several additional improvement projects that were previously approved by the Forest Service. Piazza said he plans to invest another $2.5 million over the next five years — including possibly investing $1 million in infrastructure modernization and lodging that would be ready later this year or in early 2022.  

“There is quite a bit of work we will need to do to get these projects from the drawing board to shovel ready,” he said, “but we are confident that these projects will be a boon to the long term stability of the mountain and provide growth to winter tourism in Park County.”

—By Mark Davis

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