Town History

For nearly a century the Mid-Mountain Lodge (seen here in its original location near the angle station of the gondola) was the mine office and boarding house for the Silver King Mine. A thousand or more miners a day were fed here and many slept here as well. When skiing replaced mining, the lodge again housed travelers to the mountain. And in 1970 it was home to the U.S. Ski Team. In 1987 the building was moved 400 vertical feet to its present location to avoid demolition. It was carefully renovated and now is operated as a restaurant.