The Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort’s new ski tunnel opened today, the first of its kind in North America. The tunnel is about 600 feet long and contains a magic carpet that takes skiers from the summit ridgeline to the eastern end of Mineral Basin. A new chairlift – the Peruvian Express Chairlift - also opened. It runs from an area adjacent to Snowbird Center, through Peruvian Gulch, to the mouth of the tunnel. ...The tunnel project has cost Snowbird about a million dollars.