 Initially planned as a weekend-only ski area, it was operated seven days a week at the insistence of Sam Wormington, the area's first general manager.It was immediately popular with regional skiers, and tallied 55,000 visits in its fourth season.A second T-bar was added in 1965, another in 1967, and three chairlifts "(Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Baby Bear)" were added in the fall of 1968, relocating T-bars and rope tows.