One of my favorite ski areas in the country just got a little cooler. Over at Utah’s Snowbird the new Peruvian Tunnel opened to allow skiers to pass through the side of a mountain to, well, get to the other side…as well as to provide better access to the intermediate runs in Mineral Basin. It is allegedly the first built for skiers tunnel in North America, and has been getting some local press. The conveyor inside actually carries skiers and snowboarders a distance of about 600 feet, from Peruvian Gulch in Little Cottonwood Canyon to the Mineral Basin side. A couple of TV stations have got the story and Snowbird itself has a video clip.