Killington Resort’s Superstar trail is famous for hosting women’s world cup ski races. Audiences around the world have watched Olympic champions like Mikaela Shiffrin and Lara Gut Behrami hurl down the run’s icy headwalls.

There was a different kind of excitement playing out at Superstar on Wednesday. Construction crews from both Killington and the company Doppelmayr worked with a helicopter pilot to install chairlift towers and other heavy components needed for a new six-seat chairlift that resort officials hope to begin operating in November.

Workers called the event "steel fly day," and it's a critical step in what will ultimately be a $12 million upgrade to the resort's lift system.

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“Steel fly day is one of our most anticipated days of an install,” sa

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