The work is part of a major summer redevelopment programme.
A new 1.2km long, six-seat, high-speed detachable Curvey Basin chairlift will be built, snow-making capacity will be enhanced through 52 new snow guns, the learners' area expanded, a new trail developed, 300m of road re-aligned and car parking increased.
The Curvey Basin lift will transport up to 2400 people an hour, beginning at the bottom of the expanded learners' slopes at 1600m and rising to a top terminal at 1900m above sea level, below the ridgeline at the south head of the Rastus Burn, known as Curvey Basin.
Remarkables ski area manager Ross Lawrence said a six-strong Leitner-Poma crew would arrive on December 29 to start work on the installation of the new chair.
The team would remain on site until it was fully tested and commissioned by June 1, in time for the scheduled start of the new ski season later in the month.
Work after Christmas would focus on completing the trail development to enable easy access to the Curvey Basin bottom lift terminal. Mr Lawrence said public access to the mountain would remain open over summer but with restrictions in place for health and safety reasons.
''We will have in place signage at the base of the access road and in the designated car parking area for all public accessing the site,'' Mr Lawrence said.
''It will portray safe walking access to the reserve and areas where construction is taking place and to keep clear of.
''This will be effective throughout the summer period at the Remarkables.''
