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[Peter]

 trooper1556, on 28 February 2013 - 03:19 PM, said:

Still haven't heard on if/when an old lift ran this exact line that has been cut for years??

No, there has never been a lift in this alignment.

[Lift Dinosaur]

 vons, on 28 February 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

I see now that Copper is just building a small glacier next to pitchfork

Apparently they haven't discussed this with the Golf Course folks!!

[Lift Dinosaur]

 vons, on 28 February 2013 - 02:37 PM, said:

I see now that Copper is just building a small glacier next to pitchfork

Apparently they haven't discussed this with the Golf Course folks!!

[skierdude9450]

 trooper1556, on 28 February 2013 - 03:19 PM, said:

Still haven't heard on if/when an old lift ran this exact line that has been cut for years??

Never has been a lift there. I think it was cut in anticipation of the lift that is just now being installed.

[Aussierob]

IIRC the line was cut in 1995 or 96. Just took a bit longer than they thought ot get the lift installed. There was another lift line cut for the new catskinner as well, whos knows when or if that will get put in.

[liftmech]

 Lift Dinosaur, on 28 February 2013 - 06:53 PM, said:

Apparently they haven't discussed this with the Golf Course folks!!

Who knows. I'm thinking of starting a pool as to how many jibber camp attendees get pasted by shanked golf balls....

[TRosenbaum]

Still speculative as to when but Vail Daily is reporting that Vail Resorts has filed with USFS for permission to upgrade 3 lifts. The Mountaintop express #4 at Vail and Centennial express #6 at Beaver Creek would become sixpacks. Gopher Hill #12 at Vail would become a fixed triple (used).http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20130228/NEWS/130229842/1078&ParentProfile=1062

[SuperRat]

 Aussierob, on 28 February 2013 - 07:28 PM, said:

IIRC the line was cut in 1995 or 96. Just took a bit longer than they thought ot get the lift installed. There was another lift line cut for the new catskinner as well, whos knows when or if that will get put in.

Rob, is this the new line for Catskinner?

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[Lift Dinosaur]

 liftmech, on 28 February 2013 - 07:50 PM, said:

Who knows. I'm thinking of starting a pool as to how many jibber camp attendees get pasted by shanked golf balls....

I recall a similar incident one summer while in the work chair on the light side of Tower 2....
Dino

[Aussierob]

 SuperRat, on 01 March 2013 - 07:59 AM, said:

Rob, is this the new line for Catskinner?

New Catskinner.jpg

That's the one. The top would have been above the alpine shop, but the P2P install ended that as a possibility. The new master plan shows the lift top terminal in the same location as the current one.

[DonaldMReif]

 trooper1556, on 28 February 2013 - 03:19 PM, said:

Still haven't heard on if/when an old lift ran this exact line that has been cut for years??

Never was built. Guess they left a line there as a "Just in case".

[DonaldMReif]

 TRosenbaum, on 01 March 2013 - 06:34 AM, said:

Still speculative as to when but Vail Daily is reporting that Vail Resorts has filed with USFS for permission to upgrade 3 lifts. The Mountaintop express #4 at Vail and Centennial express #6 at Beaver Creek would become sixpacks. Gopher Hill #12 at Vail would become a fixed triple (used).http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20130228/NEWS/130229842/1078&ParentProfile=1062

And it's about time. The waits at the Mountaintop Express are incredibly long, which probably couldn't have been helped with the Gondola One construction. Due to lines, I try to minimize time in that part of the mountain for a good reason. The Wildwood Express lines aren't bad, so it should stay an HSQ.

And it says a used triple would be used to replace Gopher Hill. I'm guessing the replacement would be Sun Up or a lift from another resort. Which makes me wonder where the current Mountaintop Express will go.

Until we are certain, I would make a guess that it would be: the Mountaintop Express lift would get upgraded to a high speed six pack, then the original quad would be installed in the Back Bowls on the Sun Up lift line (it looks reasonable as #4 is 4,300 feet long and Sun Up is 3,830 feet long - maybe the bottom terminal would be moved downhill to allow people to get into the lift from Sleepytime Catwalk without making a gooseneck turn), while Sun Up would go to Gopher Hill.

And at Beaver Creek, upgrading the Centennial Express certainly looks justified - I mean, it services quite a lot of terrain by itself. I know some proposals suggest a gondola for the Strawberry Park Express (an idea I say no to because that lift has actual trails off of it).

This post has been edited by DonaldMReif: 01 March 2013 - 02:42 PM

[liftmech]

Beav's 6 is definitely old enough for retirement. 1986, used heavily winter and summer, all that jazz. I'm sure it's getting more and more expensive to maintain. Vail's 4 I don't know much about, but I recall it's the same vintage. Although they should have a bunch of parts off old #16 lying about somewhere that would still work on 4 and 11.

[DonaldMReif]

 liftmech, on 01 March 2013 - 04:33 PM, said:

Beav's 6 is definitely old enough for retirement. 1986, used heavily winter and summer, all that jazz. I'm sure it's getting more and more expensive to maintain. Vail's 4 I don't know much about, but I recall it's the same vintage. Although they should have a bunch of parts off old #16 lying about somewhere that would still work on 4 and 11.

I think the "upgrading the Mountaintop Express lift" suggestion was actually relating to the crowd. It needs more uphill capacity. Admittedly so does the Northwoods Express after 1:00 PM.

[skierdude9450]

Official announcement today that Vail will be replacing Chair 4 with a 3600 p/h capacity 6-passenger chairlift as well as Chair 12 being replaced with the triple from Rose Bowl at Beaver Creek. No official word on the manufacturer of the new #4 yet, although my guess would be that they continue to go with L-P.

http://blog.vail.com...-lift-upgrades/

This post has been edited by skierdude9450: 07 March 2013 - 01:01 PM

[Peter]

 skierdude9450, on 07 March 2013 - 12:57 PM, said:

Official announcement today that Vail will be replacing Chair 4 with a 3600 p/h capacity 6-passenger chairlift as well as Chair 12 being replaced with the triple from Rose Bowl at Beaver Creek. No official word on the manufacturer of the new #4 yet, although my guess would be that they continue to go with L-P.

http://blog.vail.com...-lift-upgrades/

From the link: "Additional details on the design and approval of the proposed lifts as well as the manufacturer of the new Mountaintop Express Lift (#4) will be available in the coming months."

Sounds like Doppelmayr is at least a possibility.

[Peter]

Vail Resorts also announced a new quad for Mt. Brighton. No new lifts at Afton Alps yet.

http://news.vailreso...+mtbrighton.htm

[missouriskier]

 Peter, on 07 March 2013 - 01:55 PM, said:

From the link: "Additional details on the design and approval of the proposed lifts as well as the manufacturer of the new Mountaintop Express Lift (#4) will be available in the coming months."

Sounds like Doppelmayr is at least a possibility.

I hope that L-P gets to build the new lift, since it's in their home state, but either way it is a much-needed upgrade.

[skier2]

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[boardski]

 Peter, on 07 March 2013 - 02:09 PM, said:

Vail Resorts also announced a new quad for Mt. Brighton. No new lifts at Afton Alps yet.

http://news.vailreso...+mtbrighton.htm

Are they getting old #4 from Vail?