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It's a busy day... Before the west side opens it gets a lot of use..
The rest of the chairs are usually empty.
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Hunter quad disaster!!!
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It's a busy day... Before the west side opens it gets a lot of use..
The rest of the chairs are usually empty.
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I think they may've done it to show off whats going on in the park..
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Hunter quad is down again today!!!! Went down about a half hour ago (noon). I'm en route to Belleayre right now. Hunter is ridiculous!!!
At what point do you just shut down the lift until further notice? I know I wouldn't be riding it after reading about how often it's gone down this season.
RootDKJ
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Wow...
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This is not a good thing.
RootDKJ
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It sure does explain why the web cam was moved however! :idea:
andyzee
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I rode it once when I was there two weeks ago. It had delays for about 15-20 minutes on that ride, didn't ride it again that day. Don't think I'll be able to trust anymore until they replace it. Then again, if it's a nice day, I may use and if it goes down, maybe get some lift tickets out of the deal :lol:
millerm277
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I see people on it in the summit cam, so either it's back up, or they're stuck....
Sure it wasn't down for wind? I know PA had 50mph+ winds yesterday.
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hahaha so right. I was thinking about the other day....sure you get stuck for 1-3hrs.... but you get TWO FREE DAYS! plus a good amount left of the day your there PLUS a free zipline down off the chair and a scenic 2hr view of the catskills.
I think people need to exploit this awesome value!
andyzee
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There's other ways to get to the summit.
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2 free lift tickets - you spent X hours in a car & gas, spent about $60 for your ticket and they gave you 2 tickets.
You already bought 1 ticket and did not get your $s worth for that day -
If you think that is a deal the mountain needs to find out what you are drinking and pass it out for free.
I LOVE that they are now moving the webcam's to not show the lift - Censorship !!!
What could posibly be next???
You already bought 1 ticket and did not get your $s worth for that day -
If you think that is a deal the mountain needs to find out what you are drinking and pass it out for free.
I LOVE that they are now moving the webcam's to not show the lift - Censorship !!!
What could posibly be next???
andyzee
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Do you work for Belleayre? Just wondering.
kingslug
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You can spend the day there without using it...just takes longer.
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No - and I do not ski Belleayre because of the slow lifts and the traversing at the top.
If a mountain has a high speed lift it is figured into the cost of the ticket/pass and should be available and not go backwards and put people lives in danger. Not to mention the exposure dangers in the cold.
Plus - how many people relieved themselves in their pants after 3 hours stranded in the cold on lift and froze ??
Everyone knows you can get to the top other ways - but that takes time and you have to stand in 2 lines both on slow lifts.
By the way I don't work for Hunter either.
If a mountain has a high speed lift it is figured into the cost of the ticket/pass and should be available and not go backwards and put people lives in danger. Not to mention the exposure dangers in the cold.
Plus - how many people relieved themselves in their pants after 3 hours stranded in the cold on lift and froze ??
Everyone knows you can get to the top other ways - but that takes time and you have to stand in 2 lines both on slow lifts.
By the way I don't work for Hunter either.
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haha it was just a joke...
But in all seriouslynessly. I still think its a great bang for your buck. Id take that
At Whiteface 2 seasons ago the summit quad was disabled by wind knocking a chair into a communication line, people were stuck up there for about 2-3hrs. All they got was hot coco and cookies.
haha it was just a joke...
But in all seriouslynessly. I still think its a great bang for your buck. Id take that
At Whiteface 2 seasons ago the summit quad was disabled by wind knocking a chair into a communication line, people were stuck up there for about 2-3hrs. All they got was hot coco and cookies.
if I ever spent more than an hour stuck on a lift and was only offered cocoa in cookies, I wouldn't return to that mountain. At bare minimum your lift ticket should be prorated for the time lost while stuck on the chair.
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Agreed, that's total crap.
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I should be careful. To my knowledge on what was reported they got hot coco and cookies in the lodge after. They may have received other compensation.
It happened at 3:20, ten minutes before that lift shuts down for the day, 40min before the mountain closed. Plus it was a freak act of nature, from what I heard at the time people said winds werent a problem that day but a huge random gust caught an empty downloading chair and swung it up into a communication line.
Those still up there after dark got to ride down in the groomers. sweet.
It happened at 3:20, ten minutes before that lift shuts down for the day, 40min before the mountain closed. Plus it was a freak act of nature, from what I heard at the time people said winds werent a problem that day but a huge random gust caught an empty downloading chair and swung it up into a communication line.
Those still up there after dark got to ride down in the groomers. sweet.
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Update from the 1/26/2010 Hunterskiscene blogspot on the Quad situation.
The quad will be shut down on either this Sun night or the following Sun night for two full days for repairs to the motor (being sent to Albany) after which the singles line will again be set up and all chairs can be fully loaded.
The quad will be shut down on either this Sun night or the following Sun night for two full days for repairs to the motor (being sent to Albany) after which the singles line will again be set up and all chairs can be fully loaded.
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