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What the heck is going on at Magic?
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soposkier
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Damn, was hoping to make it there tomorrow, lets hope its only a temporary problem.
jrmagic
New member
Was a hydraulic line. Lift is running with people on it now.
steamboat1
New member
In the middle of the day on a busy Sat. with the only lift to the summit down for an hour or more (only lift period for that matter) is not good.
billski
Active member
I would have thought from last year's breakdown that they would have fixed the black post-haste. From December 19th, last update:
[h=3]Update 12-19
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New and Good Results in the Black Chair Arena
Two weeks ago I told you how bad the situation was, then last week I said were making progress. Thursday we drove up to Montpelier and presented progress that has been made on both the rub rail and the developed action list targeting the remaining issues. The final part of presentation addressed the next steps. I said Magic would (1) complete the ‘action list’; (2) continue the daily and biweekly inspections that were done last year. I went on to recommend that (3) the Tramway Board revoke their January order and (4) revert to the mode where their lift inspector in in control over when the lift is ready to operate. Our lift Inspector agreed, on condition that our Professional Engineer inspects and approves of the work that completes the Action List. Given those conditions the Vermont
Tramway Board of Directors voted to revoke the Jan 17[SUP]th[/SUP] order. That for us is a big deal. We were in the situation where we could do all the work and still not have a Black Lift. Today’s vote means that if we do the work the lift will be approved for future usage. There was limited talk about replacing the Black Lift; we want to do that if it can be made affordable, but no commitments were made. I know we can do the required work by the end of January, and possible two weeks earlier if we can just fund the required staff to do the work. That effort is being currently addressed.
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Tom
http://skimagicvt.blogspot.com/
[h=3]Update 12-19
[/h]
New and Good Results in the Black Chair Arena
Two weeks ago I told you how bad the situation was, then last week I said were making progress. Thursday we drove up to Montpelier and presented progress that has been made on both the rub rail and the developed action list targeting the remaining issues. The final part of presentation addressed the next steps. I said Magic would (1) complete the ‘action list’; (2) continue the daily and biweekly inspections that were done last year. I went on to recommend that (3) the Tramway Board revoke their January order and (4) revert to the mode where their lift inspector in in control over when the lift is ready to operate. Our lift Inspector agreed, on condition that our Professional Engineer inspects and approves of the work that completes the Action List. Given those conditions the Vermont
Tramway Board of Directors voted to revoke the Jan 17[SUP]th[/SUP] order. That for us is a big deal. We were in the situation where we could do all the work and still not have a Black Lift. Today’s vote means that if we do the work the lift will be approved for future usage. There was limited talk about replacing the Black Lift; we want to do that if it can be made affordable, but no commitments were made. I know we can do the required work by the end of January, and possible two weeks earlier if we can just fund the required staff to do the work. That effort is being currently addressed.
...
Tom
http://skimagicvt.blogspot.com/
jrmagic
New member
True but shit does happen. Turned out to be an O-ring. Plenty of people went back up and it was a great afternoon ending.
makimono
Member
heading up in the am...counting on all you rippers partying hard tonight with the torchlight festivities and being too hung over to beat me to first chair haha :beer:
Savemeasammy
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How were lines today other than when it was being fixed?
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jrmagic
New member
Longest I waited was 3-4 minutes at 12:15ish which bought me a long look around pole 8 during the downtime. The new snow started feeling really good underfoot by end of day.
Smellytele
Well-known member
Got there about 8:45. No lines until 11:00.Just came back out for a quick lunch and waited in line for about 6=7 minutes. When it died I was standing with my youngest son with the chair coming about to get on. Ended up walking about a 1/3 of the way up with 2 of my kids and skied the disappearing act glades. Then had a beer and it was running again and snowing. Skied to the lift closed with no lines at all. Trails were in great shape and still found a little fresh powder on the west side.
After the intermission it was ski on. And the skiing is wonderful. The mix of really developed moguls on Twilight, rest runs on Talisman! and Sorceror! (The grooming there is almost to good). Then to the woods. Magician is really good also (tricky in one spot). Broomstick is getting to be such a weird halfpipe I sideslip a lot of it. Tomorrow will be low crowds and all you can eat I think.
makimono
Member
Just a redonkulous day! cool to make turns with the infamous jrmagic and the elusive orange gondola
am planning on a magic trip this thursday, but am wondering if the lift downtime last saturday was a huge pain? i mean, did folks have to sit while the repair was made, or did staff run the folks off on elec right away then fix the ol' girl.
It was down for about an hour and change. We got lunch and had a couple extra drinks then got back to it in the afternoon. Got a solid 2 hours in. It sounds like it ran ok on sunday so you should be ok
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RustyGroomer
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A few pics from an unreal stretch.
jrmagic
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Repair was made after offloading using the backup motor.
legalskier
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Some more love for Magic, from All Mountain Mamas:
http://allmountainmamas.skivermont.com/magic-mountain-southern-vermont/
http://allmountainmamas.skivermont.com/magic-mountain-southern-vermont/
