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Chair falls from lift at Attitash

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so after the NH lift inspectors and lift manufacturer nosed around, the lift reminds closed for 20 days so far. would love to speak w/one of their lift techs
for the inside scoop. oh, well. that ain't gonna happen.
 
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You would think within days the investigation would be complete, the cause of failure announced and a timeline for remediation communicated.

Don't the pass holders want to know when one of the two most important lifts on the mountain will be back?

Maybe Vail is waiting to get the dude who almost died to agree to a settlement before announcing a cause. The silence sure smells funny
 
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The remaining NHARA races this year, originally scheduled to occur on bear, have all been moved. SG to barons, GS to cranmore. These are lucrative events, doubt bear runs again this year.
 
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thebigo said:
The remaining NHARA races this year, originally scheduled to occur on bear, have all been moved. SG to barons, GS to cranmore. These are lucrative events, doubt bear runs again this year.
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Ski racing does not mean anything to Vail. The focus is all on Epic. They’ve all but ended ski races at PCMR.
 
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thetrailboss said:
Ski racing does not mean anything to Vail. The focus is all on Epic. They’ve all but ended ski races at PCMR.
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This is crazy to me. Registration fees alone for the event moved to barons this week approach $30K. That does not count F/B and companion tickets. Is vail so stupid to ignore a midweek/non-holiday $50K+ event?
 
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thetrailboss said:
Ski racing does not mean anything to Vail. The focus is all on Epic. They’ve all but ended ski races at PCMR.
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Um, Birds of Prey at BC says otherwise, not to mention the Olympics are coming back to SLC. Vail has their warts no need to go looking....
 
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meff said:
Um, Birds of Prey at BC says otherwise, not to mention the Olympics are coming back to SLC. Vail has their warts no need to go looking....
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Park City isn't hosting any alpine events this go around. Some of the events that were at PCMR in 2002 are going to Snowbasin.
 
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thebigo said:
This is crazy to me. Registration fees alone for the event moved to barons this week approach $30K. That does not count F/B and companion tickets. Is vail so stupid to ignore a midweek/non-holiday $50K+ event?
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Again, not to continue to beat a dead horse, but Vail's whole business model is the Epic Pass and anything that feeds into that. Local races do not fit that model. So they have pushed a lot racing programs out. In particular, look at Park City. The local racing programs literally had to build their own race training area at the Utah Olympic Park because Vail all but evicted them.
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Um, Birds of Prey at BC says otherwise, not to mention the Olympics are coming back to SLC. Vail has their warts no need to go looking....
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Wow. Birds of Prey--ONE BIG race. My point was that Vail has all but killed access for local racing programs at Park City and other places. Saying that there is one big race at Beaver Creek does not disprove what I am saying. If anything, it proves it. PCMR used to have LOTS of big races for the US Ski Team and other programs. Hell, they used to have rock concerts with the races back in the 1980's and 1990's under Nick Badami. That all ended under Vail. As I said above, the local racing programs (all ages and US Ski Team) had to literally build their own training site outside of PCMR because PCMR did not want to continue to close and maintain terrain for these programs. Or lose parking to them. But yeah, the world's largest ski area owner still hosts Birds of Prey. Call me unimpressed.

And I live in SLC so yes, I know about the 2034 Olympics and yes PCMR/Vail is CROWING about hosting a snowboarding and a freeride event. But as said below, PCMR is actually going to host LESS Olympic Events than they did in 2002. That left organizers having to find another venue and it looks like Snowbasin is going to get more love.
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Park City isn't hosting any alpine events this go around. Some of the events that were at PCMR in 2002 are going to Snowbasin.
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This. It was reported shortly after Utah won the Olympics that PCMR was cutting back on the events it was hosting. But PCMR certainly is still bragging about their (now less significant) role in 2034!

But none of this really has to do with Bear Peak at Attitash being all but closed.
 
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In the northeast, I don't think they've canned racing at any resorts yet, and Vail itself has one of the top programs in the country. So while I wouldn't be surprised for Vail to prioritize other customers who have a higher yield per visit, I don't see evidence of a broad push to eliminate racing on a widespread basis.

That does suck for Park City, though, given the history there.
 
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I didn't see any on the main side today. They just hang out with the rich people on Spruce.
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They moved racing to that side before most of the current development, when Spruce had rather little traffic and the main side had plenty. I do wonder if they still think that was a good idea (though in fairness, I haven't been there in over a decade).
 
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Sunapee is still a big racing area. A lot of state high school races are there and Linx is still mostly a dedicated race and training slope. Of course, Sunapee is a tad different being that the state still owns it and Vail leases the operations out. State has some say still.

Also, don't forget Vail itself added the Golden Peak T-Bar pod that is dedicated to racing and training. IIRC that was in tandem with a race club/teams which is the way a lot of race terrain and lift developments have been going industry wide. So I think Vail resorts backing racing or not has to do with local support for that. Vail won't back it by itself, but they are by far not the only operator out there doing similar.
 
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03/10/2025 Flying Bear Update: Flying Bear is now open and operating following a thorough inspection by the NH Passenger Tramway Safety Board and the lift manufacturer service team. The chair involved in the February 2 incident has been removed from service. The remainder of the Flying Bear lift has been inspected and cleared for public operations. Thank you for your patience.
 
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