Worst 10 lifts in the East?

[Geoff]

Mad River Glen single chair: WTF. A double with the chairs spaced twice as far apart would have been a far better solution.

The two trams in New England @ Jay and Cannon. I can't stand being jammed in like that and it's not like the Aiguille du Midi where a tram is the only possible way to run a lift on the terrain.

 

[mister moose]

Mad River Glen single chair: WTF. A double with the chairs spaced twice as far apart would have been a far better solution.

This from the man who buys Wild Turkey in a plastic bottle.

Turn in your green license plates, they have been canceled.

 

[riverc0il]

Quad at Wildcat. When it's running, it's one of the best. But when it shuts down (which is all the time) it shuts down most of the mountain. The placement is terrible. OF COURSE it's going to be affected by wind all the time....look where you are. IMO they should have built a 2/3 quad with a separate summit lift. A surface lift may even make sense.

Actually, it only shuts down six trails off the top third of the mountain. I <3 the Tomcat Triple. Not having the old summit double is definitely a handicap. They would do well to build a t-bar in the former gondi line to replace the old upper mountain double that was where the current quad is now.

 

[riverc0il]

Birdland double at MRG. It serves the only beginner area on the mountain but in order to get to it or get down from it you have to ski intermediate terrain.

Not True!!! Fox to Easy Way is all green circle... though Easy Way does cut across some intermediate runs which can be difficult for a beginner (nothing like Sunday River's Three Mile Trail and Kansas, though). TONS of beginner kids at MRG... perhaps the greatest family mountain in New England, Birdland Chair ain't got nothing wrong with it and has awesome green circle runs.

 

[bigbog]

It's gone now but at the AZ summit last year I was really frustrated with the lift layout at Sugarloaf. The HSQ was always backed up and going up the spillway lifts was so... slow. I'm not a patient guy.

Really interested in trying the new Spillway quad. I hope that breaks apart traffic on the lifts better.

Especially on windy powderdays!.....:smash:
The initial lift, Boardwalk is tough enough....Spillway should be nice.... Usually, as UV said...have to take your chances with the HSQ.

 

[riverc0il]

I'll echo a few nods so far and add a few:

Willoughby Quad at Burke (slow)
West Mountain Double Double but only a Double at Sugarloaf (SLOW!)
Summit Triple at Attitash (SLOW!!!)
Speare Triple at Ragged (SLLLLOOOOWWW!!!)
Freezer at Jay (Brutally Cold)
Access Quads at Okemo (slow and pointless)
Double at Cranmore (classic but perhaps the slowest lift I have ever ridden and very limited vert)
Rangely Double at Saddleback (slow and long lines on busy weekends)


Tenney's lifts would be notable as rather slow if they were open.

The previous point about Magic's lifts being both the best and the worst is on point. Both lifts need more work, they have both had issues and evacs more than can reasonably be expected. I find the Yan chairs on the Black Line to be incredibly uncomfortable. For that matter....

All Yan Chairs. I just hate them all.

 

[riverc0il]

Mad River Glen single chair: WTF. A double with the chairs spaced twice as far apart would have been a far better solution.

The two trams in New England @ Jay and Cannon. I can't stand being jammed in like that and it's not like the Aiguille du Midi where a tram is the only possible way to run a lift on the terrain.

Glad you are skiing K and not creating more lift lines and traffic at my favorite areas.

:beer:

 

[mediamogul]

Its gotta be the freezer at jay. It could be a 50 degree day and you'd still get hit with a sub zero blast of wind coming up over that ridge. Bonnie quad is the way to go.

I hate the K-1. That might just be personal preference. There's always a huge line and usually you have to ride up with some jackasses and they all stink of stale reefer smoke.

 

[andrec10]

Maybe Z-lift at Hunter. Had no variable speed, so it had to stop even to slow down. Also, it would ALWAYS roll back an uncomfortable amount when it stopped. Reminded me when it did just that with that big accident in the 70's. But wait...ITS GONE! YEAH!!! I just hope the "new" quad behaves itself!

 

[playoutside]

I hate to say this because I feel like a bully picking on an area that is really trying to creatively succeed but...

the double at Whaleback is brutally slow and is really tough to ride on a cold day. the ride up is so much longer than the run back down...really tough to stay warm on a windy day

 

[x10003q]

TONS of beginner kids at MRG... perhaps the greatest family mountain in New England, Birdland Chair ain't got nothing wrong with it and has awesome green circle runs.

Any ski area with a single chair is not the greatest family ski area in New England.

 

[riverc0il]

Any ski area with a single chair is not the greatest family ski area in New England.

Tell that to the youngsters the first time they get to ride the Single by themselves.



The family vibe at MRG is amongst the best around. If I ever had a kid, I'd probably switch MRG to my home mountain and get the pass there.

 

[Puck it]

High country double at WV. I can't believe no one has said it.

 

[Skimaine]

I read somewhere that it is one of the longest lift rides in the country at 20 something minutes.

As a west side resident (not in a McMansion but a 1 bedroom breakout unit), it is often quicker to take the shuttle to the base than to ride the F'n slow West Mountain lift.

 

[Smellytele]

High country double at WV. I can't believe no one has said it.

+1
Just useless plus the diesel exhaust sucks!

 

[x10003q]

Tell that to the youngsters the first time they get to ride the Single by themselves.



The family vibe at MRG is amongst the best around. If I ever had a kid, I'd probably switch MRG to my home mountain and get the pass there.

I had my son on all the lifts at Gore when he was 4. There was no way I would ever put a 4 to 6 year old on a lift alone. Plus riding chair lifts with my kids has been just as great as skiing down the trails with them.:grin:

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

West Mountain double at Sugarloaf. Ridiculously long and slow and serves basically nothing other than a bunch of vacation McMansions. Silliest thing is that it's a one-sided double-double (double-nothing?), indicating that they thought they'd need the extra capacity some day.

Of Topic: Are there McMansions over there? I have never really noticed McMansions. I have noticed some beautiful homes/seasonal homes, but never anything I would consider McMansions. Do they have McMansions like some of those you see over at Sunrise at Killington? Perhaps we just have a different idea of a McMansion or I just never noticed them. Nothing I hate more then McMansions at Ski Resorts.

 

[Newpylong]

Shooting Star at Stratton. The 6 pack to nowhere...

 

[Skimaine]

Of Topic: Are there McMansions over there? I have never really noticed McMansions. I have noticed some beautiful homes/seasonal homes, but never anything I would consider McMansions. Do they have McMansions like some of those you see over at Sunrise at Killington? Perhaps we just have a different idea of a McMansion or I just never noticed them. Nothing I hate more then McMansions at Ski Resorts.

I would not call them McMansions. Many nice custom build homes over there.

 

[Gnarcissaro]

High country double at WV. I can't believe no one has said it.

F*&k.....THAT....LIFT.

The fact Waterville claims the vertical that they do and a 4000 foot summit with this lift is bullshit. (The top of the double is below 4000.) Without the double they got like 1500 vertical on the quad.

You could make an argument that their antiquated detachable quad sucks too, place is a joke.