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I’ve done this before on Cannon’s HSQ top unloading terminal ’inadvertently”. The top unloading zone is flat and starts before the chair has fully decelerated, so if you stand up right away, you can unload with serious momentum.

Treeline Cirque at Alpine Meadows / Palisades Tahoe has mid unload angle station. Christie Peak at Steamboat has also has a mid unload angle station, but its a six pack.

I’m going to take a contrarian view to the doomers. My home mountain these days is Palisades Tahoe, formerly Squaw Valley + Alpine Meadows. Vibes aren't that dissimilar to Stowe and Smuggs, with Alpine being the “locals side” with more chill people, and the former Squaw side side having a lot...

Better one: throw bird seed onto the roof of the car on the regular. it’ll take a while for the birds to realize it’s there, but once they learn… if they drive a lot, bird seed rolled into balls of peanut butter will stay stuck better. Now as for the thread: being in the part of the country...

I've worked before at a (non ski resort) company that always tried to delay until the last possible minute projects, to reduce the time between when they spent money on a project ramp up, and when they get money back from sales. In variably, they would delay until the schedule only works out if...

My reaction towards online trolls

I don't have any comments about running a prototype test of this concept. The napkin math posted here seems like it may be tough to work out, but the concept of trying to keep water still at high elevation to avoid pumping it back uphill makes sense. It also seems like if you could just add a...

Actually on topic though, I have a few good more years left in my current truck. I'm starting to look at electric ones to replace it. The Rivian R1T with Max pack, with its ~400 mile nominal range, is leading the pack right now. I do most of my skiing at Palisades Tahoe, which is only about 120...

Because that worked out well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_Superfund_sites_in_the_United_States Industry and capitalism does a lot of good. Way more than centrally planned economies like the Soviet Union. In fact, capitalism and democracy both seem to be the least worst...

Perhaps I not the right kind of engineer, but can you expand on what specifically "the math" is makes DC electric cars unfeasible? Again, I'm not a sparky engineer, but it's my understanding that the entire reason AC won out for the power grid over DC is due to power losses in the transmission...

Nothing is more permanent than a temporary fix. I snagged my jacket on a tree branch at Palisades on a December pow day last season, and hastily patched it with 2” Gaffers Tape that I had in my car to get back out on the slopes. Almost a year later, that patch is still holding up perfectly...

It's my understanding from reading other news articles, that Gunstock the ski area had their own annual independent audit. The GAC stated that they wanted to do their own audit. Leaving facts, and entering into speculation land (all based upon other public news articles, I have no sources)...

There are sketchy urban areas. There are sketchy suburban areas. There are sketchy rural areas. There are also nice / safe urban areas. There are nice / safe suburban areas. There are nice / safe rural areas. On average, most of the northeastern states (urban and rural counties) and midwest...

I'm confused by the inclusion of Loon here. It's a bird... That being said, I don't have any concerns with the new Palisades name or S6 changing their name. Or if any other company wants to change their name. Or if a person wants to change their name. It's their name, they can choose to call...

Agreed on nearly all points (especially those that tackle the root cause of the problem: there is no imperative for colleges to rein in tuition increases), but disagree on the merits of a one-time debt forgiveness. The problem is there is already a massive amount of outstanding student loan...

It’s even better (worse?) than that. April had more snow than Nov + Jan thru March combined. The only months of notable snow were Oct, Dec, and April. It was a total feast or famine season. Oct storm only delivered enough to open for a weekend, then everything closed until mid December. We...

It seems like the hate regarding crowded ski resorts is somewhat falsely pushed entirely towards multi-resort passes, because people like a singular scapegoat. Rather than accepting that it's complicated with myriad reasons for most places. Part of that fact is that the total number of ski...

Even with cheaper Costco gas, I’ve crossed into the four figure range for gas expenses this season. Once there is a reasonably priced electric pickup that can get 400 ish miles of range, I’m trading in. That would enable a max reasonable length day trip of about 150 miles each way without having...

Looking forward to their pending new bubble eight-pack express lift Shawnee2030 press release.

A lot of places now are installing 6-pack lifts with wider chair spacing, so the uphill capacity is roughly the same as a quad. While I can’t comment on Stowe specifically, wider chair spacing helps ensure there are fewer loading issues, and the heavier 6-pack chairs handle windy conditions...