skef
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Both should be TTB.
SR is slightly longer drive for me.
SR is slightly longer drive for me.
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Can you lap the TTB trails at Sunday River, or are you basically lapping the upper half of Locke and there's a sketchy way down for getting back to the lodge at the end of the day?
Don't plan on Barker spinning til Friday.The limiting factor lapping SR today was lines, which were apocalyptic at the base of the Locke lift and bad at the midstation. The snow was good, particularly on top, and crowds on the trails weren't too bad. You could lap Sunday Punch top to bottom, but the lift line was really long. Hopefully crowds will be a little lighter tomorrow and they can open the Barker lift soon.
Well, given they just spent more money on the current Locke Triple (in addition to the all new top return station a few years ago) to raise it above the new T-Bar (three new towers and sheave sets, including a new depression tower), I seriously doubt they do anything with Locke. It is what it is. I would rather they up the Snowmaking infrastructure on Paradigm, Northern Lights, Airglow and Lights Out and go back to that setup early in Aurora. Other than the first few weekends, Locke is more a standby chair accessing very little terrain. There are many other areas that could use big $$ spent before Locke due to that.Really wondering when SR is going to up their early season game and replace Locke, and or, come up with a better solution. The next year and a half will be very telling to see where Boyne spends their money.
Well, given they just spent more money on the current Locke Triple (in addition to the all new top return station a few years ago) to raise it above the new T-Bar (three new towers and sheave sets, including a new depression tower), I seriously doubt they do anything with Locke. It is what it is. I would rather they up the Snowmaking infrastructure on Paradigm, Northern Lights, Airglow and Lights Out and go back to that setup early in Aurora. Other than the first few weekends, Locke is more a standby chair accessing very little terrain. There are many other areas that could use big $$ spent before Locke due to that.
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Wouldn't you still need to use Locke for downloading if they aren't open to the base?I have always wondered why they do not blow Jungle road early with Jim's whim. That would allow uploading from the base on the Barker quad, and Locke could be used exclusively from the mid station.
Wouldn't you still need to use Locke for downloading if they aren't open to the base?
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You could potentially overload the Triple by running Barker like that. (As in way too many skiers on the hill making things worse.) The only way to take away the pain would be making Locke a detach with a full midstation. But that is crazy $$ for a lift used heavily for only a couple weeks a year.Yes, but lapping the top would be able to load every chair. You could possibly run that lift at full speed too as with the alternating chair scheme, they run it at about 2/3 speed as it is. Yes, they would have to slow for download, but the UPHILL would be so much better.
You could potentially overload the Triple by running Barker like that. (As in way too many skiers on the hill making things worse.) The only way to take away the pain would be making Locke a detach with a full midstation. But that is crazy $$ for a lift used heavily for only a couple weeks a year.
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No way, still not enough Snowmaking terrain and Locke Trails are hogged by Gould racing anyway. Locke is what it is for a very loooong time.Unless you replace that instead of Barker. You could revamp the very start of Lazy River that used to originate at the top of Locke to get to the top of Barker and only run Barker on weekends.
The one problem with that is you need lower Downdraft to either Grand Rapids or the connection to AmEx. The AmEx connection would seem to make sense except for the fact that short link does not have its own Snowmaking line. The only difference with Aurora is I think the base is a few hundred feet higher and it is turned a bit more northerly than AmEx and Spruce.Why not
Chondola + Spruce lift
Am Ex for first trail. Overdraft back to Chondola for downloading.
Seems like that would take less snow than Aurora. Better lift situation than Locke.
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