Burke Announces HSQ and Other Improvements

[from_the_NEK]

How did you make those images? good stuff

If you have a saved line feature in Google Earth, you can right click on it an select "Show Elevation Profile". Although, I don't really trust the slope values is calculates.

 

[from_the_NEK]

FWIW IIRC the tower beside MidBurke is #3.

If that is the case Could "Tower 1" be the sheave train that is attached to the base terminal or the base terminal itself?

 

[thetrailboss]

If that is the case Could "Tower 1" be the sheave train that is attached to the base terminal or the base terminal itself?

I think so.

 

[threecy]

Sometimes the bridge/portal can be labelled as Tower 1. In the case of the Sherburne Express, the first standalone tower is Tower 1.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Just thought of something this evening I should have asked in the challenge?

Are the new lift and trails going to be on this year's trail map?

I think they will be since they don't send it out for printing until September (At least that was when it went out to print when I was on the cover a few years ago).

 

[dennis]

I wonder where the helicopter is this week?
I went up the the Mid-Lodge yesterday and these two tower footing forms had been moved over to what is left of the Mid-Burke parking lot. An "11" and "12" had been spray painted on them and they were rigged up with harnesses that appeared to be for airlifting. Towers 11 and 12 are the ones on the steepest section of the lift line.

Mount Snow 19th and 20th, Burke the 21st

 

[Masskier]

Mount Snow 19th and 20th, Burke the 21st

At this moment the Helicopter is in the mid Burke parking lot waiting for the fog to lift. Right on schedule.

 

[thetrailboss]

So the chopper is moving forms and pouring concrete on some of the bases I take it? Good to hear. What about the terminal components? I did not see them on Sunday.

 

[from_the_NEK]

So the chopper is moving forms and pouring concrete on some of the bases I take it? Good to hear. What about the terminal components? I did not see them on Sunday.

Burke's Facebook page said something about being ready for the helicoper. There are a couple of forms that need to be set by Heli first. Then I'm assuming they are going to use the Heli to transport concrete to all the footings between the Poma base and the toll road. There may even be a couple tower footings among the toll road crossings where the air transport of concrete makes sense as well.

 

[psyflyer]

At this moment the Helicopter is in the mid Burke parking lot waiting for the fog to lift. Right on schedule.

Chopper is in the air right now. They are pouring cement on the upper parts. Awesome to watch!

 

[billski]

da loaf

With all this chatter about a new lift, why ain't nobody talkin' about Sugarloaf?
Or did I miss another thread? Again.

 

[thetrailboss]

With all this chatter about a new lift, why ain't nobody talkin' about Sugarloaf?
Or did I miss another thread? Again.

http://forums.alpinezone.com/showthread.php?t=91460

 

[WoodCore]

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

With all this chatter about a new lift, why ain't nobody talkin' about Sugarloaf?
Or did I miss another thread? Again.

Cool picture. The 3 towers behind the bullwheel structure clearly indicate the lift will be a detachable. But the bare bullwheel itself, without the rest of the terminal built around it yet, kind of looks like the minimal summit terminals sometimes seen with fixed chairs. Cool picture...

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

Cool picture. The 3 towers behind the bullwheel structure clearly indicate the lift will be a detachable. But the bare bullwheel itself, without the rest of the terminal built around it yet, kind of looks like the minimal summit terminals sometimes seen with fixed chairs. Cool picture...

It is not a detachable, it is a fixed chair.

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

It is not a detachable, it is a fixed chair.

really? Interesting. ok my bad. I still like the picture though.

 

[from_the_NEK]

Stop messing up the Burke thread with this talk/pictures of Sugarloaf's "Slow Quad". ;-)

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

What's the latest on Jay's Bonnie chair replacement?

 

[from_the_NEK]

What's the latest on Jay's Bonnie chair replacement?

Next year is the word.


Hey...wait a minute...

 

[thetrailboss]

Back to Burke. So any more helicopter shots?