Masskier
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Thanks for the link.
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Burke Announces HSQ and Other Improvements
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Thanks for the link.
They probably wanted to get up high done before snow and skiing began.....
Masskier
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Just came back from a hike up to mid Burke. The Cable, chairs, foot rests are stored onsite, looking up from the base of the lift there is only 2 or 3 towers that are not complete yet.
from_the_NEK
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I was up there on Saturday and it looked like all of the towers are all together and waiting for various cables and ropes to be strung from them. The base area is buzzing with activity as the base terminal was being worked on as well as utilities all around the mid-lodge. Looks like they may be running the power underground over to the Snowmaking pond area,
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Looks good to me! And btw the new lift has FOOTRESTS for the naysayers!
Zand
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Where were those the last 40 years? lol
from_the_NEK
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Burke updated their Flicker site with summit terminal pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/burkemountain/6389961547/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/burkemountain/6389961547/
Burke updated their Flicker site with summit terminal pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/burkemountain/6389961547/
That looks nice! Anyone know if it will be a top drive lift?
Masskier
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Yes, It is a top drive.
Boardguy
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Any of you local guys have an update on lift construction progress?
Masskier
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I know they are still on target to be operational by X'mas week. Does anyone have any recent pictures?
from_the_NEK
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Burke had some new picts on their Facebook page last week.
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Now this is WAITING till the last minute!
Sounds like you weren't following this..Burke had originally planned on buying Ascutney's HSQ and reinstalling it. The lift is still tied up in litigation, so this was plan B. A better option IMHO.
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Sorry, did not see that! I agree, new is always better than used!
No worries! Like the cannon threads the Burke threads have gotten very long and hard to follow!
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From industry sources I heard Burke backed out of buying Ascutney's quad because they would have had to pay for removal which would've been high because of the difficult terrain at the top terminal. Ascutney used a helicopter to install the top of the lift because getting a crane to the summit was too difficult.
Newpylong
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Didn't the Ascutney lift have issues?
It was tied up in litigation...as to who owned it, if it was illegally transferred from the mountain to the old owners, etc. I also think that as it was the lift was not properly engineered up to state code because of a lack of sensors. The Plausteiners, in their infinite wisdom, opted to not spend the $$$ to get the issue fixed and as a result only ran the lift at a slower speed.
As to maintenance, it may have been maintained, may not. When you buy a resort that has been held by a creditor or bank, like a foreclosure sale you don't always know what you are getting. Previous creditors/banks that ran Burke had no idea what they were doing and sometimes cut corners or screwed up maintenance on the Willoughby Quad, leading to problems for future owners. Well the current ownership has got the bugs worked out and that lift runs well.
And as Telemechanic said the cost was getting too high for a used lift with lots of "?'s." Burke had a relationship with Poma/Leitner, who did the Sherburne Quad and may not have done much with Doppelmayr/CTEC since the last install by them was by CTEC in 1988. So maybe Poma gave them a deal that was so close in price to the reinstall that it just made sense to have a NEW lift, inside and out, rather than rolling the dice on a lift engineered for a different mountain and now over ten years old.
The Mid Burke Express looks like a really nice lift. Nice carriers, wood paneling in the terminals, new towers, and foot rests (people complained about the Willoughby not having them).
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from_the_NEK
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New pictures of the bottom terminal construction on Burke's Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/BurkeMtn?sk=wall#!/BurkeMtn?sk=wall
http://www.facebook.com/BurkeMtn?sk=wall#!/BurkeMtn?sk=wall
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