Burke submits act 250 application for new Lift

[from_the_NEK]

According to the Act 250 database, the project has been approved.

Can anyone confirm if work is beginning? This is a big deal for Burke and Burke skiers and the realization of a dream that is decades in the making!

I noticed the approval as well so I took a drive up yesterday afternoon. No ground breaking or tree cutting work had started from what I could see since the mtn was shrouded in clouds from the CCC road on up. However, there were a couple of stakes and pieces of survey tape on the lower side of the mid-burke parking lot where the lift line will be.

 

[Masskier]

I noticed the approval as well so I took a drive up yesterday afternoon. No ground breaking or tree cutting work had started from what I could see since the mtn was shrouded in clouds from the CCC road on up. However, there were a couple of stakes and pieces of survey tape on the lower side of the mid-burke parking lot where the lift line will be.

They started clearing the lift line the end of last week. above 2500 ft,

 

[jaytrem]

Anybody know if the lift is going in this summer or next?

 

[thetrailboss]

Anybody know if the lift is going in this summer or next?

All indications are this summer.

 

[Masskier]

Anybody know if the lift is going in this summer or next?

This summer, Next summer is not an option. There are other plans for next summer.

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

This summer, Next summer is not an option. There are other plans for next summer.

Whats next summer?

 

[Masskier]

Whats next summer?

With out going into specifics. If the economy continues to improve and there is demand, there will be reasonable and smart improvements,- upgrades made almost on an annual basis for several years. This summer will be the busiest for them since 2005.

 

[thetrailboss]

With out going into specifics. If the economy continues to improve and there is demand, there will be reasonable and smart improvements,- upgrades made almost on an annual basis for several years. This summer will be the busiest for them since 2005.

Could you be anymore vague than that? :lol:

 

[psyflyer]

According to the Act 250 database, the project has been approved.

Can anyone confirm if work is beginning? This is a big deal for Burke and Burke skiers and the realization of a dream that is decades in the making!

Confirmed! While jogging on the triple C rode I saw them clearing in the bushes above me next to the poma. When I got down to the mid Burke area I saw a mountain operator friend and he told me they are clearing to make space for the lift. He mentioned everything should be signed, sealed and delivered within the next two weeks. Awesome!
:beer:

 

[psyflyer]

Finally an article in today's Caledonian Record

Here is another one:

http://www.news7newslinc.net/burke/high-speed-chairlift-burke-052011

 

[thetrailboss]

Here is another one:

http://www.news7newslinc.net/burke/high-speed-chairlift-burke-052011

Way to go Channel 7! I miss LSC news. They do some good work.

And look at all that snow.

I'd assume that upgrading/expanding snowmaking to handle the increase in traffic is part of the plan. Honestly if they ran a line up Doug's Drop (McHarg's or Lower Dougs to Doug's) and another up Dipper Doodle -> Lew's Leap -> Powderhorn -> Wilderness, they'd be in great shape.

 

[riverc0il]

It is pretty eye opening when they spell out the time difference of 14 down to 5 minutes (there was a little exaggerating in that video with 15 mentioned a few times, but not so much an exaggeration if the lift stops for any length of time). I think they need to do their research on new HSQ prices. 3M-10M? I think they could narrow that price range down a little bit by focusing on new HSQs rather than any new lift. But it isn't pretty much common knowledge at this point that they are getting Ascutney's HSQ? No reportage on that? They should have done some research on AZ. LOL. Okay, I guess it is still not confirmed fact ready for prime time news.

 

[deadheadskier]

Way to go Channel 7! I miss LSC news. They do some good work.

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Those chairs are going to be GIGANTIC. 6200 square feet. :lol:

 

[thetrailboss]

I agree that the price issue was not handled well. Nor the "20 terminal" piece. But I give them kudos for going up there, interviewing Joe, and getting the story out there.

 

[Masskier]

Here is another one:

http://www.news7newslinc.net/burke/high-speed-chairlift-burke-052011

Thanks for the Link

 

[thetrailboss]

OK, now this is weird.

The owners are also selling various pieces of equipment and some real estate. An official at the Burke Mountain Resort confirmed that that resort has been talking with Ascutney about buying the high-speed lift, but no deal has been reached.

:blink:

 

[UVSHTSTRM]

OK, now this is weird.



:blink:

What's weird, this has been in discussion for a while, right? The weird thing to me is from what I have been reading on this forum is that Burke is installing a lift this summer, is this correct? If so the lift to be installed was this lift from ascutney correct or was it suppose to be a brand new lift? If it is the Ascutney lift, I don't see how this thing could be installed this summer.

 

[thetrailboss]

What's weird, this has been in discussion for a while, right? The weird thing to me is from what I have been reading on this forum is that Burke is installing a lift this summer, is this correct? If so the lift to be installed was this lift from ascutney correct or was it suppose to be a brand new lift? If it is the Ascutney lift, I don't see how this thing could be installed this summer.

What I was referring to was the fact that Burke is cutting a lift line and beginning work, but has apparently not finalized the purchase of the Ascutney lift. So it is not clear as to what, if anything, will be installed!

 

[jimmywilson69]

maybe they couldn't wait and bought a new one and the Ascutney one will be a future replacement of another lift. It sounds like the assets of Ascutney will be tied up for a while.

 

[from_the_NEK]

OK, now this is weird.

:blink:

I still haven't heard anything official on this purchase. So even though they are working on the new lift line, I'm still not 100% sure there will actually be a lift to be installed there by next winter. Maybe they have a contingency plan to buy an brand new lift if the Ascutney deal falls through.