ss20
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So I was going to post this over on a trip report from today that talked about how insane crowd levels were and the rumors of a 40-45 minute lift line for the bird today... is there anything Sneaux can do even with make believe money? You've got a 6 pack and a detach quad running full speed to the summit, another detach(Canyon) that serves it's own area and can get you out of the base area and over to North Face. I know the plan is Sunbrook detach quad soon, but the issue starts at the base. One pie in the sky idea, replace Tumbleweed/Sundance with yet another detach that would serve a fair bit of terrain.
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It's because it's only Nitro, Bluebird, Grand Summit, and Challenger lifts. They should have Canyon running but I doubt they have the staff.
I believe that Sundance is slated to become a detachable lift, and the lodge over there will be replaced with a new one substantially further down the hill. But both of those are many many years away as I believe the Main Base is going to be where construction focuses next once Carinthia is wrapped up.
IMO, just having Sunbrook as a detachable will significantly fix traffic flow at the mountain. The lines at the base could be 20+ minutes long on a weekend and Sunbrook will have empty chairs going up. Severe underutilization of that terrain. Sunbrook WILL happen sooner than later...my personal ideas would be to move the current Sunbrook quad to Heavy Metal to replace that and give more capacity to Carinthia. Followed by upgrading a North Face lift to a high-speed quad, then replacing Canyon with a 6pack as that lift will be nearing the end of its life and has many hours on it as being the primary mountain biking lift in the summer.
Back in reality, long-term I believe the plan is to put in a lift from the base area up 1/4 the way of Roller Coaster and make the lower part of that novice terrain. That would help some traffic but not much out of the base area.
I have looked at the mast plan online for the hill many times but take my post with a grain of salt until Dr. Jeff proofreads it :lol: