mount snow to install a bubble 6 pack next year!

[drjeff]

It is amazing. I'll up in a week and take/post some photos.

Pretty good update at Mount Snow's Website http://tinyurl.com/3lybltn

That update, especially with the tentative tower flying dates has me excited! I wonder how it will look from the Mount Snow Golf Course as the towers are being flown?? If that date holds true, in a sense the Make a Wish benefit golf tourney will grant one of my wishes of seeing the towers being flown!

 

[Glenn]

That was an interesting update. That answered the question of how crowded it was going to be at the base area when the lines stack up for the new lift. By moving the waiting area up, problem solved.

And some tentative helicopter dates!

 

[WoodCore]

I liked the comment about the Poma folks moving the forms for the base terminal north up to another VT ski area. Nothing like Mount Snow confirming the install at Burke.

 

[drjeff]

I liked the comment about the Poma folks moving the forms for the base terminal north up to another VT ski area. Nothing like Mount Snow confirming the install at Burke.

Yup, that was a nice little bit! Gotta help take care of one of their own afterall!

 

[oakapple]

It is amazing. I'll up in a week and take/post some photos.

Pretty good update at Mount Snow's Website http://tinyurl.com/3lybltn

It says: " Needless to say, unlike the Summit Triple, you will not need ski down to the load area, ever again!"

I know this will seem dense, but what do they mean by that? Doesn't one normally ski down to reach a load area? What other (desirable) alternative would there be?

 

[Newpylong]

On the Summit Triple the load point was lower than where you came out of the gate to the load area. People would always overshoot the load area and misload, stopping the lift every so often.

Perhaps this is what they mean? It will be a straight run like the Quads?

I like what I saw about the "ski under" trail - this will keep people from mobbing/milling/blocking the summit area like what happens now.

 

[drjeff]

It says: " Needless to say, unlike the Summit Triple, you will not need ski down to the load area, ever again!"

I know this will seem dense, but what do they mean by that? Doesn't one normally ski down to reach a load area? What other (desirable) alternative would there be?

Lets just say that depending on the snowdepth in the base area and how the cats had graded it recently, there were times when the ramp down from the "wait here" line to the load line was almost steeper and longer than the unload ramp at the top

 

[Glenn]

I like what I saw about the "ski under" trail - this will keep people from mobbing/milling/blocking the summit area like what happens now.

We chatted with Dennis Bills about this when we picked up our chair. He was saying that cut out is going work really nicely.

I'm looking forward to seeing it in action.

 

[thetrailboss]

I liked the comment about the Poma folks moving the forms for the base terminal north up to another VT ski area. Nothing like Mount Snow confirming the install at Burke.

+ 1. Going to post those comments in the Burke thread.

 

[steamboat1]

I wonder if they'll make it that the bubble & the safety bar open up automatically at the top unloading station. If you've ever skied at Mount Sainte Anne or Stoneham in Quebec you'd know that their bubble quad chairs have this feature which is very nice. I've always wondered why no New England chairs had this feature.

 

[Newpylong]

Yes I believe this is going to be what happens. I know at least the bubble will open automatically at top, so I ASSume that both will?

 

[drjeff]

I wonder if they'll make it that the bubble & the safety bar open up automatically at the top unloading station. If you've ever skied at Mount Sainte Anne or Stoneham in Quebec you'd know that their bubble quad chairs have this feature which is very nice. I've always wondered why no New England chairs had this feature.

Yes I believe this is going to be what happens. I know at least the bubble will open automatically at top, so I ASSume that both will?

Even if it's just the bubble that automatically opens, I can say from having observed it first hand countless times already in the demo chair that Leitner-Poma sent to Mount Snow, that the design of their new safety bar/footrests and how the pivot point of them is located is so efficient that even a 5 1/2 year old can flip the safety bar up on his own! The safety bars on both the 6 pack and the new chairs on the Grand Summit (and one would also presume the new chairs at Burke) are really impressive with how easy they open

 

[steamboat1]

If I remember correctly the bubble chairs I mentioned in Quebec also automatically close for the trip down & then re-open before loading at the bottom. That is a great feature because it keeps the chairs dry on those days with inclement weather. Nothing like getting a wet butt from riding the lifts.

 

[thetrailboss]

New update: http://mountsnow.com/bubble-blog-more-parts-helicopters/

And I think it is cool that they listed the dates that the chopper will be there so that folks can come and watch! :beer:

 

[drjeff]

New update: http://mountsnow.com/bubble-blog-more-parts-helicopters/

And I think it is cool that they listed the dates that the chopper will be there so that folks can come and watch! :beer:

I'm really hoping that the date for the tower flying holds. As i'm already going to be up there that Friday playing in the VT Make a Wish Foundation charity golf tournament that day at the Mount Snow Golf Course (thank you Vcunning for that offer )

Right now though, its all about keeping the base area construction and storrage barn assembly on track so that the base area will be clear enough for the Mount Snow Brewer's Festival the Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend! :beer: (and apparently everything is right on schedule for that to happen and the 83 varieties of beer to be pouring in the main base area in less than 2 weeks! )

 

[Glenn]

Very cool! I think I'll be able to make one of those dates for the fly in.

 

[WoodCore]

The roof trusses on the storage building are being installed today......watching on the webcam. http://mountsnow.com/live-cams/

 

[billski]

I'm only interested in a "bubble" when the wind is blowing hard or it's raining.
Just one more thing to break and to slow the load/unload process.

 

[Newpylong]

I'm only interested in a "bubble" when the wind is blowing hard or it's raining.
Just one more thing to break and to slow the load/unload process.

Then most likely if you choose to ski at Mount Snow you're going to want to use it most of the time during the winter. The wind can really howl on the top 1/3 of the mountain...

Have you ridden a lift with a bubble before? They are about as simple as the safety bar. Same concept - not really much to break. They are largely irrelevant to the loading or unloading process time.

 

[Glenn]

The roof trusses on the storage building are being installed today......watching on the webcam. http://mountsnow.com/live-cams/

Nice! Thanks for the link!