mount snow to install a bubble 6 pack next year!

[vcunning]

Have they pubslished the new alignment yet? (That is: where the loading and unloading points are, relative to where the old Summit Local was?)

I haven't seen them on-line, but it seeing them on the passholder's meeting and on the Snow Show (great commercials, by the way) it looks like the loading and unloading points will be about 30 yards up the mountain. At the bottom, it give them more room to load and at the top and it also it provides wind shelter via the Summit Lodge with better downhill access to trails. The unloading point also will have a 90 degree left turn exit, not straight off the top.

 

[RootDKJ]

The unloading point also will have a 90 degree left turn exit, not straight off the top.

uke: I don't like that on Hunter's 6-pack either.

 

[jimmywilson69]

uke: I don't like that on Hunter's 6-pack either.

The Imperial Chair at Breckenridge is the same way. Last week was the first time I ever got off a lift without skiing straight off. Weird:???:

 

[RootDKJ]

The Imperial Chair at Breckenridge is the same way. Last week was the first time I ever got off a lift without skiing straight off. Weird:???:

It seems so unnecessary to me. I don't like lifts that load that way either.

 

[drjeff]

It seems so unnecessary to me. I don't like lifts that load that way either.

One of the reason why they're doing this with the new lift at Mount Snow is to actually help guests get off the lift at the top on windy days. When the wind is whipping out of the predominant NW direction that Mount Snow sees, unloading at the summit often has folks trying to clear the unloading area right into the wind. Not a big deal for all but the most petite of adult women, but for smaller women and kids (and even some beginners of all sizes) it can add to the challenge of trying to get off the lift and out of the unloading area.

This way, with the chair unloading facing basically South, and also slightly more downhill, it will help get 6 people out of the unloading area in theory atleast easier than if the lift unloaded "straight"

 

[threecy]

I'm not positive on this, but I believe an unloading like that allows for a smaller top terminal, as the chairs are unloading at the turn rather than prior to it (less straight runway needed?)

 

[oakapple]

What's the issue with a 90-degree unload? I realize it's not the norm, but I don't find it any harder.

 

[RootDKJ]

What's the issue with a 90-degree unload? I realize it's not the norm, but I don't find it any harder.

Takes up more time.

 

[Glenn]

One of the reason why they're doing this with the new lift at Mount Snow is to actually help guests get off the lift at the top on windy days. When the wind is whipping out of the predominant NW direction that Mount Snow sees, unloading at the summit often has folks trying to clear the unloading area right into the wind. Not a big deal for all but the most petite of adult women, but for smaller women and kids (and even some beginners of all sizes) it can add to the challenge of trying to get off the lift and out of the unloading area.

This way, with the chair unloading facing basically South, and also slightly more downhill, it will help get 6 people out of the unloading area in theory atleast easier than if the lift unloaded "straight"

The wind has litterally stopped my wife in her tracks exiting that lift on a windy day. :lol:

 

[Newpylong]

Takes up more time.

That's right. Those 10 seconds per lift ride really add up per day. I can imagine how many less runs we will get taking 1 to 2 minutes per day longer to unload off the lift.

I am sure there are plenty of reasons why they are doing rather than just be annoying.

 

[SKIQUATTRO]

(We rode a bunch over in Austria and I don't remember seeing any that were defaced or plastered with stickers. Aside from some scratches they seemed pretty bulletproof, and heavy too)

difference is is that people in Austria have pride and respect others property, something lacking in this society.....

 

[4aprice]

Apparently, the Canyons' lifts are heated. I don't know how, but here's a picture of a chair:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...ty-to-add-heated-lift-seats-snow-machine.html

Rode the Canyon's Orange Bubble last week and yes the seats are heated:-o My wife is claustrophobic so we only put the bubble down for a second but it was a little wierd. The bubble up provided a nice canopy from the falling snow.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[Mapnut]

I think the reason the sideways unloading is necessary is that if you unload straight ahead, you will be in the summit lodge. However it does seem undesirable that if you want to go to Cascade, you will have to reverse direction and cross under the lift. That could still be an improvement over getting off the existing Summit Express, when you had to walk uphill around the triple to get to Cascade.

 

[k123]

Have they pubslished the new alignment yet? (That is: where the loading and unloading points are, relative to where the old Summit Local was?)

Off the website:

 

[drjeff]

I think the reason the sideways unloading is necessary is that if you unload straight ahead, you will be in the summit lodge. However it does seem undesirable that if you want to go to Cascade, you will have to reverse direction and cross under the lift. That could still be an improvement over getting off the existing Summit Express, when you had to walk uphill around the triple to get to Cascade.

One of the pieces of the puzzle is a new "connector" section that Mount Snow will be putting in to get to Cascade. You get off the 6-pack, head slightly down Exhibition and then cut right across the liftline to access Cascade without having to climb uphill. The only trails you'd need to climb up to get to from the 6 pack would be the top of Plummet (if you don't want to ski around the summit lodge and access Plummet from Freefall) and Committed

 

[gmcunni]

difference is is that people in Austria have pride and respect others property, something lacking in this society.....

yes

 

[ta&idaho]

What's the etiquette if some of the riders want the bubble down and others want it up?

 

[mondeo]

What's the etiquette if some of the riders want the bubble down and others want it up?

Those that want it up turn it into a Dutch oven?

 

[drjeff]

What's the etiquette if some of the riders want the bubble down and others want it up?

That's already been the topic of debate over many a beer at Mount Snow and on the weekend morning live "snow show" that they have on the local Outdoor Network TV channel! :lol:

The early opinion is that they'll end up being more conversation between folks on the chair!

 

[farlep99]

Protocol in Austria is that the bubble only comes down if it's snowing. Definitely does not come down on a sunny day. I guess possibly in extreme Vermont cold that could change.