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mount snow to install a bubble 6 pack next year!

Black Phantom

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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! :)

Will they be recording the conversations in addition to videotaping?
 

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Will they be recording the conversations in addition to videotaping?

Only if they super duper secret covert "bubble police" see you heading for the bubble with a sticker for a sharpie willl they turn on the flux capacitor powered high intensity recording device and then also zap you with a satellite based ray gun and/or whack you with a light saber when you get off the chair ;)
 

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Only if they super duper secret covert "bubble police" see you heading for the bubble with a sticker for a sharpie willl they turn on the flux capacitor powered high intensity recording device and then also zap you with a satellite based ray gun and/or whack you with a light saber when you get off the chair ;)

 

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That bubble is going to be great for safety meetings.

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does the bubble lift up separately from the foot rest?

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Yes, but if you lift the safety bar when exiting and the bubble is down, both will come up at once.
 

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They've done a great job documenting the entire process on their website. Back in March, you were able to see the removal of the top few towers of the Local on the webcams.

drjeff posted a neat pic on FB a few weeks ago of the Grand Summit sans chairs.
 

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Mount Snow's update and timeline for the project: http://mountsnow.com/bubble-blog-timeline/

New chairs for the Quad as well.

That would be one of the main deciding factors as to why Leitner/Poma got the contract over Doppelmayr. And let's just say that L/P made an offer about those new chairs for the Grand Summit that Mount Snow pretty much couldn't refuse :)
 

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The new chair frames look much wider than the old chairs. I'm curious if they will be wider than the old chairs once assembled?
Do you think they are wider to accomodate much "wider" modern Americans than the 20+ year old chairs were?

I ski as a single often and it seems I'm always stuck with 3 fattys :)
 
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