drjeff
Well-known member
Uncles doesn’t need snowmaking or widening its one of the few trails on the Main Face with character. Also with the new six pack and Sunbrooks new high speed as well, the lower half of Long John is going to be an even bigger disaster than it already is. Huge chokepoint at the knuckle past Carinthia. They really have to prioritize having both High and Low Traverse open to spread people out.
Actually they have started to address the Long John issue, in signage atleast, already. What they did this season is just before the Carinthia corner, what used to be known as Deer Run go its name switched to Long John and that part of Long John from Carinthia corner on down to the top of Heavy Metal is now Deer Run. That way they try and keep the beginners on Long John and send the park crowd looking to get from the top of Carinthia on down to Gulch without having to deal with the flat at the bottom of Mineshaft on Deer Run. Does it work any better??? Honestly not sure if I have noticed that much of a difference with keeping beginners off that section of now Deer Run. And next season, with likely more people lapping Sunbrook, and maybe not wanting to "climb out" of Sunbrook back over to the Main Face, the Beartrap lift will likely get more use which inturn will likely feed more people onto what is now Deer Run......
I am quite curious to see what the new lifts will do to traffic flow and volumes of people at certain lifts next season....