Mt Snow Thread

[SLyardsale]

sundance express didnt open to the general public today. it did open to patrol and cheers went out when patrol passed over head on lower ridge. the top unload was fine - looked like they wanted a better product on coopers = so as chuckstah said - saturday
resurface efforts on every open section except freefall, hop and river run

 

[Newpylong]

Doesn’t every mountain do this ?

Only a few.

 

[drjeff]

lots of fan guns lit up this evening

 

[jaytrem]

What time do the lifts open tomorrow? Not sure I trust anybody at Vail to update properly.

 

[drjeff]

What time do the lifts open tomorrow? Not sure I trust anybody at Vail to update properly.

8AM they spin on weekends and holidays, 9AM during the week.

Unlike when Peak used to vary the opening/closing time depending on the time of the year, Vail keeps it the same all season long

 

[jaytrem]

Thanks, now what time does Sundance open???

 

[drjeff]

Thanks, now what time does Sundance open???

Presuming tomorrow is its official debut day, I would guess it would spin at 8, just like the other major base area lifts do

 

[SLyardsale]

Thanks, now what time does Sundance open???

Presuming tomorrow is its official debut day, I would guess it would spin at 8, just like the other major base area lifts do

wont there be some fanfare involved? john q public isnt getting 1st chair. nothing from vail on insta as of now

 

[shadyjay]

Ultimately the lift numbering is what the mountain uses via radio when response to a lift for maintenance or patrol is needed. And with some of Mount Snow's lifts (Sunbrook and Sundance in particular) sounding very similar, let alone if there;'s a call to patrol for someone on say the Snowdance trail, there's much less likely a chance that the place to respond to won't be confused, especially when some of those responding may be outside in the wind with a hemlet on when the call is made, if they call out say lift 7 (Sundance) or Lift 19 (Sunbrook) or a patrol sled to the Snowdance trail.

You're right... that makes perfect sense. They do have a few lifts that sound alike.
Maybe its just the fact that the numbering sequence is off (due to Haystack) that drives me nuts. Then again, if you change the numbers around, everyone's gotta learn the new numbers. It can be done... just a learning curve. (Something all of us in SNE are going through on the highways in the past year and for the next few).

 

[jaytrem]

Haystack lifts were all in the 20s. So the only thing they messed up was the Discovery Center. Most of the lifts are numbered in the order they were built (or the lift that replaced the original). When they bought Carinthia the 1, 2, 3 numbers were no longer in use. Those were old chain drive lifts. So they used the low numbers for the 3 of them.

 

[drjeff]

Sundance official opening at 9 on Sunday

 

[jaytrem]

Sunbrook was spinning today with no chairs. Guess it's close to being ready.

Excellent day out there today. This was my latest first (outdoor) day in ages. Didn't expect to have 4 day weekend in mid Nov and not even Killington open. Was excellent disc golf weather though, 70+ degrees in Bennington.

Mount Snow is blowing (aka making) crazy amounts of snow now. When we finished today I think it was more than I've ever seen at one time.

 

[urungus]

Will Sundance Base Lodge (and its ticket office - have a vip pass to redeem) be open tomorrow ?

 

[jaytrem]

Will Sundance Base Lodge (and its ticket office - have a vip pass to redeem) be open tomorrow ?

Probably not, especially since the lift is opening an hour late. Easy close up parking (currently free) at Carinthia is my pick for this weekend.

 

[drjeff]

Sunbrook was spinning today with no chairs. Guess it's close to being ready.

Excellent day out there today. This was my latest first (outdoor) day in ages. Didn't expect to have 4 day weekend in mid Nov and not even Killington open. Was excellent disc golf weather though, 70+ degrees in Bennington.

Mount Snow is blowing (aka making) crazy amounts of snow now. When we finished today I think it was more than I've ever seen at one time.

Chairs were being assembled for Sunbrook this week.

Read online via social media from a very reliable source, that as long as the weather cooperates, Sunbrook will be tested, certified, and spinning with people on it a few days before Christmas.

Also heard via a patroller my wife and I rode up the Bluebird with this morning and were talking about the new Sundance lift with, per a lift mechanic, if you are seated in the seat closest to the Grand Summit Hotel when you load, you want to be quick getting off the lift and give a good push, as the unload is a little flat and the chair might catch you as it finishes going around the bullwheel

 

[urungus]

if you are seated in the seat closest to the Grand Summit Hotel when you load, you want to be quick getting off the lift and give a good push, as the unload is a little flat and the chair might catch you as it finishes going around the bullwheel

ha ha, that has happened to me twice on the Challenger chair, got a nice bruise on the hip each time.

 

[urungus]

I got Chair #5 !!

 

[urungus]

From Mt Snow Facebook

 

[Smellytele]

No dr Jeff on the first chair?

 

[MikeDeJ]

I got Chair #5 !!

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I was right behind you on chair 6!!! Nice chair will be interesting to see how it flows on a Saturday.