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Ragged Mountain installing at HSQ to replace Spear this summer
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SkiingInABlueDream
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Very psyched about this lift. Definetely think I'll be spending a few spontaneous sick days at Ragged this season.
Abubob the first picture in your flickr set (looking across the pond to the ski area) is very nice.
Abubob
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Thanks, skifastr. Drop me a pm when you're starting to feel a bit queasy.
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So here's a dumb question regarding the Six Pack: though it is set up to load on the side, what is stopping them from just reorienting the line to the back? I don't think that there is anything specifically engineered or set up for a side load...except maybe the location of the stop bar and switches. Maybe I'm being naive.
And as to other ideas: Alta's Sugarloaf is a side load but their line is directly behind the lift and winds around to the side. Pictures explain it better than words:
That is no a good picture....the skier on looker's left is where the line now goes over to now. The corral is now right in the open area right there and it turns around to the side area.
And as to other ideas: Alta's Sugarloaf is a side load but their line is directly behind the lift and winds around to the side. Pictures explain it better than words:
That is no a good picture....the skier on looker's left is where the line now goes over to now. The corral is now right in the open area right there and it turns around to the side area.
SkiingInABlueDream
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If lifts designed for side load have the chairs connect to the haul rope sooner than lifts where you face uphill when loading, that would present a problem.
Smellytele
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So here's a dumb question regarding the Six Pack: though it is set up to load on the side, what is stopping them from just reorienting the line to the back? I don't think that there is anything specifically engineered or set up for a side load...except maybe the location of the stop bar and switches. Maybe I'm being naive.
And as to other ideas: Alta's Sugarloaf is a side load but their line is directly behind the lift and winds around to the side. Pictures explain it better than words:
That is no a good picture....the skier on looker's left is where the line now goes over to now. The corral is now right in the open area right there and it turns around to the side area.
As others have said the distance between it and the lodge and the slope prevents it.
In my experience that is not the case....the chairs still transition at the same place on Peruvian at Snowbird, etc.
Abubob
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I know when Ragged was trying out RFIDs they had entrance points on both sides. What I can't remember is what happened at the loading point.
dlague
Active member
So here's a dumb question regarding the Six Pack: though it is set up to load on the side, what is stopping them from just reorienting the line to the back? I don't think that there is anything specifically engineered or set up for a side load...except maybe the location of the stop bar and switches. Maybe I'm being naive.
And as to other ideas: Alta's Sugarloaf is a side load but their line is directly behind the lift and winds around to the side. Pictures explain it better than words:
That is no a good picture....the skier on looker's left is where the line now goes over to now. The corral is now right in the open area right there and it turns around to the side area.
I agree I posted the same suggestion. The line does not need to start by the spear lift!
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I take it that they scrapped the RFID idea? Seems like an expensive thing for an area of that size.
Abubob
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I think they were using EB-5 money because there was an attendant for each entrance. Seemed like thru were trying to fulfill requirements. They dropped it mighty fast; only had it one season.
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machski
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True, but often the straight line acceleration is faster than would happen with a straight load. It might be an easy adjustment to fix though.
steamboat1
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Both the Snowshed & Ramshead quads at K are examples of lifts that used to load straight but now load sideways. All you K haters know K wouldn't spend any money just to change that.
machski
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Yes, but I don't believe K operates either of these lifts at their full design speed. So if they only run at say 700 or 800 FPM, the terminal speed is super slow allowing you to side load on a lift designed for straight in loading.
Abubob
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Weekend Update: Took a hike up Showboat across the saddle and down Wildside.
P9284230 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P9284255 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P9284268 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P9284272 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P9284312 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
Whole set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wasabibob/sets/72157648093251696/with/15199088939/
P9284230 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P9284255 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P9284268 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P9284272 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
P9284312 by Bob Misu, on Flickr
Whole set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wasabibob/sets/72157648093251696/with/15199088939/
Things are really shaping up now. Nice pics. Thanks.
I was all set to accuse you of living under a rock, but then I realized that you are probably talking specifically about new trails at Ragged!
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