Skiing Trivia Round II (Starts on Page 2)

[thetrailboss]

OK, thought I'd throw these questions out and see who gets 'em. Have fun and later I will throw out some more. :wink:

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  1. Chairlift company that went bankrupt because of a lethal grip design. Bonus: the worst accident involving this grip took place at which resort?
  
  2. First tram in America was on this mountain. And who was the company that built it?
  
  3. Which large corporation bought Jay Peak in the 1960's, took its timber, and installed its famous tram before selling it? Bonus: name one of the original Jay Peak founders.
  
  4. Name two current chairlift manufacturers. Bonus if you can name a third one.
  
  5. Name Bode Miller's REAL home ski area.
  
  6. Bonus: what ski did Bode make famous by racing on them back in the 1990's?
  
  7. Name the high school alma mater of Kelly Lewis and Diane Roffe Steinrotter. Bonus: Name the founder of the school and the mountain on which it sits.
  
  8. What is the name of Cannon's forgotten sister mountain?
  
  9. What was Sunday River's first mascot?
  
  10. What ski area was designed and built by a former New Hampshire Governor?

 

[riverc0il]

1. Chairlift company that went bankrupt because of a lethal grip design. Bonus: the worst accident involving this grip took place at which resort?

yan. it was out west i believe, can't remember where.

2. First tram in America was on this mountain. And who was the company that built it?

cannon by american Steal & Wire iirc.

4. Name two current chairlift manufacturers. Bonus if you can name a third one.

poma/lietener and doppelmeyer/ctec. i know i spelt those wrong, heh! didn't know a third still existed, is riblet still distributing parts?

5. Name Bode Miller's REAL home ski area.

well, he cut is teeth at cannon being a franconia kid, but i have no idea where he skis most of the time now when he's not on the curcuit. he went to CVA though right? so maybe you are looking for sugarloaf

8. What is the name of Cannon's forgotten sister mountain?

i would hardly call mittersill forgotten! anything but!

10. What ski area was designed and built by a former New Hampshire Governor?

govenor sherman adams worked with sel hannah to put loon mountain on the map.

 

[thetrailboss]

(Applause) Rivercoil did VERY well!!! :beer: Any other guesses?

1. Chairlift company that went bankrupt because of a lethal grip design. Bonus: the worst accident involving this grip took place at which resort?

yan. it was out west i believe, can't remember where.

Yan is correct. Which resort?

2. First tram in America was on this mountain. And who was the company that built it?

cannon by american Steal & Wire iirc.

CORRECT!

4. Name two current chairlift manufacturers. Bonus if you can name a third one.

poma/lietener and doppelmeyer/ctec. i know i spelt those wrong, heh! didn't know a third still existed, is riblet still distributing parts?

CORRECT! CTEC/Garaventa/Doppelmeyr and Poma/Leitner. Still is a third one...

5. Name Bode Miller's REAL home ski area.

well, he cut is teeth at cannon being a franconia kid, but i have no idea where he skis most of the time now when he's not on the curcuit.

CORRECT! Cannon is what I was looking for.

8. What is the name of Cannon's forgotten sister mountain?

i would hardly call mittersill forgotten! anything but!

CORRECT!

10. What ski area was designed and built by a former New Hampshire Governor?

govenor sherman adams worked with sel hannah to put loon mountain on the map.

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CORRECT!! :beer: I was expecting Bob R to get this one. :wink:

 

[ski_resort_observer]

#7 Kelly and Diane went to Burke Mt Academy, I think.

 

[Terry]

#6 I believe was K2 4's

 

[teachski]

Re: Skiing Trivia Round I

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  1. Chairlift company that went bankrupt because of a lethal grip design. Bonus: the worst accident involving this grip took place at which resort?

The lift and area are the former Ruby Triple at Keystone.

4. Name two current chairlift manufacturers. Bonus if you can name a third one.

The third is Partek

7. Name the high school alma mater of Kelly Lewis and Diane Roffe Steinrotter. Bonus: Name the founder of the school and the mountain on which it sits.

Burke Mountain Academy was founded in 1970 by Warren Witherell. It is on Burke Mountain in he Darling State Forest Park

9. What was Sunday River's first mascot?

A norse Viking. http://teachski.com/books/nationalsurvey/atlassunday.jpg

 

[thetrailboss]

#7 Kelly and Diane went to Burke Mt Academy, I think.

Correct.

 

[thetrailboss]

#6 I believe was K2 4's

CORRECT!

 

[thetrailboss]

Re: Skiing Trivia Round I

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  1. Chairlift company that went bankrupt because of a lethal grip design. Bonus: the worst accident involving this grip took place at which resort?

The lift and area are the former Ruby Triple at Keystone.

CORRECT on Yan...but I was thinking of another incident involving a high speed grip. Hint: another rockies resort.

4. Name two current chairlift manufacturers. Bonus if you can name a third one.

The third is Partek

CORRECT. Partek is an independent company. The other two are Poma/Leitner and CTEC/Garaventa/Doppelmeyer

7. Name the high school alma mater of Kelly Lewis and Diane Roffe Steinrotter. Bonus: Name the founder of the school and the mountain on which it sits.

Burke Mountain Academy was founded in 1970 by Warren Witherell. It is on Burke Mountain in he Darling State Forest Park

CORRECT on all parts

9. What was Sunday River's first mascot?

A norse Viking. http://teachski.com/books/nationalsurvey/atlassunday.jpg

CORRECT! The Norse Viking.

Still looking for the part of #1 (which ski resort) and #3.

 

[ozzy]

didn't the yan accident take place in whistler?

 

[ozskier]

There's a Wiki on Yan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_Engineering

Yan detachable lifts were subject to a series of disastrous accidents, the most famous of which was on the Quicksilver lift at Whistler-Blackcomb Resort in British Columbia, Canada. The Quicksilver accident killed two and injured 8[1]. The Quicksilver lift is also notable for being one of the few- and possibly the only- Yan quad lift that had bubble chairs.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

It's interesting that Warren Witherall, founder of BA was more known for his water skiing than snow skiing. When I was a kid I had Warren Witherall water skis, I loved those things.

 

[57stevey]

Re: Skiing Trivia Round I

3. Which large corporation bought Jay Peak in the 1960's, took its timber, and installed its famous tram before selling it?

Weyerhauser?

 

[snowmonster]

Re: Skiing Trivia Round I

3. Which large corporation bought Jay Peak in the 1960's, took its timber, and installed its famous tram before selling it? Bonus: name one of the original Jay Peak founders.
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Weyerhauser bought Jay Peak from the original owners and installed the tram. Some of the original owners were Harold Haynes and Father St. Onge.

This is also my first post! Glad to be here. :beer:

 

[thetrailboss]

There's a Wiki on Yan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_Engineering

Yan detachable lifts were subject to a series of disastrous accidents, the most famous of which was on the Quicksilver lift at Whistler-Blackcomb Resort in British Columbia, Canada. The Quicksilver accident killed two and injured 8[1]. The Quicksilver lift is also notable for being one of the few- and possibly the only- Yan quad lift that had bubble chairs.

CORRECT. Whistler's Quicksilver is what I was getting at.

Great job! :beer:

Weyerhauser bought Jay Peak from the original owners and installed the tram. Some of the original owners were Harold Haynes and Father St. Onge.

This is also my first post! Glad to be here.

And Snowmonster, GREAT first post! :beer: That was a toughie and you nailed it! Welcome to the boards.

 

[LVNLARG]

There's a Wiki on Yan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_Engineering

Yan detachable lifts were subject to a series of disastrous accidents, the most famous of which was on the Quicksilver lift at Whistler-Blackcomb Resort in British Columbia, Canada. The Quicksilver accident killed two and injured 8[1]. The Quicksilver lift is also notable for being one of the few- and possibly the only- Yan quad lift that had bubble chairs.

I think the Lake Louise detachable yan quad had bubbles at some point ? Maybe not for it's whole life span? It had to be condemned by the gov to get RCR to stop using it.

 

[LVNLARG]

Re: Skiing Trivia Round I

OK, thought I'd throw these questions out and see who gets 'em. Have fun and later I will throw out some more. :wink:

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  9. What was Sunday River's first mascot?
  

Leslie B. Otten :lol: :lol: :lol: :beer:

 

[thetrailboss]

Do you folks want another round?

 

[teachski]

sure

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Uh...TB

You better start soon as methinks River and Teach are glued to their monitors, clicking the refresh button every 2/3 minutes, waiting for you to post round #2.
:lol: :wink: