This isn't good! http://sundayriver.com/news
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Boyne is putting two new lifts in at Big Sky this summer. One a carpet loading fixed grip triple the other a HS six pack bubble. Still with Boyne's track record the past few years it doesn't give me much confidence to ride their Lone Peak tram. Wouldn't anything happening while riding that lift. If you've ever been there you'd know there isn't much holding the top terminal of the tram in place.Not good at all. The lift system is old, and needs an infusion of cash. A half dozen lifts need to be replaced soon, but it seems more like one every 8 years or so is done. Need to get the resort sold to a landlord with cash. I will rethink renewing my Boyne pass in the future if it remains status quo.
At this point I worry more about Borvig than Boyne.
They're lucky in that it is only 3-4 trails but it is a pretty heavy traffic grabber being right off the Chondola. In the long run that's a good spot for a carpet loader quad, they just put the carpet in they can keep it right there.
As for next season, it is pretty late in the year to put an order in and get the ball moving on an install. Worst case scenario there's no lift there, best case you remove the bullwheel off the footing and replace it and hope people will ride it.
Boyne is putting two new lifts in at Big Sky this summer. One a carpet loading fixed grip triple the other a HS six pack bubble. Still with Boyne's track record the past few years it doesn't give me much confidence to ride their Lone Peak tram. Wouldn't anything happening while riding that lift. If you've ever been there you'd know there isn't much holding the top terminal of the tram in place.
Boyne isn't the landlord at Sunday River, CNL is.
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That is a major, catastrophic failure. I seriously question the inspection process both at Sunday River and the State of Maine. There is no way the foundation of a lift should fail over night in a manner that completely destroys the bull wheel. If there was some sort of undermining that cause the tower to basically "tip over" it should've been apparent.
Was there any lager rain events recently at the Mountain? It looks like the ground the foundation was on just gave way. I was in Acadia all last week and It barely rained there, but that area is also hundreds of miles from Sunday River.
Yeah I really don't understand that either. There was never a line for that chair the couple of times I was there but then again there weren't lines for any lift except the tram. A six pack in there will only make the lines for the tram longer. I think the tram only holds 16 people at a time.(and I still have no idea why the Lone Peak Triple needs to be a heated, bubble HSS for line length <4000').