Stowe Thread

[jimmywilson69]

No one rode the new 6. They just put the chairs on and ran it a little

 

[urungus]

I can't beleive that people where loaded on the lift prior to it being certified. That has to be a huge liablity if anything went wrong!

Where do you see that people were loaded on the new lift ?

 

[hovercraft]

No one rode the lift. Sorry for the miscommunications I was trying to say that they started the lift up and ran it for a while. I was assuming they were starting the process of testing it out.

 

[doublediamond]

Lots of maintenance issues...stuff must be old...I don't miss dealing with those issues..

Nothing is “old”. AIG put a shitload of money into the place near the end of their ownership including massive snowmaking upgrades which included all new booster pumps across the mountain. This is Vail refusing to maintain anything. Just like the bearing failure on the Quad. Bearings just don’t fail left and right. Pumps just don’t die left and right.

 

[Kingslug20]

How old are these things?

 

[doublediamond]

New gondola booster station built in 2014

FourRunner Quad was built in for 2011

This is kinda like Wildcat. Peak put in new booster pumps and new pipe. 3rd year of Vail’s ownership they broke both. Vail even had the balls least year to blame the snowmaking issues on past ownership.

The common denominator is Vail.

 

[Kingslug20]

But I have to wonder ....
Are they telling the head of maintenance not to maintain these things...or not listening to his input.
I had a hard time convincing owners about maintenance issues at times. It drove me to retire.

 

[Kingslug20]

What can I say...good day..

 

[hovercraft]

Snow was nice today. The 6 pack was running all morning. Stopped it around 12. Hopefully that is a sign of progress! Snowmaking on Perry as well.

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

Quad still down? What is prognosis?

 

[hovercraft]

They are saying Friday if all goes well….

 

[hovercraft]

6 pack ran for a few hours this morning before they shut it down, blowing snow on Perry, snow was nice this morning. Best snow was on Hayride.

 

[Kingslug20]

I bagged it...made soup...

 

[hovercraft]

Getting soft in your old age KS

 

[Kingslug20]

Nah...needed soup.

 

[hovercraft]

Like I said, soft. When you were younger you would have skied in the A.M. Soup in the afternoon……

 

[Kingslug20]

Need more trails...had to pick up the truck also...
I'm sure I didn't miss too much...
Tomorrow SB...weekend..who knows..

 

[KustyTheKlown]

oh lordy! no fourrunner til sunday at least. RIP okemo and mt snow.

 

[hovercraft]

@ least they are going to get the Gondi open, hopefully. Be interesting to see if the storm delays the delivery of the motor

 

[Kingslug20]

I'll be at SB....at least they have 3 lifts to spread out the hordes..