Sugarbush MLK Weekend advice

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

The Castlerock Poma Double has a vert of 1670 and an uphill capacity of 1067p/hour same as the Carlevaio Savio double it replaced.

Capacity was not upgraded on the new chairlift from the previous Carlevaio Savio chair, in order to preserve the old time feeling of the terrain it serves.

There's no way the Castlerock chair has a capacity of over 1,000 people per hour...no way..:flame:

 

[crank]

Thanks everyone for all the input. I think we are going to go for Mt. Ellen and put the extra money towards another ski trip! The deal sealer was the info re: superior bumps on ME. You'll probably find me there, very out of breath, on MLK weekend!

Think snow!

I always found the bumps on Lincoln more than adequate.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

There's no way the Castlerock chair has a capacity of over 1,000 people per hour...no way..:flame:

From skilifts.org:

Sugarbush - Castlerock chair:
Installed 2001
vertical rise: 1,670 ft / 509.02 m
Inclined length: 4,707 ft / 1,434.69 m
Speed in station: 300 fpm / 1.52 m/s
Capacity: 1,046 P/h

 

[BushMogulMaster]

I always found the bumps on Lincoln more than adequate.

Adequate, yes. But for someone looking to rip the zipper, ME is the clear choice.

 

[BushMogulMaster]

250 people in line for a lift with a capacity of 2400pph would be just a tiny bit over 6 minutes since 6 minutes is one tenth of an hour and 250 people is about one tenth of 2400...Do they teach math at Liftee college????:flame:

:lol:

Okay, okay. You got me there. I'm running on about 1 hour of sleep for the past 36 hours. I had the midnight-8AM snowmaking shift last night, and I think I'm going to end up on it again tonight. Who needs sleep anyway? :wink:

 

[BushMogulMaster]

From skilifts.org:

Sugarbush - Castlerock chair:
Installed 2001
vertical rise: 1,670 ft / 509.02 m
Inclined length: 4,707 ft / 1,434.69 m
Speed in station: 300 fpm / 1.52 m/s
Capacity: 1,046 P/h

I don't think that's correct. I've generally trusted skilifts.org info, but there's almost no way that that is accurate. Think about it. Standard load interval is 6 seconds. On a double, that means 20 people per minute, and 1200pph. I don't recall exactly, but I believe the load interval on the C-Rock chair is 10 or 12 seconds, cutting that capacity down to the 600-700pph range. If the capacity was really 1046, that would be a load interval of 8.5ish seconds. It's definitely longer than that. I'll time it next time I'm there. Maybe it will surprise me, but I'm fairly certain the capacity is well under 1000.