Bumpsis
Active member
Sunapee 3/11
Today would have been a pretty stellar day at Sunapee if it weren't for the breakdown of their Sunbowl Express Quad. The Sunbowl lift usually carries a substantial load of the mountain's traffic, so not being in service today really put a damper on the day.
Arrived at about 10:15 and the lines at their main quad lift and the Spruce Triple were massive. Wait times at the Quad about 20-25 minutes. The Spruce Triple's line moved a bit faster if you stayed in the singles queue.
What a PITA on a day when the snow conditions and the weather were just great.
The Sunbowl quad never opened up, and I managed to hang in there until about 3:00 pm.
From the conversations that I heard, the Sunbowl Quad is not a very reliable lift and when it goes down on a busy Sunday like today, the result is a just the sub optimal experience like today.
I realize that any ski area can experience a lift malfunction, but if so, most of the traffic is funneled onto one main lift, it just sucks. You would think that management would take all possible preventive steps not have a whole day shut down of one of its main lifts.
Today was just an annoyingly painful reminder to stay the hell out of Sunapee on weekends.
Today would have been a pretty stellar day at Sunapee if it weren't for the breakdown of their Sunbowl Express Quad. The Sunbowl lift usually carries a substantial load of the mountain's traffic, so not being in service today really put a damper on the day.
Arrived at about 10:15 and the lines at their main quad lift and the Spruce Triple were massive. Wait times at the Quad about 20-25 minutes. The Spruce Triple's line moved a bit faster if you stayed in the singles queue.
What a PITA on a day when the snow conditions and the weather were just great.
The Sunbowl quad never opened up, and I managed to hang in there until about 3:00 pm.
From the conversations that I heard, the Sunbowl Quad is not a very reliable lift and when it goes down on a busy Sunday like today, the result is a just the sub optimal experience like today.
I realize that any ski area can experience a lift malfunction, but if so, most of the traffic is funneled onto one main lift, it just sucks. You would think that management would take all possible preventive steps not have a whole day shut down of one of its main lifts.
Today was just an annoyingly painful reminder to stay the hell out of Sunapee on weekends.