AdironRider
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Thats the best comparison of the atrocity that all that cutting did. Was that Pres or ASC?
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The 2011-2012 Ski Area Improvement Thread
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If you are talking about Double Dipper (late 1980's) and the Canyon Quad (1991 or so) then it was SKI (Pres). Wide, super trails, was the fad at that time. IIRC they wanted Double Dipper to offer skiing like out west.
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Newpylong
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Pretty soon they will have it, the Canyon will be clear of trees from the Quad all the way to East Fall, lol.
jimmywilson69
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They should replant some trees there. While I like DD, there is just no reason for it to be that wide.
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I read through the second edition fully while in florida recently. Its probably the most detailed ski book I have ever seen. I just wished it (and alot of other books like it) included more maps to make it easier to compare things.
AdironRider
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Double Dipper has got to be my least favorite trail at Killington. What a waste. Reminds me of Profile at Cannon.
email from Ragged this morning:
Over $1,000,000 in Resort Improvements – We’re stoked about our plans to invest in a vastly improved water delivery system for snowmaking, allowing us to recharge our snowmaking pond over 3 times faster than in the past. Much faster water delivery along with another 80 to 100 high efficiency, low energy guns on the mountain will let us open more terrain much earlier in the season. One of our trails will be fully automated, allowing faster opening and improved energy efficiency. We also plan to make snow on Easy Winder and Birches this season. The addition of a new Prinoth groomer will make the quality and consistency of our grooming better than ever before!
this should be good. my biggest complaint about Ragged the past two seasons was how slow terrain expansion was during early season. Their snowmaking pond was capable of basically opening two top to bottom trails before it was emptied. It would then take 3 days to fill it back up via pumping water up to the hill from the bog in the valley. So being able to fill the pond in 1 day is going to make a huge difference early season. The added snowguns will as well. They essentially only had enough guns to line one trail and then had to move them to the next trail. That meant minimal resurfacing throughout the season.
The decision to make snow on Birches and I assume turn it into a groomer is also a smart decision. The main mountain was in need of another cruising trail to easy some of the traffic off of Chute and Lower Ridge.
If they couple these improvements with a faster lift up Spear, I think Ragged will see a pretty significant increase in skier visits in the coming years.
Over $1,000,000 in Resort Improvements – We’re stoked about our plans to invest in a vastly improved water delivery system for snowmaking, allowing us to recharge our snowmaking pond over 3 times faster than in the past. Much faster water delivery along with another 80 to 100 high efficiency, low energy guns on the mountain will let us open more terrain much earlier in the season. One of our trails will be fully automated, allowing faster opening and improved energy efficiency. We also plan to make snow on Easy Winder and Birches this season. The addition of a new Prinoth groomer will make the quality and consistency of our grooming better than ever before!
this should be good. my biggest complaint about Ragged the past two seasons was how slow terrain expansion was during early season. Their snowmaking pond was capable of basically opening two top to bottom trails before it was emptied. It would then take 3 days to fill it back up via pumping water up to the hill from the bog in the valley. So being able to fill the pond in 1 day is going to make a huge difference early season. The added snowguns will as well. They essentially only had enough guns to line one trail and then had to move them to the next trail. That meant minimal resurfacing throughout the season.
The decision to make snow on Birches and I assume turn it into a groomer is also a smart decision. The main mountain was in need of another cruising trail to easy some of the traffic off of Chute and Lower Ridge.
If they couple these improvements with a faster lift up Spear, I think Ragged will see a pretty significant increase in skier visits in the coming years.
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