Something was up today. Not sure if the lack of carpet load was causing the slow lift speed or vice versa but the carpet worked fine when I rode VH a few weeks ago, and the line speed was faster than crawl.
Had the same thought. And I recall having the same thought in recent years as they added depths on Spring Fling while Steins, Ripcord and others sit waiting. I am sure someone smarter than me has a rational explanation and hey, at least while the natural snow is falling and sticking there’s less of a compelling immediate need for hitting those trails. But that would argue for a near term push on Birch Run / Sunrise since I don’t recall North Lynx spinning on natural snow alone, at least in recent times.
Btw App Gap was a 12 out of 10 disaster early this afternoon, do not recommend. I drive it very frequently and not sure I’ve experienced worse conditions on it or more people basically camped out in fear, unable to descend either side. And these were VT ski cars, not out of state minivans. The conditions were such that any descending speed at all was near impossible to hold traction with, even in 1st gear with low rpms and snow tires in my case. Glad to have made it with just one side swipe of a snowbank.
