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The "Sugarbush Thread"

Lotso

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It's usually something to do with the sheave train - probably a worn out bushing or something. In less cold weather it's a bunch of work, so I can see why it's talking longer. But it shouldn't have taken them this long to tell us that.
Hell, they could have made a whole blog post out of it!
I just laugh at the "scheduled" part. Similar to the "refill" snowmaking on Sunrise. Spin instead of honesty is still not being honest.

Anyway, GMX is scheduled to run. Let's hope all goes well for the sake of the passengers. Seeing the video of the evac at Dartmouth made my toes hurt...had to have been brutally cold for the folks who were stranded
 

Hawk

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Skiing was really cold yesterday. It was -12 yesterday at the top of Castlerock. We only lasted a coupe of runs. Reports on Sunrise were some wet guns but not all bad. At least it shows the pipe was fixed. I agree they should have run VH as the Bravo was freezing with the wind.
 

slatham

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Finally made it to Warren. Unfortunately watching idle lifts at Ellen on the web cam. Our hosts not too surprised based on season long issues. Pretty poor performance.
 

vtboarder

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IDK, you would think something like the GMX issue(s) would be found in pre-season inspections and testing? Sounds like VT car inspections are more invasive and thorough ;)
 

Lotso

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Finally made it to Warren. Unfortunately watching idle lifts at Ellen on the web cam. Our hosts not too surprised based on season long issues. Pretty poor performance.
But you can get to Summit by hiking Northway, according to the report. Sounds like a ton of fun in these temps. Maybe a couple of snowmobiles running laps with a tow rope would help.
 

Julius

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Looking at the the GMX liftcam..watching the cars roll outta of there..Summitt is spinning though..😂

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