dlague
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My guess coming off the lift you will be dumped on VH Traverse?
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The "Sugarbush Thread"
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My guess coming off the lift you will be dumped on VH Traverse?
I think that's right with the understanding that the traverse is going to be entirely different from how it used to be.
dlague
Active member
Probably grading it to get access to Stein's
steamboat1
New member
Probably not since the lift will unload below the old traverse. The traverse will be higher not lower. Unless of course you want the main flow of traffic colliding with skiers getting off the lift.
vonski
New member
If you go to google earth the latest image is from mid May. The old lift is gone and the blasting is done. The new lift terminates below the old lift termination. The people coming off the traverse will go behind the lift to snowball and if you want the Mall or Steins you turn left. They have graded out the area to make this all run smooth.
slatham
Well-known member
There are two "traverses"'. VH traverse, which will be above the unload area with direct access to Snowball without crossing lift unload area. My question/curiosity is how the unload area connects to Reverse Traverse (and Stiens) to uploading skiers right, and to Snowball from unloading skiers left.
Plowboy
Member
vonski
New member
Thanks Plowboy. for posting the image! Also there will be no need to go under the lift anymore to get to snowball! as you can see in the picture. Now you go behind it. Much better flow!
So as I am skiing down VH Traverse, at sub-Tuna Speed, and decide I want to go down Stein's or Reverse Traverse, do I take a hard left before encountering the top of the lift, or make a "U-Turn" and ski just past the top of the lift, dodge the skiers and riders offloading, and continue on?
Looks like the former to me. And the folks that want to head on to Spring Fling stay up above the lift as the VH traverse would be separated from the lift unload zone. Perfect design fixing a real problem area.
No doubt it was a serious problem. I guess it will be interesting having two-way traffic on that area right off the top of the lift.
Plowboy
Member
slatham
Well-known member
My understanding, which may be way off base, is the unload area would be further down the Mall from where the "star" is. Closer to the area between the two "arrows" pointing down the Mall. I think I am getting this from having read that the unload area would be where the top most VH lift tower was that was on the Mall (vs the one's up on on the traverse). Hence my desire to see a pic of where things are being set up etc.
That was pretty much my understanding...
jimmck
Member
mine as well.
rocks860
Active member
Hiked up there on Friday and took a few pictures
Coming down vh traverse towards that last turn before where the old unload area used to be. They blasted out a bunch of that corner and made it much wider
Around that corner
Looking down from where vh traverse comes out
What's left of the old lift shack
Coming down vh traverse towards that last turn before where the old unload area used to be. They blasted out a bunch of that corner and made it much wider
Around that corner
Looking down from where vh traverse comes out
What's left of the old lift shack
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dlague
Active member
Reverse Traverse to Stein's, VH Traverse will still have a drop into Stein's. Look at their trail map the have it highlighted.
well done
rocks860
Active member
Thanks, I honestly couldn't recognize where things used to be
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