The "Sugarbush Thread"

[vonski]

Good video footage of the work at Sugarbush:

http://www.wcax.com/story/30048163/vt-ski-areas-upgrade-with-pricey-projects

But it is not high speed!! only 8 minutes but fixed grip!

 

[thetrailboss]

But it is not high speed!! only 8 minutes but fixed grip!

Good catch! I didn't notice that when I watched the video. That is a bit of a misnomer.


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[machski]

But it is not high speed!! only 8 minutes but fixed grip!

Not the first to tag this type of lift as high speed. Sugarloaf does the same for skyline.

 

[benski]

Maybe sugarbush is calling it high speed since it is faster than a fixed grip. They call detachable quads expresses so why not make not of it superior speed to fixed grips.

 

[vonski]

Maybe sugarbush is calling it high speed since it is faster than a fixed grip. They call detachable quads expresses so why not make not of it superior speed to fixed grips.

It was the newscasters calling it high speed not Win!

 

[BarkingDog]

Is the new lift one of those conveyor belt fixed-grip chairs?

 

[slatham]

Yes, conveyor belt to a fixed grip quad. Faster than the old double, but not a high speed detach.

 

[Newpylong]

How many fpm on those like 600?

 

[Jully]

Not the first to tag this type of lift as high speed. Sugarloaf does the same for skyline.

High Speed Fixed Grip Quad is what they call it. So it is differentiated from detachable lifts. Still called high speed though which can be misleading.

 

[ss20]

How many fpm on those like 600?

I've heard it's more like 500-550 for these carpet-loading lifts. The fastest you can run a regular fixed-grip quad is 400fpm I believe. That's with regulations, not max hp.

 

[MEtoVTSkier]

2.8m/s converts to about 551ft/min

http://leitner-poma.com/product/fixed-grip-chairlifts/

 

[Dickc]

Speeds on fixed grips have a maximum with and without a carpet. Found an article on Skilifts.org that has a pretty good discussion of this. http://www.skilifts.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=9873 There are two posts that give some speeds. One in Feet/Min, the other in metric speeds. The Feet per speeds are listed as follows:
Note ansi governs 'relative loading speed' which can be mitigated with a carpet on either side loading or unloading.

600 FPM max for Single chairs
550 FPM max for doubles
500 FPM max for triples
450 FPM max for quads.

If the Bush is getting 550 out of a quad. it must have a faster carpet than the above examples to mitigate relative chair speed with respect to loading. Would be interested to know of that is the case.

 

[Newpylong]

I guestimate the 550 that was given sounds right, it seems quite a bit quicker than 450.

 

[cdskier]

Some pics of the lift progress that I took this weekend. The redesign of the top looks like it will work very well.

 

[benski]

The towers are going in rite now. You can watch on the webcam

 

[cdskier]

The towers are going in rite now. You can watch on the webcam

Was pretty cool watching the webcam earlier for a few minutes seeing how fast they go in. Under 5 minutes to drop a tower into place and secure it from what I saw when watching.

 

[thetrailboss]

Images from their FB page:

 

[steamboat1]

Pretty much what the bottom terminal will look like upon completion. Except she'll be a lefty.

 

[rocks860]

That's okemo right? That magic carpet thing threw me for a loop last year first time I got on it

 

[WWF-VT]

That's okemo right? That magic carpet thing threw me for a loop last year first time I got on it

That's the Meadows Quad at Stowe