The "Sugarbush Thread"

[thetrailboss]

Coincidence?!

 

[kingslug]

Nah.....

 

[Hawk]

It depends on what cooincidence you are talking about. They have been looking for guys for the last 2 years. There just is no one out there I was told.

Equipment in the harsh winter condtions have issues all the time. Stowe and Sunday River had lifts fall down and people aren't talking about safety there.

 

[tumbler]

^Agreed. Take a look at the Killington thread about all their lift issues. These big companies should start trade school programs for these more specific type jobs like lift mechanics.

 

[ducky]

It depends on what cooincidence you are talking about. They have been looking for guys for the last 2 years. There just is no one out there I was told.

Equipment in the harsh winter condtions have issues all the time. Stowe and Sunday River had lifts fall down and people aren't talking about safety there.

Fwiw, several of the mechanics are women, including the daughter of a friend. She has given notice however, and plans to become a Fish & Wildlife Game Warden with the VSP.

 

[machski]

It depends on what cooincidence you are talking about. They have been looking for guys for the last 2 years. There just is no one out there I was told.

Equipment in the harsh winter condtions have issues all the time. Stowe and Sunday River had lifts fall down and people aren't talking about safety there.

Well, SR's Spruce topple fortunately happened in the middle of the night in the middle of summer. Had that happened midwinter, even overnight, think that would have stuck harder in people's minds.

 

[thetrailboss]

Equipment in the harsh winter condtions have issues all the time. Stowe and Sunday River had lifts fall down and people aren't talking about safety there.

The SR example is not a good one. If you are talking about Spruce Peak, that was a triple whose foundation failed in the summer (and after an extended wet period I believe). Additionally, Boyne has invested a lot in new lifts there. That's not the case (yet) at SB.

I'm not sure what you are referencing for Stowe.....

 

[thetrailboss]

^Agreed. Take a look at the Killington thread about all their lift issues. These big companies should start trade school programs for these more specific type jobs like lift mechanics.

I believe I read somewhere on SAM that this may be soon happening.

 

[HowieT2]

I believe I read somewhere on SAM that this may be soon happening.

That and the employee housing issue which SB is in the process of addressing.

 

[kingslug]

Stowe lifts fell down??.

 

[jimmywilson69]

yeah I hadn't heard this either...

 

[kingslug]

Well since I'm there ....a lot...
I prolly would have heard about it..
Or got hit by it!

 

[Hawk]

Freudian slip. I meant Sugarloaf when the cable came off the towers and chair fell. Sunday river is not a bad example if you are worried about dying on a lift. The point was that people seldom worry about lifts being safe anywhere.

 

[Hawk]

Fwiw, several of the mechanics are women, including the daughter of a friend. She has given notice however, and plans to become a Fish & Wildlife Game Warden with the VSP.

Sorry Ducky I should have said People. I actually knew there was at lease one Women working there. I saw her at the begining of the season.

 

[thetrailboss]

Freudian slip. I meant Sugarloaf when the cable came off the towers and chair fell. Sunday river is not a bad example if you are worried about dying on a lift. The point was that people seldom worry about lifts being safe anywhere.

Yeah, I thought that you might have meant Sugarloaf. Those two incidents were pretty bad. But they were about 10 and 15 years ago. And I can't agree with Sunday River as a place where you would die on a lift.

 

[Cheetah440]

Freudian slip. I meant Sugarloaf when the cable came off the towers and chair fell. Sunday river is not a bad example if you are worried about dying on a lift. The point was that people seldom worry about lifts being safe anywhere.

Only time I worry on a lift is the double at MRG. Imagine a cable detaching at that double pole? Hate that lift. Love taking it though.

 

[cdskier]

A Season Snapshot: Weather, Lifts, and Snowfall - SugarBlog

Someone asked me recently to summarize how the season has been going so far. My gut response rose and fell like a rollercoaster. There’s been plenty of variability interlaced with lots of fond memories. Upon a little further reflection I understood the juxtaposition of those two thoughts. It...

blog.sugarbush.com

Well worth reading (particularly for the people stating Sugarbush hasn't been doing the maintenance they should be doing)...

 

[Hawk]

Yeah, I thought that you might have meant Sugarloaf. Those two incidents were pretty bad. But they were about 10 and 15 years ago. And I can't agree with Sunday River as a place where you would die on a lift.

Oddly enough, the only place that I have actually been lift evac'd is Sunday River. Twice! Barkah and Spruce Peak. It was over 20 years ago but I did question the safety of the lifts at that time.

 

[tumbler]

I do not question the safety of SB's lifts.

 

[tumbler]

Just read the blog, a nice update with good info. I'll take this as a not so subtle dig though "Right now we have ten mechanics on staff. Then factor in days off, illnesses (of which there seem to have been a lot this winter)"