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The "Sugarbush Thread"

drjeff

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That's a problem. Although I don't know how long it would take to install the chairs. Probably a day or so?
If the drive is operational and the chairs and the forklift are in the immediate area, the crew should be able to attach all of the chairs to the haul rope in a day or so with the scaffolding for the crew using the powered torque wrench there
 

nhskier1969

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On fun news. This thread is about to hit 900 pages. Correct me if I'm wrong but no other thread is even close. When do you think this thread will hit 1000 pages?
 

urungus

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On fun news. This thread is about to hit 900 pages. Correct me if I'm wrong but no other thread is even close. When do you think this thread will hit 1000 pages?
It’s taken this thread 19 years (!) to hit 900 pages so at that rate a little more than 2 years to 1000. The VAIL sucks thread has 569 pages in only 4 years, at that pace 3 more years until 1000 pages.
 

cdskier

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It’s taken this thread 19 years (!) to hit 900 pages so at that rate a little more than 2 years to 1000. The VAIL sucks thread has 569 pages in only 4 years, at that pace 3 more years until 1000 pages.

To be fair though, for a number of years there was a separate SkiMRV forum where most Sugarbush activity was. Once that shut down, then this thread accelerated as we all just started posting here instead of there. We hit page 800 in early December 2023...so now we're doing about 100 pages a year.
 

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If the drive is operational and the chairs and the forklift are in the immediate area, the crew should be able to attach all of the chairs to the haul rope in a day or so with the scaffolding for the crew using the powered torque wrench there
And then it has to be load tested, which takes a bit?
 

vtski802

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I bet by Wednesday most if not all ski resorts that are open will have 100+ acres open. Sugarbush will open with 20 acres
I feel the General Manager at Sugarbush needs to come onto this forum and explain himself, Win would have.
Lol, I made a comment over on the "unofficial" Sugarbush uphill thread on FB (John B is the admin) about "its Sugarbush, they won't open uphill on lynx" and he direct messaged me because he saw my "tough comments" and wanted to open a dialog.
How about just engaging the community and creating a better uphill policy? Stowe is allowing free range on the gondi side ahead of their opening this week.
 

vtski802

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I was in the area yesterday so a swung by to take a look firsthand, was hopping to see them blowing more than the GH area so they can deliver more terrain on opening day, form what I could tell just blowing GH.
So, they are confident in "Providing an enjoyable and safe product" what is the over under on delivering death cookies and ice & skiing through guns blowing cement?
Odds more likely than not that they'll keep blowing wet, push it out tomorrow and open with a nice, ahem, "solid" base for the great season ahead! 😉😆
 

thetrailboss

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To be fair though, for a number of years there was a separate SkiMRV forum where most Sugarbush activity was. Once that shut down, then this thread accelerated as we all just started posting here instead of there. We hit page 800 in early December 2023...so now we're doing about 100 pages a year.
SkiMRV. Boy that’s going back! That experiment didn’t work.
 

cdskier

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Looks like they shut down the snow-making on GH about 8 hours ago. Yet I don't see any other new trails lit up yet visible from any cams.
 

Lotso

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Looks like they shut down the snow-making on GH about 8 hours ago. Yet I don't see any other new trails lit up yet visible from any cams.
Dang. Was hoping to see SB/SF lit up from VH down. Would be ready for weekend, given the forecast
 

urungus

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What about the infamous “Guess the Ski Area” thread?
180 pages since 2005
 
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