They never changed the "update on GMX" part that they put in on Friday (I think it was Friday). So many times this season I've seen outdated info mentioned later on in the update. It really shouldn't be that difficult to read through the entire thing and make any updates necessary instead of just updating a few words here and there.
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The "Sugarbush Thread"
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They never changed the "update on GMX" part that they put in on Friday (I think it was Friday). So many times this season I've seen outdated info mentioned later on in the update. It really shouldn't be that difficult to read through the entire thing and make any updates necessary instead of just updating a few words here and there.
elfnif1016
Member
Exactly.
This is not rocket science. Not to beat a dead horse to death, but the level and quality of information since Alterra acquired SB has declined immensely.
Was wondering the same thing. My guess is Inverness will be your 8am option...
Wow, I am genuinely surprised they are tackling this lift. Understand it’s the oldest HSQ at Sugarbush, but I feel like Bravo is due for an upgrade first given that is the workhorse of all of sugarbush. So many hours over the years, and running through summers. If Bravo went down that’s much more detrimental than North Ridge. Frankly I’m not complaining since North Ridge is one of my favorite lifts, but it will be interesting to see how Alterra tackles the replacement of all those high speed quads that are 30+ years old.
Agreed to some degree. New VH and HG lifts and re-worked HG Traverse make Bravo shutdown less of an issues, except of course on busy Saturdays. New NRX will certainly help, but with both GMX and Inverness limping through the season, it's an interesting situation
As for crowds: Given the forecast of yet another frigid weekend, it will be empty this weekend
STREETSKIER
Active member
Looking forward warm temps and (warm)snow this week
Get some sun runs
Mountain should be all done blowing and groomed out shit might even go to Mellon been two years
Groomed ripcord laps too
Get some sun runs
Mountain should be all done blowing and groomed out shit might even go to Mellon been two years
Groomed ripcord laps too
Hawk
Well-known member
I wouldn't even think twice about any lift upgrade. Just upgrade. I'm not going to be picky about that.
Bravo is indeed a workhorse but it has been running well and it seems like it gets the maintenance attention it deserves. As said earlier VH and redone HG Traverse is a good back up. Glad to hear NR replacement might be on the plate. Inverness gets you to NR if GMX is down, I believe that got a lot of work recently so some redundancy there. I know it is very slow..
Newpylong
Well-known member
Knock on wood, NR seems to be running decent this year?
Yep, and GMX running now. Fingers crossed
Wait, what?
Does that mean summer '26 or '27?
This is the first I am hearing about this,... great news if its true! Do you have any links to back this up?
fulgoreXC
Member
just rumors at this point. Keep an eye on public postings of permit applications. Town of fayston, act250, etc. this one has been in the works for a few years now.
VTSkiBike
Active member
It definitely has. Last season there were so many days NRX ran in the morning but then shut down a few hours later.
It shouldn't be surprising at all. It has had so many issues over the years and since it is part Poma and part Dopp, that makes it more difficult to support. Add in that it is one of only a handful of detachables with that Poma chain drive system in the terminals left in existence, and that further makes the case that when it breaks, it may not always be easy to fix or get parts for. Even Poma must have realized that system was not great as it wasn't in production that long.
Super Bravo on the other hand is a Dopp lift that has other similar lifts in existence at Sugarbush alone. That makes it much easier to support and get parts for should something happen (i.e. a few years ago they pulled a part out of Slide Brook I think it was to use in Super Bravo until they could get a replacement part on site).
That said, I would expect Super Bravo to be one of the next ones on the list at some point after NRX.
Yep. The Cadence Chain system. Poma had that in their early 1990's HS lifts
Fingers crossed for you all that this is finally replaced.
Here are some pictures of the lift from Chairlift.org:
On this picture you can see on the control panel the chain system marked out (on the looker's right):
On this picture you can see on the control panel the chain system marked out (on the looker's right):
The index for the Sugarbush lift pics: http://www.chairlift.org/bush.html
Good reminder - does anyone ever know what happened to the Sugarbush Gate House Mountain Bike Trails permitting process?
I presume it got killed when they shut down Super Bravo but curious if anyone knows if it's still "open".
SkiingInABlueDream
Active member
I've said this before but as long as NRX is running reasonably well Altera will not spring for a replacement. It's gonna have to fail in an obviously bad-looking way. I call BS on the noises about permitting. I think it's just smokescreen to make ppl think the ball is starting to roll. Paperwork is (relatively) cheap
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