Worst 10 lifts in the East?

[bvibert]

Okay, so we have the thread for the best 10 lifts, what about the worst?

Criteria could be whatever you want;
-Bad placement/terrain options
-Poor service history (breaks down, or is otherwise closed a lot)
-Too slow, too fast
-Too low/high of capacity
-Always long lines
-Bad color
-etc, etc..

Note why it is that you don't like a lift

 

[thetrailboss]

Oh boy this is going to be interesting! :lol:

One nomination is the Freezer at Jay. It closes a lot due to wind and is very exposed.

 

[deadheadskier]

Spear Mountain Triple at Ragged. Horribly slow

 

[thetrailboss]

Ramshead HSQ at Killington. Should have gone to the top of the mountain!

 

[hammer]

Oh boy this is going to be interesting! :lol:

One nomination is the Freezer at Jay. It closes a lot due to wind and is very exposed.

+1 on the Freezer...on my one and only trip to Jay I ended up taking that lift more than I wanted. :x

Other nominations are the summit triple at Attitash and the Spear Triple at Ragged. Serve nice terrain but are just too slow.

 

[drjeff]

Either of the Snowshed Doubles at Killington! Even before the High Speed Quad went in there 20+ years ago, 3 doubles there (as I recall) was far too much redundency!

 

[soposkier]

Timberline at Sugarloaf. Serves awesome terrain, but is always closed and cannot be lapped. Must take two lifts to get back to the summit.

 

[Riverskier]

Tempest Quad at Sunday River. Painfully slow and even though it isn't a typically busy lift, it seems to stop constantly. It feels like it takes forever to get to the top and I would probably ski out of White Cap more often if there was a high speed quad there.

 

[thetrailboss]

Soon to be moot, but the Willoughby Quad at Burke was just too sllllloooooowwwwwww. Helped to preserve terrain, but made skiing the good terrain painful at times.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Snowdon Quad at Killington. Long ride time, and always cold. The preservists at Kzone, will argue it's importance especially on icey and windy days and of course the preservation of snow.

 

[deadheadskier]

Base area Quads at Okemo - all three of them. One of the most annoying things about skiing at Okemo is having to always take a lift, purely for the purpose of getting to the other lifts that you actually do your skiing off of. I couldn't believe they repeated this horrible design over at Jackson Gore to create the same annoying problem.

 

[4aprice]

Even though I don't ski there the stand up gondola at Mountain Creek is a waste. The Long Haul Triple at Sno Mountain PA is horrible topped off by the fact that I don't think it has even run in a couple of years. That place actually has potential but If ever there was a place that needed a hsq and some expansion that one is it. Unfortunately my understanding is that they are more interested in real estate then the ski complex.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[Cannonball]

Quad at Wildcat. When it's running, it's one of the best. But when it shuts down (which is all the time) it shuts down most of the mountain. The placement is terrible. OF COURSE it's going to be affected by wind all the time....look where you are. IMO they should have built a 2/3 quad with a separate summit lift. A surface lift may even make sense.

 

[deadheadskier]

Sterling and Madonna double chairs at Smuggs. Love/hate with both of them. Love the terrain both access, can't stand how long the lift lines get there on weekends because they don't have nearly enough uphill capacity for the number of people skiing there.

 

[4aprice]

Base area Quads at Okemo - all three of them. One of the most annoying things about skiing at Okemo is having to always take a lift, purely for the purpose of getting to the other lifts that you actually do your skiing off of. I couldn't believe they repeated this horrible design over at Jackson Gore to create the same annoying problem.

Agreed. I've never liked the set up there and it probably has alot to do with my opinion on Okemo. That said I have not gotten to Jackson Gore so Okemo is still on my radar. Daughter being at college near by might get me there soon.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[mondeo]

K-1 Gondi. Long lines, crowded, too much runout.

It does keep the masses off the Canyon quad, though.

 

[4aprice]

Sterling and Madonna double chairs at Smuggs. Love/hate with both of them. Love the terrain both access, can't stand how long the lift lines get there on weekends because they don't have nearly enough uphill capacity for the number of people skiing there.

Don't change Smuggs. Just my opinion:grin:

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[thetrailboss]

Re: Tempest Quad. Seems odd that they have not upgraded that yet. Seems so logical to replace it and open up that side of the resort to more traffic and spread out the crowds.

 

[Nick]

It's gone now but at the AZ summit last year I was really frustrated with the lift layout at Sugarloaf. The HSQ was always backed up and going up the spillway lifts was so... slow. I'm not a patient guy.

Really interested in trying the new Spillway quad. I hope that breaks apart traffic on the lifts better.

 

[makimono]

The gondola at Wildcat...what a tease!