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[jeffrypig_23]

RibStaThiok, on 09 June 2009 - 06:18 AM, said:

Worthless indeed, but not worth forgetting. I like old things. I like to see old things run and work. Just because something is old doesn't mean you get rid of it. You just make it better. (in most cases) One of the many reasons I still prefer the FGD & FGT's over the HSQs. I am old school.

I agree

[jeffrypig_23]

So... is Easy Gold (Riblet 1998) the only lift remaining?

[Peter]

jeffrypig_23, on 22 July 2014 - 11:04 AM, said:

So... is Easy Gold (Riblet 1998) the only lift remaining?

Easy Gold was removed at the same time as Dinosaur and Keechelus when the new lifts went in.

[jeffrypig_23]

Peter, on 22 July 2014 - 11:47 AM, said:

Easy Gold was removed at the same time as Dinosaur and Keechelus when the new lifts went in.

So what is the manufacture and name of the new lift?

[Peter]

jeffrypig_23, on 22 July 2014 - 03:12 PM, said:

So what is the manufacture and name of the new lift?

There are 2 new lifts and soon to be a third. East Peak is a Riblet triple relocated from Silver Fir. Hidden Valley is a Riblet double relocated from Keechelus. Rampart is a SkyTrac triple going in this summer.

[jeffrypig_23]

Peter, on 22 July 2014 - 03:19 PM, said:

There are 2 new lifts and soon to be a third. East Peak is a Riblet triple relocated from Silver Fir. Hidden Valley is a Riblet double relocated from Keechelus. Rampart is a SkyTrac triple going in this summer.

Wait... this says that Keechelus was removed. Did Hyak reinstall it?

[Peter]

jeffrypig_23, on 22 July 2014 - 03:31 PM, said:

Wait... this says that Keechelus was removed. Did Hyak reinstall it?

Keechelus was taken out by a landslide in 2009 then relocated to Hidden Valley in 2010.

[jeffrypig_23]

Peter, on 22 July 2014 - 03:45 PM, said:

Keechelus was taken out by a landslide in 2009 then relocated to Hidden Valley in 2010.

Oh so they just moved Keechelus somewhere else on the mountian

[liftmech]

Correct. To recap: the original Dinosaur lift (chair 1) was built in 1964, ran up and over to serve the Hidden Valley terrain, and was basically abandoned in the early '90s. It was removed in 2009. Chair 2 (Easy Gold, dumb name but whatever) was built in 1967 and removed in 2009. There is no lift in its current location. Chair 3 (Keechelus) was built in '73 or '74 and damaged in the 2009 landslide. It is currently the Hidden Valley lift. The 'new' chair 1 (East Peak) runs in roughly the same alignment as the original but terminates at the summit. It is a 1988 Riblet triple from Ski Acres. Lastly, as Peter mentioned, the new Chair 3 (Rampart) is a Skytrac and will serve the same terrain as the original chair 3, but from a different alignment.

Side note-- as a kid I skied Hyak quite a bit. I'm very curious how it skis now with different lifts in different places.