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[DonaldMReif]

liftmech, on 25 October 2014 - 05:07 AM, said:

Believe I've mentioned this before, but the maps aren't a checklist item. If they don't have time this season they won't go on.

I think this looks like one of those bar maps (circled in red here).

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[DonaldMReif]

In all this time, the Centennial Chondola has been completed with chairs and cabins on line. At the moment it looks like there is a ratio of five or six chairs for every cabin on the line.

[Peter]

Snoqualmie flew towers today...

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[SkiDaBird]

Most winters I would say they were behind... Looking that picture they look fine.

[JSteigs]

Peter, on 08 November 2014 - 05:42 PM, said:

Snoqualmie flew towers today...

That's one big helicopter. I'm sure it made it an easy day.

[Lift Dinosaur]

Looks like a 106, not the 234.
Must be nice to work below 5000 feet!
Dino

[DonaldMReif]

While we wait for Breckenridge to open (postponed), they've put the Colorado SuperChair's name on the side of the bottom terminal in metallic letters (like the ones at the top of the Kensho SuperChair on the south side).

[skier691]

Id love to post pics of our new Magic Carpet, ordered in late July, but.....

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[LuvPow]

New Sigma cabins on Village Gondola Whistler Blackcomb today

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[DonaldMReif]

Well, the Colorado SuperChair can be basically declared completed.
As is clear in the photos, the chairs are the same LPOA chairs that the Kensho SuperChair uses.

Taken from the Breckenridge Facebook page.
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[woofydoggie]

LuvPow, on 11 November 2014 - 11:53 AM, said:

New Sigma cabins on Village Gondola Whistler Blackcomb today

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I think Stratton's look nicer. :P

[Peter]

Cabins for the new pulse gondola at Royal Gorge, CO

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[teachme]

Whistler cabins look nice and I'm sure they will be an improvement, but having skied with the old ones for 25 years I will miss them ...... :(

[LuvPow]

woofydoggie, on 12 November 2014 - 05:36 PM, said:

I think Stratton's look nicer. :P

?? They are the exact same cabins....

[DonaldMReif]

With the Colorado SuperChair now open, some photos lifted from the FB page:

It looks like they did a similar loading design configuration for the lift to what Vail has for the Mountaintop Express lift so that people are grouped up before they reach the loading carpet.
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The upper terminal can be seen to be situated on what used to be the quad's motor room.
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For comparison, look at the upper terminal location when this lift was a quad. You can see that the old motor room has been given a makeover to blend in with the new lift's European aesthetic appearance:



I will be in Breckenridge either on Thanksgiving or before Christmas to take pictures for a full profile.

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[SkiDaBird]

They have full chairs on a 6 pack in mid november... holy crap.
Quads don't look like that except for pow days and holidays out here...

[DonaldMReif]

Interestingly, the red sign actually is identical in wording to the blue sign that the Mountaintop Express has - "Moving Carpet Ahead - Please form Groups of 6", but the only differences are the use of Breckenridge Red and a different font.

[Kicking Horse]

SkiDaBird, on 14 November 2014 - 06:49 PM, said:

They have full chairs on a 6 pack in mid november... holy crap.
Quads don't look like that except for pow days and holidays out here...

Opening day at Snowmass, We had every chair out of the terminal fully loaded. 6 to a chair. This was back in 2006. :)

So it's possible! IF it's the only lift running I could see it.

[DonaldMReif]

We'll just have to wait and see what those lines look like once more trails and more areas of the mountain open up to better distribute people around the mountain.

[woofydoggie]

I know. Stratton got their top terminal enclosed and their cabins have a better color combo and windows.