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The Ski Season isn't truly started in New England (obviously where I live) Wildcat, Bretton Woods, and Loon have opened, as well as Sunday River and a few others.
The new lifts i'm particularly excited about are almost finished.
Sunapee's New Sunbowl Express lift was fairly close to completion by mid-October, and I assume that it's pretty much done by now. The lift was the former Northstar Express Quad from Okemo, VT. It reused the towers from the old Sunbowl Quad.

The first thumbnail shows the Northstar Express installed at it's original location at Okemo, VT.
 Northstar Quad Top.png (659.62K)
Number of downloads: 92
The second thumbnail shows the top area of the Sunbowl Express, after the old quad was removed but before the new one was in construction.
 Sunbowl Express Top Area.png (811.63K)
Number of downloads: 108
The third thumbnail shows a footing and some towers in the background.
 Top Area and Footing.png (948.28K)
Number of downloads: 98
The fourth shows the bottom terminal in construction. I have no idea if the new lift is top or bottom drive, but the original was a top drive.
 Sunbowl Express Bottom Terminal Construction.png (987.86K)
Number of downloads: 102
The fifth shows the top station in construction : The Bullwheel is being flown in here
 Sunbowl Express Top Terminal Construction.png (880.72K)
Number of downloads: 100
The sixth shows basically the same shot but a few seconds later.
 Sunbowl Express Top Terminal Construction (2).png (940.9K)
Number of downloads: 102
Overall I'm pretty happy that the old quad is being replaced. It was my favorite lift, had a nice view and it serviced my favorite trails on Sunapee, but it was so slow...

The Spear Mountain Quad at Ragged is also going pretty good. Last time I checked they had the haul rope up.
The seventh thumbnail shows the new quad before the haul rope was applied. By the looks of it, I think it's a UNI-G.
 Spear Mountain Quad Oct2014.png (882.54K)
Number of downloads: 115
The eighth thumbnail shows the bottom terminal after the haul rope was put on.
 Spear Mountain Quad November 2014.png (544.85K)
Number of downloads: 122
The ninth thumbnail shows the chairs and other supplies needed to finish the lift. Those clearly look like EJ's.
 Spear Mountain Quad Nov2014 Chairs.png (321.1K)
Number of downloads: 139
I also am quite happy about the Spear Mountain Quad. The old triple took like 15 minutes, and ain't nobody got time for that. :)

So, Okemo lost the Northstar Quad to Sunapee, NH. But, they're getting a brand new Six-Seater Bubble lift from Leitner-Poma. Unlike the Northstar, the new lift is a top station drive.
The Tenth thumbnail shows the bottom station of the new six-pack.
 Sunburst Six Bottom Construction.png (816.04K)
Number of downloads: 167
The Eleventh thumbnail shows the inside of the top station of the new six-pack.
 Sunburst Six Top Station.png (801.39K)
Number of downloads: 132

NHskier13, on 17 November 2014 - 04:27 PM, said:

Is that wood-trim becoming a popular trend now? I says that since both of the new six-packs at Breck - the Kensho SuperChair last year and the Colorado SuperChair this year- have that same appearance for their terminals.

DonaldMReif, on 17 November 2014 - 05:08 PM, said:

I don't think it is necesarily a trend.... it is a feature the manufacturer offers.

Looks like Sunburst will have a nice barn for storage/maintenance. Kinda envious.

I'm actually going in January to Okemo (Only been skiing there once) so hopefully I can get more pics for you guys, and as usual i'm definitely going to Ragged and Sunapee as well.
This post has been edited by NHskier13: 19 November 2014 - 02:34 PM

Berkshire East http://vimeo.com/112435200

Sunapee's Done the Sunbowl Express! Looks great, I am so ready!!!
 SUNBOWL EXPRESS FINISHED.png (655.12K)
Number of downloads: 113
One thing I noticed on the new lift is the wooden "underside" of the terminal, which I don't think the original Northstar Express had.
1. The original Northstar Express
 Northstar Quad Top.png (659.62K)
Number of downloads: 144
2. The High Noon Express @ Vail, which is a much newer lift that uses the wood.


Also, here is the brand new Spear Mountain Express :
 SPEAR MOUNTAIN QUAD AF.png (577.16K)
Number of downloads: 162
And the Sunburst Six :
 SUNBURST SIX.png (794.4K)
Number of downloads: 135
This post has been edited by NHskier13: 23 November 2014 - 05:07 AM

Nice orange bubbles on the Sunburst Express!

With all the stuff around the Colorado SuperChair, we've practically ignored the fact that the Beaver Run SuperChair got new chairs.

You can see them here:
http://blog.breckenr...e-opened-today/

If you want to be technical, they're the ones off the old Colorado lift.

Here's another shot of the finished Sunbowl Express :

 Sunbowl Express Finished v2.jpg (118.44K)
Number of downloads: 106

liftmech, on 26 November 2014 - 05:33 AM, said:

Well to be OCD technical, 153 new-used chairs moved from Colorado to Beaver Run. I believe that 33 new-new chairs were added to get the full complement on line.

153 chairs from the Colorado SuperChair, and obviously they'd want to keep the uphill capacity of before, so let's assume chairs 154-186 may have some slight cosmetic differences from chairs 1-153.

Sorry I brought it up :)

With pictures of what it looks like (taken off the Grand Lodge on Peak 7's Facebook page):

 Beaver Run SuperChair with new chairs.jpg (448.29K)
Number of downloads: 96

Chair 6 at Crystal is done however not much snow yet.

Those are still wierd looking chairs. If that lift was in Colorado, it would be stopped for misloads more than it would run. Why don't they just use the old c t e c chair design?

That is a very cool looking lift!! What are the specs/details on it?

boardski, on 06 December 2014 - 08:41 PM, said:

You think so? I would hope not, but maybe. As far as the CTEC carriers, i believe Doppelmayr still has the patent on those from the merger.

boardski, on 06 December 2014 - 08:41 PM, said:

Those are still wierd looking chairs. If that lift was in Colorado, it would be stopped for misloads more than it would run.
What would cause misloads in Colorado? The chair design?
Why don't they just use the old c t e c chair design?
Because they are cheaper to produce?

Dino
This post has been edited by Lift Dinosaur: 07 December 2014 - 07:12 AM