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Shawnee Peak Ski Area Announces Major Lift Improvements for 2006-07

Bridgton, ME – Chet Homer, owner of Shawnee Peak Ski Area, announces a dramatic upgrade of two lifts for the 2006-07 ski season.


Rabbit Run Chair Turns Triple Duty


In an effort to enhance the experience of beginner skiers and snowboarders, Shawnee Peak has purchased a Dopplemayr/CTEC Triple Chairlift from Loon Mountain in New Hampshire. Part of the lift, which is more than 5,000 feet long, will be used to upgrade the Rabbit Run Beginner Chairlift from a Double (2-seat) to a Triple (3-seat). The upgrade will effectively increase the lift’s uphill capacity by 30%.

“The Rabbit Run Chair has served beginners well since its installation in 1988,” said Homer. “Our decision to upgrade the Rabbit Run is, in part, a result of customer input. The new Rabbit Run Triple Chair will allow for a quicker trip from the lift line to the top.”

“From a teaching standpoint, this is a huge improvement,” said Scott Condon, Shawnee Peak SnowSports School Director. “Until now, an instructor could only ride the chairlift with one student. That student-instructor time on the chair is instrumental to the teaching process.”

The rest of the new chairlift can be used as a replacement to an existing lift or as the third top-to-bottom lift at Shawnee Peak. this single purchase is a prudent way for Shawnee Peak to effectively achieve two important goals in light of ever-increasing chairlift costs.


Expanded Surface Carpet Beginner Lift

The Lil Pine Surface Carpet Lift, which was added for the 2005-06 ski season, is getting even bigger this year. Shawnee Peak will expand the lift’s length by 15%, thereby increasing the surface area of the beginner area by 1,500 square feet.


The child-friendly conveyor lift services the Lil Pine Beginner Learning area and is incredibly easy to use – just step on and it’s all uphill from there!


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New Probably Used T-bar at Mount Sima, Whitehorse, Yukon
This tiny hill is hosting the 07 Canada Winter Games which is suprising..
http://www.mountsima.com/

Ghost Town Amusment Park in the Sky, Maggie Valley, North Carolina New Chairlift to Replace the 1960's/1980's Calvero-Savio/Doppelmayr Chairlift. They will also Refurbish the Incline beside the Chairlift. I don't know who will make the new chairlift or how many people will be to a seat on the new Chairlift. I also don't know where the old lift will go. I could probably haul it away to a hilly 14-acre tract I own nearby. Below is some pictures of the old chairlift c2003, or 2004.
This post has been edited by Warren733: 22 August 2006 - 05:19 AM

Cataloochee, NC Wolf Creek Hollow Carpet to Replace Wolf Creek Hollow Handel Tow

The new lift at Winter Park has been named "Eagle Wind"



"The new chairlift, named Eagle Wind with help from the Northern Arapahoe Tribe, starts at an elevation of 10,316 feet along the Vasquez Cirque egress and extends up the backside of Parsenn Bowl to 11,486 feet. Its key location not only grants skiers and riders instant access to some of Winter Park’s steepest and deepest terrain but significantly shortens the amount of time it will take guests to get back from the backside of Parsenn Bowl and Vasquez Cirque, some of Winter Park Resort’s prime in bounds off-piste terrain. "

That seems like a waste. You'll end up still having to take Timberline to get back to the top of Parsenn, the Backside Parsenn trees, one of the last unknown powder stashes on the mountain will become devoured in an instant, and if you go far enough out on Vasquez Cirque or in Backside Parsenn, you still might have to take Pioneer Express back out!! I am 100% against this.

As well, there is a new magic carpet at Apex which replaces a tube tow and a platter.

Im not sure if this has been talked about recently but at Silver Star, BC, their new fixed grip quad, the Alpine Meadows, will not be located from the top of the Home-Run T-Bar (where a posted map was shown doing this). It is actually going from the top of Mid T-Bar (above village) to the summit. I saw the post before and realized it was wrong so i thought i should clear that up.

I also see the Snow Ghost Express (HSS) at Big White is going along well. I just wonder if there are enough runs to handle all that uphill capacity This new lift is going up parellel to an existing HS Quad, the Ridge Rocket, and I wonder if it wise to put that much capacity (probably 5000 - 6000 pph) on that part of the mountain.

Any thoughts?

Will T. (ontariodude)

I think your right that the new six pack will contribute to more slope conjestion. However, I kind of get the feeling that the Ridge Rocket Express will only be open on weekends and holidays now because I doubt they will need that much uphill capacity during the week day.

But when I was there this past winter, the slopes were packed with people and it didn't make it a very enjoyable experience. I got sick of it and left, especially with all those slow signs telling me that I had to ski slow.

I also got sick of Big White and left early on my only trip there. Too many people with too few runs and nothing very challenging. Our hotel was terrible. My favorite thing there was the tubing park. I did like the Gem Lake area a little with the tree skiing.

The other thing I remember is it was commercialized beyond belief. The lift lines had advertisements playing on big speakers, there were large billboards along lifts and runs, new cars at the tops of lifts, and nintendo games all over the lodges. It just wasn't very much fun.

I think Big White seems to be marketing to and becoming a resort for families with young kids.

I was thinking of going there I hate huge crowds. i guess i wont be going there. Does anyone know how crowded Silver Star or Sun Peaks can be?

Ya it makes sense they would only have the 6 pack open during the week. But just think of the weekends

Will T. (ontariodude)

I really enjoyed Silver Star. Even though the weather wasn't that great (rained for a little bit), it had great steeps, plenty long runs (flat in some areas though) and no big crowds. If your an advanced skier, I think you would really like it just because the ski area offers so much and is totally different from Big White.

Sun Peaks was good too although I experienced the same types of weather conditions there as I did at Silver Star (rain), plus the fog didn't help either. But Sun Peaks did offer some very nice cruisers and no one would yell at you to slow down. But there were a lot of people when I was there but the slopes weren't that crowded. It seems like the mountain did a good job of spreading people out. The new Morrisey area was also nice, but that area wasn't all that different from the Sundance Express. However, it did offer some glad skiing and some nice steeps. I really enjoyed traveling down one of the gladed runs at a high rate of speed dodging trees.

I liked Sun Peaks a lot. I have been there twice. It has a lot of groomed runs and tree skiing and isn't that crowded. The place I liked was up by the West Bowl T-Bar, which is only open on weekends. I haven't been to Silver Star but it looks very nice.

Skier, on Sep 4 2006, 01:04 PM, said:

TOO MUCH YAP OFF TOPIC ! If you want to talk about Big White, Silver Star, Sun Peaks whatever, take it to another thread. This thread is for new lifts 2006
This post has been edited by andyh1962: 04 September 2006 - 04:09 PM

If you want to blame anybody for going "off topic", blame me. I take full responsibility. I posted a bunch about new lifts and then asked how the skiing is there. They were only being nice. Topics get "off-topic" all the time, and they only posted while I was on this afternoon. Obviously Ski Bachelor doesn't have a problem with what we were talking about and he is an administrator.

Ski Bachelor and Skier, your info was greatly appreciated. Thank you

Will T. (ontariodude)
This post has been edited by Ontariodude: 04 September 2006 - 04:28 PM

Another new lift this summer that I just read about it the Easy Rider Quad at Big Mountain, Montana. The project I thought was put on hold, but it is on their new trail map. Does anyone know if the lift is used or new?

Skier, on Sep 23 2006, 01:36 PM, said:

Looks like a used CTEC (though it could be new based only on the pic).

Is this the quad from Moab, UT?

Skier, on Sep 1 2006, 11:33 AM, said:

Just look at that! It took away half of Backside Parsenn!!!!!