Possible New Lifts for Summer 2007
Allan
17 Dec 2006
Dr Frankenstein
22 Dec 2006
Maybe Bromont will have a FG double for 2007. (Just a guess)
I'm 90% sure they have the Doppelmayr double from Le Massif stored somewhere, ready to be installed.
I'm 90% sure they have the Doppelmayr double from Le Massif stored somewhere, ready to be installed.
skiPhreak
28 Dec 2006
Summary I may have missed some
1 Crystal Mountain, Washington DoppelmayrCTEC Triple Northway
2 Tamarack, Idaho DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad
3 Whistler, British Columbia DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad Crystal Express
4 Lookout Pass, Idaho Double Northstar
5 Beaver Creek, Colorado DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad Rose Bowl
6 Burke Mountain, Vermont Leitner-Poma High Speed Quad Willoughby Express
7 Lutsen Mountains, MN: FIS/Upper Eagle Mountain Lift: Riblet Double (used, may be going in this summer)
8 Lutsen Mountains, MN: Caribou Express: Leitner Poma High Speed Six... or...
9 Lutsen Mountains, MN: Bull Run Express: Leitner Poma HSQ
10 Buck Hill, MN: Beginner: Hall Double (used)
11 Indianhead Mountain, MI: Mountain Express: (no brand specified) High Speed Quad
12 Welch Village, MN: Back Bowl: (no brand specified)(no type specified)
13 Keystone, CO: River Run Gondola: (leitner Poma or Doppelmayr CTEC)(6 or 8 person cabins)
14 Steamboat, CO: Christie Express: Leitner Poma High Speed Six
15 Jackson Hole, WY: Tram: Garaventa CTEC?
15 Red Mountain Silverlode with either a FGQ or HSQ Doppelmayr
16 Vail CO Chairs 5, 14 or 10
17 Winter Park CO HSS
18 Wolf Laurel, NC Double
19 Mont Ripley MI
20 Big Sky MT HSQ
21 Holiday Valley NY HSQ or FGQ Doppelmayr Ctec
22 Hunter Mtn NY HSQ to replace snowlite not for sure
23 Whiteface Mtn NY FGT new terrain expansion
This post has been edited by skiPhreak: 28 December 2006 - 10:47 AM
1 Crystal Mountain, Washington DoppelmayrCTEC Triple Northway
2 Tamarack, Idaho DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad
3 Whistler, British Columbia DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad Crystal Express
4 Lookout Pass, Idaho Double Northstar
5 Beaver Creek, Colorado DoppelmayrCTEC High Speed Quad Rose Bowl
6 Burke Mountain, Vermont Leitner-Poma High Speed Quad Willoughby Express
7 Lutsen Mountains, MN: FIS/Upper Eagle Mountain Lift: Riblet Double (used, may be going in this summer)
8 Lutsen Mountains, MN: Caribou Express: Leitner Poma High Speed Six... or...
9 Lutsen Mountains, MN: Bull Run Express: Leitner Poma HSQ
10 Buck Hill, MN: Beginner: Hall Double (used)
11 Indianhead Mountain, MI: Mountain Express: (no brand specified) High Speed Quad
12 Welch Village, MN: Back Bowl: (no brand specified)(no type specified)
13 Keystone, CO: River Run Gondola: (leitner Poma or Doppelmayr CTEC)(6 or 8 person cabins)
14 Steamboat, CO: Christie Express: Leitner Poma High Speed Six
15 Jackson Hole, WY: Tram: Garaventa CTEC?
15 Red Mountain Silverlode with either a FGQ or HSQ Doppelmayr
16 Vail CO Chairs 5, 14 or 10
17 Winter Park CO HSS
18 Wolf Laurel, NC Double
19 Mont Ripley MI
20 Big Sky MT HSQ
21 Holiday Valley NY HSQ or FGQ Doppelmayr Ctec
22 Hunter Mtn NY HSQ to replace snowlite not for sure
23 Whiteface Mtn NY FGT new terrain expansion
This post has been edited by skiPhreak: 28 December 2006 - 10:47 AM
skiersage
28 Dec 2006
I am almost sure that mont ripley is going to install the proposed lift next year. They already have it on premise as it is used. I have yet to know what brand it is but I may be able to find out.
Aussierob
28 Dec 2006
Crystal chair at Blackcomb is far from certain. The 3s is being renegotiated due to to the fall in the value of the $CAD vs the Euro. Material prices have also risen.
floridaskier
28 Dec 2006
I heard today from an instructor (always a reliable source for this type of information) that the lift at Deer Valley on the mountain to the south of Empire is going in next summer. If history means anything, it'll be a DoppelmayrCTEC HSQ, no idea on the name though
skier691
29 Dec 2006
The Mt. Ripley chair is a used Riblet double from Aerial Eng. I have been told its construction was started last summer, but paper work challenges slowed the project. Oh, well, one more year to ride the T-bar.
Kicking Horse
30 Dec 2006
You forgot the River Edge Gondola that will be operational for next Ski Season. ;)
Allan
02 Jan 2007
Peter
02 Jan 2007
Nice, I really like the Galaxy II. There aren't too many of them around, either. Only 6 I think:
Snowbird
Bromont x2
Solitude
Mt Washington
Bolton Valley
Snowbird
Bromont x2
Solitude
Mt Washington
Bolton Valley
WBSKI
02 Jan 2007
I assume the Boomerang at Mt Washington is the lift with Galaxy 2?
http://skiingbc.info/mtn/Mt%20Washington/P...rang/index.html
http://skiingbc.info/mtn/Mt%20Washington/P...rang/index.html
skiersage
02 Jan 2007
Lift Kid
03 Jan 2007
skiPhreak, on Dec 28 2006, 12:33 PM, said:
7 Lutsen Mountains, MN: FIS/Upper Eagle Mountain Lift: Riblet Double (used, may be going in this summer)
8 Lutsen Mountains, MN: Caribou Express: Leitner Poma High Speed Six... or...
9 Lutsen Mountains, MN: Bull Run Express: Leitner Poma HSQ
8 Lutsen Mountains, MN: Caribou Express: Leitner Poma High Speed Six... or...
9 Lutsen Mountains, MN: Bull Run Express: Leitner Poma HSQ
It's pretty funny that Lutsen would put in a HS. Their slopes really aren't that long. It'd be like riding Excelerator at Copper. Very short. I think it would almost put too many people on the slopes, unless they go low capacity. I really don't think they need one. It would be the first HS for Minnesota though.

skier691
03 Jan 2007
Lift Kid, first there is a HS in MN now, at Spirit Mt (installed '86). Second, Lutsen has the need for a HS more than any other midwest resort. They have a lift with 800' vert and its nearly 4000' long, or longer. I believe the lift would coincide with a new base area at Moose. They also could benifit from the marketing involved, many ski areas that are 2-6 hours closer to the couple metro areas already have them. If a HS at Lutsen is overkill, try the ones at Mt. Holly, Bittersweet and the beg. one at Alpine, WI (all about 300'vert and 100' long)
Lift Kid
03 Jan 2007
skier691, on Jan 3 2007, 12:40 PM, said:
Lift Kid, first there is a HS in MN now, at Spirit Mt (installed '86). Second, Lutsen has the need for a HS more than any other midwest resort. They have a lift with 800' vert and its nearly 4000' long, or longer. I believe the lift would coincide with a new base area at Moose. They also could benifit from the marketing involved, many ski areas that are 2-6 hours closer to the couple metro areas already have them. If a HS at Lutsen is overkill, try the ones at Mt. Holly, Bittersweet and the beg. one at Alpine, WI (all about 300'vert and 100' long)
I didn't know that Spirit had a HS. I am going there on Sunday too! I guess Lutsen could use one, but the slope congestion would still be bad.
Peter
03 Jan 2007
Please take lots of pics of the Spirit HSQ, it is very unique, a Borvig/VonRoll with bubble chairs.
Lift Dinosaur
03 Jan 2007
It's actually a Borvig / Leitner with CTEC chairs, and the bubbles were removed this summer due to high maintenance costs.
Peter
03 Jan 2007
Ok well the CTEC bubble chairs were originally installed on the fixed grip Double Jaw quad in 1989. Sometime after the chairs from the fg quad and the Borvig Leitner hsq were switched.