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[Allan]

SkiBachelor, on Dec 17 2006, 05:13 PM, said:

Is the new Silverlode going to be a D-C or L-P, Allan?

It's a Doppelmayr! I'll let you know the terminals when I go back to work, I have the PDF at work.

[Dr Frankenstein]

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.

[skiPhreak]

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

[skiersage]

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]

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]

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]

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]

You forgot the River Edge Gondola that will be operational for next Ski Season. ;)

[Allan]

Allan, on Dec 17 2006, 07:59 PM, said:

It's a Doppelmayr! I'll let you know the terminals when I go back to work, I have the PDF at work.

We're going to have a Galaxy Drive and an Orion return.

[Peter]

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

[WBSKI]

I assume the Boomerang at Mt Washington is the lift with Galaxy 2?

http://skiingbc.info/mtn/Mt%20Washington/P...rang/index.html

[Peter]

Yes

[skiersage]

Skier, on Jan 2 2007, 10:45 PM, said:

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

there are more of them. the only other one that I sure of is the green lift at hoodoo which has one

[Lift Kid]

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

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]

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]

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]

Please take lots of pics of the Spirit HSQ, it is very unique, a Borvig/VonRoll with bubble chairs.

[Lift Dinosaur]

It's actually a Borvig / Leitner with CTEC chairs, and the bubbles were removed this summer due to high maintenance costs.

[Peter]

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.

[Lift Kid]

Skier, on Jan 3 2007, 06:38 PM, said:

Please take lots of pics of the Spirit HSQ, it is very unique, a Borvig/VonRoll with bubble chairs.

I will take a whole bunch of pics and they'll be on my website soon. Sounds like quite the interesting lift. I can't wait to ride it.