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skiersage, on Jun 16 2007, 09:01 PM, said:

Another Frankenlift! Our mechanics would love that one!! I catch hell 'cause I like our Yans better than the Halls

Like many people I have mixed feelings about this lift. One, it will be cool to have a new lift one lots of new left served runs. But to lose the North Back country will be sad, now it well be not packed but more people about.

I am really not sure where Crystal gets the "New Lift Served Runs" idea. Most of the terrain goes onto I-5 and back to the base. It may be long, but it is lift served. I am still not quite sure how much of Brand X I will be able to get back to the lift from.

As I understand it, there will be several 'new' runs- mainly extensions out of Morning Glory, Paradise, Spook Hill, and such. There will also be a new egress out of the bottom of Brand X allowing for return trips; I don't think there will be much loss of vertical over the original exit to Lower Northway.

Shirley Lake coming down...

Skier, on Jun 28 2007, 12:35 PM, said:

She'll be missed.....

Wasn't she a HSQ? What happend? Being replaced? Closed?

See new lift 2007 thread. (she is being replaced with a 6pack)

The mid station and top of the gondola at Revelstoke, 26 towers... the lower part of the gondola will be completed next year. A lot of rock, and some steep cliff bands will make the installation a bit challenging.

chair "12" at revelstoke will be 23 towers...

Thank you for posting these photos, it looks beautiful up there. Chair 12 will be a detachable quad, right?

Skier, on Jun 29 2007, 01:13 PM, said:

Chair 12 is a detachable quad. Leitner-Poma Omega that is. Thanks for the pics
This post has been edited by P01itiC4lR3B31: 29 June 2007 - 02:00 PM

I went to Crystal today and took pictures of the Northway project. I will post them in the next little while....

I hiked from the top of the new lift down. Right now they are in the process of heli-logging. All the trees are cut, but very few have been removed. The liftline seems very wide for a double chair...

Top terminal looking down
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looking up
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looking up
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tower marker
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looking down
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bottom of Northway
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The only part that has arrived, there are two of these. Does 4S Products make the haul rope or is this something else?
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Skier, will it be former Millicent lift?

Wow there are snow in the pictures. Here in the Wasatch Mountain...all snow is gone alreardy. The temperature in the mountain is average 85 and the valley, the temperature stays 100. No rain since last April.

No, this will be a new Doppelmayr CTEC double. Their plan is to finish logging in the next few weeks, then work on foundations as soon as all the snow is gone. It will be late August/Early September before any towers are flown. The top two towers seem to be perched on the cliffs, it is very steep up there. There are going to be around 22 or so towers in all. Walking this thing made it seem very long and very steep. As of right now, there is no road to the top drive or bottom terminals.

Skier, on Jun 30 2007, 05:43 PM, said:

That would be the comm line, it is a 25 pair 19 guage, figure 8 cable. The integral guy strand is 3/8 diameter. 3/8 is good ! It'll hold up to about a foot of cocktail ice before snapping.