Snoqualmie just announced the new Silver Fir Express is going to be started soon.
Here are some stats:
Name: Silver Fir Express
Type: Poma-Leitner Detachable Quad
Lift Vertical: 1030'
Horizontal Distance: 3840'
Top Elevation: 3865'
Bottom Elevation: 2835'
People Per Hour: 2400
Also, Reggies and Easy Street are getting new drives and all lift towers will be repainted.
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Possible Lifts for Summer 2008
Started by Warren733, Aug 09 2006 04:46 PM
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Posted 02 July 2008 - 01:45 PM
nathanvg, on Jun 29 2008, 08:20 PM, said:
The new sheer bliss lift is going to put a lot more stress on the Poma. The Poma already has pretty long lines and a second lift will now feed it. Maybe they'll put in a second poma or a T bar. Putting a surface lift in from the top of high alpine would help too. Part of what makes the poma so cool is that it was hard to access and you could get away from everyone up there. I'm not so sure that will be the case anymore.
I highly doubt they would ever add another poma or tbar up there.
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Posted 05 July 2008 - 09:50 AM
I was at Solidute last thursday.
Apex and Moonbean old lifts removed. Moonbean bottom builded the cement along no towers or terminals yet. It is on the same Moonbean old lift. New Apex lift hasn't start yet but there is green fence around the bottom and it looks like start to build. Apex is new place, which it is parallel between Powerhorn double lift and Apex Express. The ski lift equipments sit on Moonbean parking lot. Both have safely bars and no footrest.
I wish they could replace Powerhorn instead of Apex, becuase Powerhorn is longer distrance than Apex. I don't know why.
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Apex and Moonbean old lifts removed. Moonbean bottom builded the cement along no towers or terminals yet. It is on the same Moonbean old lift. New Apex lift hasn't start yet but there is green fence around the bottom and it looks like start to build. Apex is new place, which it is parallel between Powerhorn double lift and Apex Express. The ski lift equipments sit on Moonbean parking lot. Both have safely bars and no footrest.
I wish they could replace Powerhorn instead of Apex, becuase Powerhorn is longer distrance than Apex. I don't know why.
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Posted 05 July 2008 - 09:51 AM
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Posted 05 July 2008 - 09:55 AM
Apex old lift:
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Posted 05 July 2008 - 09:58 AM
the ski lift equipments on Moonbean parking lot:
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Posted 05 July 2008 - 10:00 AM
Brighton tore old Millcent chalet down and they build a new chalet. I was surprised to see the new chalet when I got there.
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Left: summer 2007, old chalet, Evegreen and Millcent old lifts. Right: Last February (2008) Old Millcent Chalet.
In right, the lift is Milly Express.
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New chalet. In background, the lift is Milly Express.
I will take a picture when the chalet will be completed done and I will post.
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Left: summer 2007, old chalet, Evegreen and Millcent old lifts. Right: Last February (2008) Old Millcent Chalet.
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New chalet. In background, the lift is Milly Express.
I will take a picture when the chalet will be completed done and I will post.
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nathanvg, on Jun 29 2008, 07:20 PM, said:
The new sheer bliss lift is going to put a lot more stress on the Poma. The Poma already has pretty long lines and a second lift will now feed it. Maybe they'll put in a second poma or a T bar. Putting a surface lift in from the top of high alpine would help too. Part of what makes the poma so cool is that it was hard to access and you could get away from everyone up there. I'm not so sure that will be the case anymore.
I highly doubt you'll see an upgrade to a t-bar or an additional poma. You have to remember that they originally expected to operate it for only 4 to 6 weeks a season. In recent years they've been lucky with the quantity of the snow and how much has held on this higher elevation area that is typicall stripped dry from winds.
The biggest fix to the poma in my opinion would be to eliminate the priority access for ski school. There is no reason why most ski school classes should be going up the poma. Exceptions could be made for a special themed class like an "experts-only" class. Last year at one point because of a poorly designed queue they were giving 50% of the lift capacity to the ski school. At that point I called the lift operations manager and complained.
There is no reason for most ski school classes to go up this lift and especially if they're only going to descend the Rocky Mountain High intermediate run. That run is a sight seeing run, not a good teaching run. If a ski school class wants waste the expensive time to go sight seeing then they should wait in the line with the rest of us.
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Posted 05 July 2008 - 06:52 PM
On the other hand, while I was at Copper's ski school program, it was quite nice to be able to go in the ski school line for Storm King. They had us alternate 3 to 1 however so it really didn't do much to normal passengers. I agree that now having two detachable quads serving the same Poma lift, I imagine that the lines will become substantially longer, and any time saved by not having to ride Coney Glade to lap the Cirque lift will be wasted in the lift line at the bottom of the Poma. Hmm, I wonder if you could upgrade a detachable Poma lift to a detachable t-bar. In any case, I'm excited and sad to see Sheer Bliss go.
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skierdude9450, on Jul 5 2008, 08:52 PM, said:
On the other hand, while I was at Copper's ski school program, it was quite nice to be able to go in the ski school line for Storm King. They had us alternate 3 to 1 however so it really didn't do much to normal passengers. I agree that now having two detachable quads serving the same Poma lift, I imagine that the lines will become substantially longer, and any time saved by not having to ride Coney Glade to lap the Cirque lift will be wasted in the lift line at the bottom of the Poma. Hmm, I wonder if you could upgrade a detachable Poma lift to a detachable t-bar. In any case, I'm excited and sad to see Sheer Bliss go.
I am guessing the Big Burn lift will become a "secondary lift" once the new Bliss chair is open and we will probably see limited operation of it maybe holidays or Saturdays. You are correct though, it will make the poma more accessible. Depending on how much higher the unloading station of the Bliss is, hiking to the extreme runs might be a quicker option.
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Snoqualmie guy, on Jul 8 2008, 09:20 PM, said:
I'm going tomarrow, then I'll tell you, with pictures.
Gentlemen,
The latest news on the Silver Fir chair is it will either be put on the backside of Hyak or it will be going up Rampart. The decisuion has not been made because the MPD has not been approved yet. Either way it will not happen this year.
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Construction starts on people movers linking St. Regis and Snow Park
by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF
Article Launched: 07/08/2008 04:51:51 PM MDT
The metallic tracks are giant as they climb a hillside just outside Snow Park Lodge in lower Deer Valley, looking almost like a miniature ski jump across a small road from the Snow Park parking lots.
The tracks appeared in the last few weeks, after excavation crews dug out enough earth to install them, and they are part of a developer's plans to install a people mover between Snow Park and Deer Crest, the slopeside project under construction on the eastern edge of Deer Valley.
Funicular cars, which are popular in Europe but rare in the U.S., will run on the tracks, taking people between two sections of the St. Regis, which is planned as a condominium hotel with some traditional condominiums as well. A check-in lobby and a valet driveway are among the offerings that will be at the lower funicular terminal, and the primary St. Regis building will be at the upper stop. Trips are expected to take 90 seconds.
"We want our owners and guests to have a comfortable ride," says David Castleton, who handles sales and marketing for DDRM, the developer of the Deer Crest St. Regis.
The St. Regis will feature two 15-person funicular cars, and both tracks are under construction in a highly visible location. The tracks will each be about 500 feet long. Funicular cars are typically shaped like rectangles, and they climb and descend on individual tracks.
The Deer Crest models are made by Doppelmayr, a company that is known locally for its ski lifts and gondolas. Castleton says the funicular cars, the tracks and the construction cost about $5.2 million. He hopes to test the funicular cars by December, but they would not start operating until the St. Regis opens. That is planned in spring 2009.
Only St. Regis owners, people staying there or people with reservations at a restaurant inside the St. Regis will be able to board the funicular cars.
"It will be a smooth ride. It will have incredible views," Castleton says, describing the cars as having plush interiors and large tinted windows.
The developers considered installing a ski lift or a gondola instead, but windy conditions at the location influenced them to choose a funicular. Mike Beeley, a vice president with Doppelmayr CTEC, a domestic wing of the parent company, says alternatives like a gondola would involve more land than the funicular does as well.
He says two or three similar funiculars are installed each year worldwide.
"This is going to be more a feeling of riding on a cloud . . . It should be a soft ride," Beeley says.
The St. Regis anchors Deer Crest, which stretches eastward from Snow Park to a location just off U.S. 40 in Wasatch County. Deer Crest, along with Empire Pass at the southwest edge of Deer Valley, represents a major expansion of residential development and ski terrain at the resort.
Bob Wells, the vice president of Deer Valley Resort and the official who guides the resort's development plans, says St. Regis owners and guests will enjoy the funicular.
"It's not going to be ruined," he says about the view of the hillside with the funicular. "You will see the effect of a 'hill-a-vator.'"
Wells, a longtime figure in Park City development, says St. Regis chose the funicular as a method to reduce traffic as well. It will especially cut the number of drivers heading to the St. Regis on Queen Esther Drive and the northern stretch of Deer Valley Drive, Wells says.
The three Park City-area mountain resorts in the last decade have aggressively pursued upgrades, as the ski industry has enjoyed record-setting numbers. Castleton sees the funicular as another resort improvement that will be memorable.
"Wow factor," he says.
Construction starts on people movers linking St. Regis and Snow Park
by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF
Article Launched: 07/08/2008 04:51:51 PM MDT
The metallic tracks are giant as they climb a hillside just outside Snow Park Lodge in lower Deer Valley, looking almost like a miniature ski jump across a small road from the Snow Park parking lots.
The tracks appeared in the last few weeks, after excavation crews dug out enough earth to install them, and they are part of a developer's plans to install a people mover between Snow Park and Deer Crest, the slopeside project under construction on the eastern edge of Deer Valley.
Funicular cars, which are popular in Europe but rare in the U.S., will run on the tracks, taking people between two sections of the St. Regis, which is planned as a condominium hotel with some traditional condominiums as well. A check-in lobby and a valet driveway are among the offerings that will be at the lower funicular terminal, and the primary St. Regis building will be at the upper stop. Trips are expected to take 90 seconds.
"We want our owners and guests to have a comfortable ride," says David Castleton, who handles sales and marketing for DDRM, the developer of the Deer Crest St. Regis.
The St. Regis will feature two 15-person funicular cars, and both tracks are under construction in a highly visible location. The tracks will each be about 500 feet long. Funicular cars are typically shaped like rectangles, and they climb and descend on individual tracks.
The Deer Crest models are made by Doppelmayr, a company that is known locally for its ski lifts and gondolas. Castleton says the funicular cars, the tracks and the construction cost about $5.2 million. He hopes to test the funicular cars by December, but they would not start operating until the St. Regis opens. That is planned in spring 2009.
Only St. Regis owners, people staying there or people with reservations at a restaurant inside the St. Regis will be able to board the funicular cars.
"It will be a smooth ride. It will have incredible views," Castleton says, describing the cars as having plush interiors and large tinted windows.
The developers considered installing a ski lift or a gondola instead, but windy conditions at the location influenced them to choose a funicular. Mike Beeley, a vice president with Doppelmayr CTEC, a domestic wing of the parent company, says alternatives like a gondola would involve more land than the funicular does as well.
He says two or three similar funiculars are installed each year worldwide.
"This is going to be more a feeling of riding on a cloud . . . It should be a soft ride," Beeley says.
The St. Regis anchors Deer Crest, which stretches eastward from Snow Park to a location just off U.S. 40 in Wasatch County. Deer Crest, along with Empire Pass at the southwest edge of Deer Valley, represents a major expansion of residential development and ski terrain at the resort.
Bob Wells, the vice president of Deer Valley Resort and the official who guides the resort's development plans, says St. Regis owners and guests will enjoy the funicular.
"It's not going to be ruined," he says about the view of the hillside with the funicular. "You will see the effect of a 'hill-a-vator.'"
Wells, a longtime figure in Park City development, says St. Regis chose the funicular as a method to reduce traffic as well. It will especially cut the number of drivers heading to the St. Regis on Queen Esther Drive and the northern stretch of Deer Valley Drive, Wells says.
The three Park City-area mountain resorts in the last decade have aggressively pursued upgrades, as the ski industry has enjoyed record-setting numbers. Castleton sees the funicular as another resort improvement that will be memorable.
"Wow factor," he says.
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