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[Peter]

So far for summer 2011:
Sun Down Express at Vail
Quad at Hunter, NY on the backside
Six pack replacing Siberia Express at Squaw Valley
Spillway quad at Sugarloaf, Maine

[k3000]

Per the USFS:


Mount Snow Resort Lift Replacements

Replacement of two chair lifts in the same alignments. New lifts would replace older, slower fixed grip lifts with higher capacity and higher speed detachable grip lifts. Some excavation needed for new lift terminals and towers.

http://www.fs.fed.us...m?project=31745

That's all I know.

[jaytrem]

From the Mt Snow GM on the passholder forum...

"It is lifts #17 & 19. We are also hopeful that it will be 2011. Keep in mind that permitting and financing are big factors. But it feels good to get the ball rolling."

#17 is the Summit Local Triple, a little over 7000 feet in length. #19 is the Sunbrook Quad, I think it's maybe around 4500.

This post has been edited by jaytrem: 05 April 2010 - 06:57 AM

[Peter]

Revelstoke will be building another new lift by the 2011-2012 ski season, doesn't specify where.

Revelstoke, March 26, 2010 – Revelstoke Mountain Resort, B.C’s newest four-season resort, has completed its financial recapitalization and is now planning its next phase of growth.

“Revelstoke Mountain Resort’s recapitalization is now complete,” states Tom Gaglardi, president of Northland Properties, the majority equity owner of the resort.

Northland Properties has paid off more than $100 million in debt incurred by the original resort developer in 2007-2008. “The costs to develop the resort to its present state are approximately $200 million,” says Northland’s Tom Gaglardi. “All of the debt we inherited has been retired, and we are now planning for further growth.”

Those objectives include a construction start on the resort’s golf course within 12 months, with play by 2013. Planning for a new ski lift has begun, with service expected not later than the opening of the 2011 season.

The resort expects to add a new wine bar in the village for the 2010 season.

Real estate sales at Nelsen Lodge are strong, with 11 condos selling at prices ranging from $339,000 to nearly $900,000 in recent months. The second phase of Nelsen Lodge will be substantially complete within the next 60 days, and construction on the third and final phase of Nelsen Lodge is in full swing. A new on-mountain restaurant, Rockford Wok | Bar | Grill, opened this winter to rave reviews.

[Andy1962]

From www.devilsglen.com
Devil's Glen Ski Club in Glen Huron Ontario Canada

"current Devil’s Glen lift infrastructure
replacement and relocation plan ... This first step involves the purchase of
a new Quad Chair, the retirement of 2 lifts (Hades Double
Chair and Hallelujah T-bar) and the relocation of one lift
(Lucifer’s) to the Revi/Sal area. Planning and Approvals will start
this summer, for construction in the Summer of 2013.

The new quad mentioned will replace the Lucifer's Lift, a 1990 Borvig Fixed grip quad (150HP, 1604 ft long, 492 vert, 2400 persons per hour). The lifts to be removed are the Hades Double and the Hallelujah T-bar. Hades is a 1969 Hall double chair (1440 length, 455 vert). The Hallelujah T-bar was put in about the same time as the Hades chair. The 1990 Borvig Quad will be relocated to the terrain currently served by the Hallelujah t-bar.

Source: current issue of Devil's Glen's newletter, The Advocate, April 2010.
I am a winter employee of Devil's Glen

[floridaskier]

It was mentioned in the other thread that Iron Mountain at The Canyons will be going in for 2011-12. We'll see. If so, it would hopefully be a Doppelmayr CTEC high speed quad, but don't rule out the purchase of something of the used and fixed-grip variety (Deer Crest from DV might be on the market?)

[jswim123]

There are substantial rumors running around at Eldora (CO) that they may replace the Cannonball FGD and Cannonball FGT on the front side of the mountain with a HSS, possibly as soon as the summer of 2011.

[Kicking Horse]

jswim123, on 29 April 2010 - 12:52 PM, said:

There are substantial rumors running around at Eldora (CO) that they may replace the Cannonball FGD and Cannonball FGT on the front side of the mountain with a HSS, possibly as soon as the summer of 2011.

Last I heard is that Boulder Country did not want them having a HS lift... Did that change? If I remember right they did not hs lifts there becasue the road up to the area could not handle the traffic?

But then again this info could be wrong. I forgot where I heard this. It's been awhile.

[jswim123]

Kicking Horse, on 29 April 2010 - 01:23 PM, said:

Last I heard is that Boulder Country did not want them having a HS lift... Did that change? If I remember right they did not hs lifts there becasue the road up to the area could not handle the traffic?

But then again this info could be wrong. I forgot where I heard this. It's been awhile.

I had hear both of these thoughts previously as well. What I know for sure is that Eldora updated their master plan with several new items over the past year, most notably:
- a FGQ to replace the Little Hawk FGD
- a surface conveyor (or two) to replace the Tenderfoot I & II Handle Tows
- a HSS to replace Challenge/Cannonball
- some sort of lift from the base of Challenge/Cannonball running just to the west to the low saddle on Four o' Clock Trail, providing access to the backside in the event of the "breezy" conditions Eldora is so known for
- some sort of lift starting near or maybe just to the west of the town of Eldora, and running up to near the top of the Indian Peaks lift. Presumably a couple new trails would be cut for this lift as well.

As far as I know, the HSS is the most likely of these new upgrades to be installed soon, hopefully during the summer of '11. Eldora's website (http://www.eldora.com) has a little blurb saying that they're submitting their new master plan to the Forest Service for approval this month, so we'll see where that gets us.

[RibStaThiok]

wow, when was the last time Eldora got a new lift? I think everything up there is at least 20 years old, or I might be mistaking this with the resort outside of Laramie.

[jswim123]

RibStaThio, on 03 May 2010 - 12:30 PM, said:

wow, when was the last time Eldora got a new lift? I think everything up there is at least 20 years old, or I might be mistaking this with the resort outside of Laramie.

It's been a while...I'm not entirely sure when the last one was installed. I've only been working there for a couple years, so any previous installs were before me. I think that the Corona FGQ and Indian Peaks FGQ were the last lifts to get installed, though I'm not positive.

[Peter]

Indian Peaks in 1997
Corona in 1998

[boardski]

Skier, on 03 May 2010 - 02:35 PM, said:

Indian Peaks in 1997
Corona in 1998

Most of us on this forum probably do not need to ride it much since it serves beginner runs but "EZ" (Riblet FGT) was installed in 2000 and apparently was not a recylce.

The new lifts will be nice. A HSS running the Challenge/ Cannonball line and another chair accessing the IP and Corona lifts will put quite a few people on the hill but maybe there are enough trails to support it. I like the idea of the lift near the town of Eldora. Exciting times for the area indeed!

[jswim123]

boardski, on 03 May 2010 - 05:16 PM, said:

Most of us on this forum probably do not need to ride it much since it serves beginner runs but "EZ" (Riblet FGT) was installed in 2000 and apparently was not a recylce.

The new lifts will be nice. A HSS running the Challenge/ Cannonball line and another chair accessing the IP and Corona lifts will put quite a few people on the hill but maybe there are enough trails to support it. I like the idea of the lift near the town of Eldora. Exciting times for the area indeed!

Absolutely. Everyone at the ski area is thrilled about the possibility of the HSS, though I'd say that all of us in ski school are equally thrilled about the carpet(s) replacing the handle tows... Bringing a group of four-year-olds up those handle tows is an exercise in futility. :-P

The last I heard was that the town of Eldora was strongly opposed to a lift coming up from there, so I don't know how that will turn out. But as I mentioned before, it's looking very good for the HSS to be installed though, hopefully in 2011. :-) In terms of slope crowding, the IP and Corona lifts rarely run full, even on busy weekends, so I doubt slope crowding would be an issue, especially with having another trail or two being cut over there/

[jaytrem]

Jay Peak is talking 2011-2012 for the opening of their West Bowl expansion. They've been getting lots of other projects done (ice rink, base lodge, indoor water park), so they do have some momentum. Supposed to be 3 or 4 lifts, I imagine they would just start with 1, but who knows.

[FSJ]

boardski, on 03 May 2010 - 05:16 PM, said:

Most of us on this forum probably do not need to ride it much since it serves beginner runs but "EZ" (Riblet FGT) was installed in 2000 and apparently was not a recylce.

The new lifts will be nice. A HSS running the Challenge/ Cannonball line and another chair accessing the IP and Corona lifts will put quite a few people on the hill but maybe there are enough trails to support it. I like the idea of the lift near the town of Eldora. Exciting times for the area indeed!

The Riblet installed in 2000 was new.

[RibStaThiok]

Sorry all, I got Eldora confused with Snowy Range in Wyoming. I need to get up to Eldora next year.

[boardski]

jswim123, on 02 May 2010 - 01:07 AM, said:

I had hear both of these thoughts previously as well. What I know for sure is that Eldora updated their master plan with several new items over the past year, most notably:
- a FGQ to replace the Little Hawk FGD
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Could use old Challenge (FGT) to replace Little Hawk and have a nicer lift than what is there now. The current Little Hawk looks like it was once a T-Bar changed to double chair, does anyone know if that is true? I noticed the entire line must be roped off due to the clearance. Are they planning on reusing any of the lifts planned to be removed or is that part of the plan still not decided?

This post has been edited by boardski: 07 May 2010 - 05:15 PM

[agillskis]

49 Degrees North is planning on installing a used FG chairlift (triple or quad) to service the runs cut during the summer of 2009 on Angel Peak. The loading area for the new lift will be located near the current loading area for the West Basin (#4) chairlift.

[boardski]

Is Winter Park planning anything for '11?? Last I heard, the next lift project being considered was the replacement of Zephyr with HSS, relocating the current Zephyr HSQ to replace Sunnyside FGT. The Sunnyside FGT was then to be split to replace Looking Glass (old but classic FGD) and Arrow (FGT from '77 with a ton of miles on it). Not sure if that would all happen in one summer but have not heard the latest. Anyone heard the latest??

This post has been edited by boardski: 13 May 2010 - 05:49 PM