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#41 DonaldMReif

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Posted 01 September 2013 - 07:48 PM

View Postshelldog, on 01 September 2013 - 11:13 AM, said:

Here are a few from Peak 6


Based on that third photograph, the six pack has a part where the line goes downhill, and it has a steep climb above treeline. Additionally, from a Google Earth analysis, the upper terminal of the six pack is approximately at 12,300 feet, which is going to make it the highest high speed six pack in Colorado (as the previous holders had been the Super Bee at Copper at approximately 12,012 feet and the Panoramic Express at Winter Park at 12,060 feet). Now the line I guesstimated to measure the lift brings me to assume its maximum uphill steepness is 47%, with an average slope of 27.5%, which is slightly steeper than the Mercury SuperChair for a comparison. In short, by adding Peak 6, this will make Breckenridge the first resort in Colorado to have three high speed six packs (as they already have Quicksilver Super6 and the Independence SuperChair).

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Posted 04 September 2013 - 11:03 AM

New version of Storm King is finally underway. Tower footing forms and bottom terminal excavation.

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Posted 04 September 2013 - 05:14 PM

Is Doppelmayr doing the install and are they reusing the towers?

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Posted 06 September 2013 - 05:04 AM

Turn-key installation with nothing reused (thus the footing forms). The old towers would have been too short to groom the track, given the overall length of the T-bar and springboxes. It was no problem on the old lift when the sticks were stored at the bottom.
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Posted 06 September 2013 - 04:44 PM

It looks like the Mountaintop Express will have as many towers as the old lift did, based on the number I could read in a Vail blog photo of a tower head being lifted in, and also counting the number of towers on the Mid-Vail camera.
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Posted 06 September 2013 - 05:08 PM

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Posted 10 September 2013 - 05:00 AM

View Postliftmech, on 16 August 2013 - 04:13 AM, said:

Hard to tell from these photos, actually. The machinery looks more like the bottom of our H-quad, which is the tension terminal.


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Posted 13 September 2013 - 06:06 PM

Bridger Bowl, first two are Alpine, the second Powder Park and the last the base of both.

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Posted 17 September 2013 - 10:30 AM

Flying concrete for Storm King version 2. West Ridge will be later this week.

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Posted 21 September 2013 - 08:50 PM

Bottom station and liftline!

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Posted 22 September 2013 - 06:36 AM

Shiny new t-bar parts in our yard.

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Posted 22 September 2013 - 05:42 PM

Flying towers at Lutsen Friday September 20th.

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Posted 23 September 2013 - 06:08 AM

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Posted 25 September 2013 - 06:06 PM

Snowbird Gad II base

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Posted 27 September 2013 - 09:58 PM

Vail released this photo of the Mountaintop Express lift's upper terminal today. If that is the foundation for the lift operator's shack on the ground to the right of the terminal, it's suggesting that this will be a clockwise lift, maybe even with 90 degree load.

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Posted 28 September 2013 - 07:46 PM

View PostDonaldMReif, on 27 September 2013 - 09:58 PM, said:

Vail released this photo of the Mountaintop Express lift's upper terminal today. If that is the foundation for the lift operator's shack on the ground to the right of the terminal, it's suggesting that this will be a clockwise lift, maybe even with 90 degree load.


The original announcement for that lift stated it will be 90* loading with a conveyor loading carpet. Should be interesting. The pessimist in me says the first group of six will end up on top of each other and fall into "the pit" causing the lift to stop:-)
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Posted 28 September 2013 - 08:19 PM

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The original announcement for that lift stated it will be 90* loading with a conveyor loading carpet. Should be interesting. The pessimist in me says the first group of six will end up on top of each other and fall into "the pit" causing the lift to stop:-)


At least it looks like it will be clockwise, which is a good thing because if there's one thing Vail is sorely lacking in, it's clockwise high speed lifts. Only three of the high speed quads (Riva Bahn Express, Northwoods Express, Orient Express) are clockwise. Sure will make that ride up over the cliff a lot different. I'm pretty sure Vail's figuring something out to minimize mis-loads and mis-unloads. On the other hand, the new Mountaintop Express will be unique not only for the loading carpet, but because I believe it's only the second Doppelmayr constructed high speed six pack in Colorado (the other being Purgatory Village Express down in Durango).

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Posted 02 October 2013 - 06:19 PM

Stopped by the 'bird today...

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Posted 03 October 2013 - 06:08 AM

Bottom terminal's up. Concrete is finished, towers will hopefully fly next week. West Ridge (recently renamed Celebrity Ridge, don't ask) is about a week behind Stormy, so concrete next week.

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Posted 03 October 2013 - 10:33 AM

Has the rotation direction changed for Stormy or was the shack placed
on the light side to make grooming easier?





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