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Started by northeastskier, Apr 25 2008 05:14 AM

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#1 northeastskier

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Posted 25 April 2008 - 05:14 AM

I know that at Aspen or Aspen Highlands there is Ruthie's. It has triple chairs but Aspen only allows 2 people to ride it. Does anyone know why? Also I have never seen a high-speed double with double chairs.

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#2 jaytrem

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Posted 25 April 2008 - 05:21 AM

northeastskier, on Apr 25 2008, 09:14 AM, said:

I know that at Aspen or Aspen Highlands there is Ruthie's. It has triple chairs but Aspen only allows 2 people to ride it. Does anyone know why? Also I have never seen a high-speed double with double chairs.

I believe they wanted to keep the character and approx capacity of the old lift. They seem to be using it as a triple now. When I was there earlier in the month they had a big sign saying something like "THIS IS A TRIPLE CHAIR", and triples were indeed loading.

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#3 northeastskier

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Posted 25 April 2008 - 05:26 AM

jaytrem, on Apr 25 2008, 06:21 AM, said:

I believe they wanted to keep the character and approx capacity of the old lift. They seem to be using it as a triple now. When I was there earlier in the month they had a big sign saying something like "THIS IS A TRIPLE CHAIR", and triples were indeed loading.

What I saw in the gallery was that it said that only two people could load it

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#4 poloxskier

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Posted 25 April 2008 - 05:33 AM

Ruthies is at Ajax and they post it on the trail map and in promotional materials as a HSD, most likely for marketing value to say that they are the only resort in North America with a High Speed Double but at the base of the lift there is a sign which says it is a triple and to load it as such. Even at spring break times though, when I have been there, it hasn't been busy enough for it to be loaded as a triple.

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