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[coskibum]

that lift at breck as a CP double until it was removed.

[boardski]

coskibum, on Jan 30 2009, 08:24 PM, said:

that lift at breck as a CP double until it was removed.

I distinctly remember riding that lift with the bail style chairs 1 year prior to its removal. From what I remember, Breckenridge received approval for the upgrade of that lift a lot quicker than they expected and were able to replace the lift sooner than originally intended.

[trooper1556]

boardski, on Jan 30 2009, 09:33 PM, said:

I distinctly remember riding that lift with the bail style chairs 1 year prior to its removal. From what I remember, Breckenridge received approval for the upgrade of that lift a lot quicker than they expected and were able to replace the lift sooner than originally intended.

Agreed, chair #4 had bail chairs for its last season

[coskibum]

huh, i didn't ski breck that season but did the year before... it had cp chairs then. seems stupid for one year?

[DonaldMReif]

skierdude9450, on Jun 30 2008, 07:44 PM, said:

Also, there are some other things that you need to be aware of if you are using the skilifts.org install sheets. The River Run Gondola's correct length is 9390 feet, not 9080. (Does it really make sense that it would be 300 feet shorter than the Summit Express? ) This is from the lift info sheet in the top station. The predecessor to the Von Roll gondola was a Yan gondola built in 1984 called the Skyway Gondola. Also, on the install sheet, the data for the Montezuma Express and Peru Express lifts are switched. The Peru Express has 700 HP, 6213 feet long, and 1589 feet vert; The Montezuma Express has 800 HP, 6924 feet long and 1665 feet vert. The Outpost Gondola has 197 feet of vertical rise from the Outpost station to the Dercum Mountain station (because of just the elevation differences between the terminals and not counting the fact it dips into a valley). I don't know where they got the 1198 feet from.

Hope this helps.

Now it's appropriate to say that the Summit Express is 300 feet shorter than the River Run Gondola!

[DonaldMReif]

boardski, on Jan 30 2009, 05:40 PM, said:

I believe those chairs are the chairs from lift #4 at Breckenridge which was replaced with the Peak 8 SuperConnect in 2002. The chairs on Lift 4 had been replaced with new bail-style chairs (previously center-bar chairs) 1 year prior to its removal. To answer the question, the year was 2002.
Oddly enough, I think the original external Yan grips are still being used with the Riblet chairs.

Does anyone here clearly know the "I before E except after C rule?" Also, boardski, the Peak 8 SuperConnect was installed in 2002 with the Independence SuperChair, not in 2004, because does it SAY the Peak 8 SuperConnect is new on the 2004-2005 map? Not at all.

[boardski]

DonaldMReif, on Mar 7 2009, 03:32 PM, said:

Does anyone here clearly know the "I before E except after C rule?" Also, boardski, the Peak 8 SuperConnect was installed in 2002 with the Independence SuperChair, not in 2004, because does it SAY the Peak 8 SuperConnect is new on the 2004-2005 map? Not at all.

Whatever you think is right, I'm done debating this

[liftmech]

Yeah, this is kind of silly. Let's not throw out any more 'I'm-right-you're-wrong' statements, please. At any rate, I'm pretty sure the topic is about Keystone and not Breck anyway.