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[boardski]

Thanks for the great pictures! My trip (with my wife and Daughter) is still on for March 21-25. We are very excited especially after seeing those pictures!! It should be fun.

[Kicking Horse]

boardski, on Mar 11 2009, 07:44 PM, said:

Thanks for the great pictures! My trip (with my wife and Daughter) is still on for March 21-25. We are very excited especially after seeing those pictures!! It should be fun.

Have fun and enjoy it. :)

[kstrange3]

ccslider, on Mar 11 2009, 01:40 PM, said:

Here's the best one of the bunch

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Actually I enjoyed all your photos Sage; spent a week at Big Sky in late February and had a blast. Especially liked the terrain in the Gullies, Lenin, Liberty, and Big Rock Tongue off the Challenger lift. Pretty nice place to ski.

Hahahahaha thats just Saucebag doing Saucebag things!!

[DonaldMReif]

What is the name of that lift that appears to be Doppelmayr with Yan chairs?

http://www.skiliftforum.com/index.php?act=...st&id=16874

[Ski_Santa_Cruz]

I love the lone peak tram... definitely on my to do list! Just need to find all that money that must be lying around somewhere...

[Peter]

DonaldMReif, on Apr 1 2009, 06:25 AM, said:

What is the name of that lift that appears to be Doppelmayr with Yan chairs?

http://www.skiliftforum.com/index.php?act=...st&id=16874

It is the Lone Moose triple, a Yan relocated from Keystone with Doppelmayr upgrades.

[DonaldMReif]

Skier, on Apr 2 2009, 08:03 AM, said:

It is the Lone Moose triple, a Yan relocated from Keystone with Doppelmayr upgrades.

Judging from www.skimap.org and your information, I can assume one of two possibilities:

1. Lone Moose is the original Erickson triple chairlift that the Summit Express replaced in 1997, or
2. It is the original Santiago triple chairlift replaced the following year by the Santiago Express lift.

[boardski]

The Lone Moose is the former Santiago triple chair from Keystone. It is actually a Yan lift with Doppelmayr hanger arms and tower sheaves. When first installed at Keystone in 1984, it had the plastic seats with the word "YAN" in the design.

This post has been edited by boardski: 02 April 2009 - 06:12 PM

[skiersage]

Yes Lone Moose is something else. The only yan part of the lift that touches the cable are the idler sheaves at the terminals. Everything else is Doppelmayr.

[skiersage]

Hello everyone,
As some of you already know, I took my second ski trip to Montana not to long ago. Here are some of the pictures that I took during the trip.

First pictures are from Red Lodge. Originally I had not planned on going to this ski area. However, while I was driving to Montana, I got a call saying that there is a group of people skiing red lodge the next day. The reason for this was that Red Lodge was having a buy one get one free ticket day so the ticket price turned out to be like $25. I knew that I would have like no energy from driving most of the night before, but I could not pass up the opportunity to ski a new area for such a cheap price. Plus the timing worked out where we got to the ski area just before it opened. Overall I am glad that I decided to ski as Red was a very fun area. Pics:



Early run up the triple chair. A little fresh snow in the air.




Willow creek double chair. As a person who appreciates "classic" lifts, I loved this one. The lift is a fairly original 60s Riblet design. Plus it has bail carriers and seat cushions so center pole haters wont mind it.




Top of Cole creek lift. If anyone remembers, this lift was hit with fire retardant. Apparently it bonded to the paint so the only way to get rid of it was to grind it off which is why the paint looks the way it does. This lift also has 90 degree unloading.



Cole creek base.



Riding up willow creek


Grizzly peak double chair. Those who are observant will notice that it has two different types of towers. It appears that this lift has undergone some modification.




View of Grizzly from the top.

[skiersage]

Here are some random Big Sky pictures:


Challenger


Lone peak triple


Tram base terminal


Shedhorn


Swift Current


Former gondola's medical car


Challenger again


Lone peak triple again

[skiersage]

Finally is Moonlight Basin. Even though I went to big sky last year, I never visited Moonlight Basin. This year I finally got the opportunity to go. Overall it is a fun place but there needs to be some improvement. We saved some money on tickets but the food was so expensive to the point where it was probably about the same price to ski big sky overall. The other thing is that the Mountain feels smaller than it is because there is only one main lift. I think they should have installed more smaller lifts on the front as compared to one big lift system they have now. Despite these inconveniences I still had a fun day there.


View from the parking lot with Derringer lift visible.


Headwaters


Headwaters again


Six Shooter


Lone Tree


Six Shooter again


One more Headwaters shot


One of the Headwaters chutes that I skied. It was one of the hardest runs that I have ever done though I think the hike to the run was more challenging than the actual run just because of how narrow and scary it was.

[Peter]

Cool pics. Where at Moonlight did you eat? As of the last time I was there, the best and cheapest way to eat there is the little Deli in Moonlight Lodge. Great employees and food.

[skierdude9450]

Haha the medical car...

The Headwaters hike is kinda sketchy from the Headwaters lift at least. It's a little better, but longer from the Lone Tree lift.

[skiersage]

Skier, on 14 March 2010 - 01:09 PM, said:

Cool pics. Where at Moonlight did you eat? As of the last time I was there, the best and cheapest way to eat there is the little Deli in Moonlight Lodge. Great employees and food.

Thanks for the advice. I will remember that for next time. We were at the Madison base area. Prices were like $8 for a burger. I don't know how that compares to most other resorts but it is expensive for my taste.

skierdude9450, on 14 March 2010 - 01:13 PM, said:

The Headwaters hike is kinda sketchy from the Headwaters lift at least. It's a little better, but longer from the Lone Tree lift.

I don't know about hiking up from lone tree. I remember that looked like a pretty steep pitch above that lift. Plus it would require much more hiking on that skinny ridge to get to the chute we did from that side of the mtn.

[Peter]

Did you notice whether the old gondola summit building had been demolished? I know the base one was. Also are any of those giant lattice towers still standing?

[skiersage]

Skier, on 14 March 2010 - 06:28 PM, said:

Did you notice whether the old gondola summit building had been demolished? I know the base one was. Also are any of those giant lattice towers still standing?

It is completely gone. no towers or terminal buildings.

[skierdude9450]

skiersage, on 14 March 2010 - 06:15 PM, said:

Thanks for the advice. I will remember that for next time. We were at the Madison base area. Prices were like $8 for a burger. I don't know how that compares to most other resorts but it is expensive for my taste.

Oh goodness I about burst a gut laughing. At Vail $10 gets you in the door for a burger...