Dark Side Liftline Photos

[Tjf1967]

Oh, isn't that cute. So, where are the pictures, genius?

Did you wake the duck up dopey? Lol

 

[Milo Maltbie]

If Gore was correctly operated, this lift would have been replaced in 1994, not shortened because they needed to reuse a less powerful motor from another lift. This was the equivalent of fixing a 1965 Ford Falcon with a 2 cyinder 2 stroke Trabant engine. We need to remember that HP double was earmarked for removal in the 2002 Gore UMP. It only took 18 years to replace the lift.

Interestingly, why is nobody whining about the the removal of the Straightbrook and North doubles? Those classic doubles were awesome. Who can ever forget how wonderful it was to stand around in a lift corral for 20 minutes while waiting to get back up the hill?
Good Times.

If you weren't there before 1995, you don't know what it was like when the red gondola and 2 doubles all converged at the top. Few complained about shortening the Summit lift because that reduced traffic at the top which made it easier to skate across from Straightbrook on crowded days. Everyone was happy to see the red gondola replaced with a shorter one because it added new terrain and further calmed the summit. Nobody complained about replacing the Straightbrook double because that didn't ruin anything. I'm glad it took 18 years to replace the old HP because the new one is awful. Most of the UMP is also awful and I hope it takers anoyher 18 years to complete it because I won't be around to see it.

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[Milo Maltbie]

In other news, they finally removed the guy wire from Extreme Rabbit. It looks like they also dynamited it so that's gone too.

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[Milo Maltbie]

They will regrade wood in next year

I glided the length of Wood In twice today. I've never done that before, so maybe they have already regraded it.

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[snoloco]

If you weren't there before 1995, you don't know what it was like when the red gondola and 2 doubles all converged at the top. Few complained about shortening the Summit lift because that reduced traffic at the top which made it easier to skate across from Straightbrook on crowded days. Everyone was happy to see the red gondola replaced with a shorter one because it added new terrain and further calmed the summit. Nobody complained about replacing the Straightbrook double because that didn't ruin anything. I'm glad it took 18 years to replace the old HP because the new one is awful. Most of the UMP is also awful and I hope it takers anoyher 18 years to complete it because I won't be around to see it.

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The Straightbrook lift line wasn't put on the map as skiable terrain until 2002, 7 years after the lift was replaced. That was the same time the Dark Side lift line was put on the map.

 

[Milo Maltbie]

The Straightbrook lift line wasn't put on the map as skiable terrain until 2002, 7 years after the lift was replaced. That was the same time the Dark Side lift line was put on the map.

What is your point?

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[snoloco]

My point is the line wasn't initially skiable. They made it skiable later.

 

[tirolski]

If Gore/WF weren't propped up by tax payer dollars ...it would be lack of upgrades that would be the topic of discussion.

If NY’s privately owned ski areas didn’t have to pay state taxes or they got state aid they’d have mo' money for their own upgrades.

 

[Campgottagopee]

If NY’s privately owned ski areas didn’t have to pay state taxes or they got state aid they’d have mo' money for their own upgrades.

Exactly my point

 

[Milo Maltbie]

My point is the line wasn't initially skiable. They made it skiable later.

You have it backwards. Skiers made them skiable, then they were added to the map.

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