gorgonzola
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Greek Peak Conditions
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gorgonzola
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This but I will cry when those oil derrick towers are replaced
trackbiker
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A high speed lift is much more complicated than a fixed grip. The technology was relatively new 30 years ago and like anything else, has been improved over the years to be more reliable and less costly to repair. Today's high speed lifts will last much longer than their predecessors.
trackbiker
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I will miss those as well. But a new lift could be installed in a different alignment that would allow Atlas to be reopened past Epicurus all the way down the lift line.
Campgottagopee
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That was/is such a fun trail. It deserves to be "officially" reopened.
Yeah, like most things, new designs and technology will prolong life, unless planned obsolescence is part of the equation. What have you read in terms of life expectancy on hew high-speed lifts? I'd be curious what their expected life expectancy is projected to be from the original installations?
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It's sad when the newest lift on the hill is the most problematic. That coupled with the staffing problems, and the lack of snow, limiting work arounds to lift issues, has been really frustrating this year.
I like the idea of replacing chair 2 and extending it to the base. It would be nice to have a means to escape the base area without schlepping to 3, or relying on often closed connector trails.
I like the idea of replacing chair 2 and extending it to the base. It would be nice to have a means to escape the base area without schlepping to 3, or relying on often closed connector trails.
As much as I like to dis the Visions Chair, I have to add a dose of reality. If problematic is defined using the metric of average operating hours between shutdown failures, Visions is not even close. Chair 2 is the clear winner. It gets used the least, and when it does there are now immediate problems. 5's next b/c it only gets used for weekends/holidays and there are problems 1-4 times a month. Visions is on every normal day we are open and runs 8-12 hours every day. And Visions issues are mostly loading area related. And while we've had to pony motor folks off Visions this year, we haven't had a lift evac (TFG). Finally, Visions is relatively easy to fix because parts are available. For example Sunday's afternoon shutdown was repaired by Tuesday. Honestly the loading carpet is a PITA, but not even close to total fail. In reality the Visions Chair is far more reliable than anything else on the hill, and it gets far more hours than all the chairs except for Chair 3. Its not even close folks.
And another dose of reality: Greek is not going to re-extend any version of Chair 2 back down to the base. It would require a total disruption of the beginner's learning area. It would require relocating or separating the Boardwalk and Magic Carpet lifts. It would also mean that the first time skier area would move further from the rental shop, which is the last stop for newbies. Greek would have to find another area to set up the Terrain Based Learning features we use for first timer lessons. The first timer "Intro to Snow" package is a money maker. So extending Chair 2 back to the base...That isn't happening.
Sorry.
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