Lift Throughput: Why it Matters and How to Improve it

[MC2]

It wasn't even that long ago. My mom, who's 80, grew up in the ADK with iceboxes and no running water. Even after they had an indoor bathroom her grandmother refused to use it. She claimed indoor bathrooms were for lazy people....lol

I’m gonna go ahead and say indoor plumbing is good and your great-grandmother was wrong in this instance.

 

[Campgottagopee]

I’m gonna go ahead and say indoor plumbing is good and your great-grandmother was wrong in this instance.

LOL
She was one tough cookie

 

[Brownski]

I’m gonna go ahead and say indoor plumbing is good and your great-grandmother was wrong in this instance.

LOL
She was one tough cookie

i can imagine a conversation pitching the bathroom idea going the other way though. “Shitting inside the house? Across the hall from where I sleep? Sounds gross.”

 

[Bumps]

Shitting inside the house? Across the hall from where I sleep? Sounds gross.”

Split the difference with a heated outhouse.

 

[Campgottagopee]

Can you imagine living to be 98 and NEVER using an indoor bathroom? I mean I like to pee outside just as much as the next guy, but that's crazy!

 

[Campgottagopee]

Split the difference with a heated outhouse.

The seat was kept behind the woodstove to keep it warm

 

[Harvey]

Sno, I'm not going to chide you for this dissertation.

I agree thanks for posting this sno.

Your objective is to maximize the amount of skiing. I encourage you to ask yourself, however, whether this is the objective of the primary target market that a given ski area is trying to attract.

Generally I think ski forum peeps tend to forget what drives the business. Your awesome backcountry touring setup would not be manufactured if there wasn't lift served skiing and lessons and families etc.

 

[MC2]

Also not trying to be argumentative

I honestly have no idea what his career objective is.

That said imo this is not the place to vet a resume.

Skiing is supposed to be a fun ,relaxing enjoyable ,calming activity etc ,not an anal retentive exercise in analyzing minutiae that matters to few.

Sorry .

Everyone has their own thing. I’m sure some of the things that bring you joy might be completely boring and tedious to someone else.

That being said, there’s absolutely no way I’m reading his thoughts on this topic because those posts are long as hell & I can think of a million things that I’d rather do with my time.

 

[raisingarizona]

i can imagine a conversation pitching the bathroom idea going the other way though. “Shitting inside the house? Across the hall from where I sleep? Sounds gross.”

Or….next to the kitchen? While we’re cooking and eating? GTF outta here!

 

[JTG]

Not to be contrarian but aren't things like lift throughput what people who are planning to work in the ski industry think about? Isn't that his career objective or am I thinking of someone else?

Realized throughput (how can we best use the max uphill capacity of the lifts we installed?) seems to be a Mountain Ops question. I’m not sure Mountain Ops is a Sno career goal, is it?

Now theoretical/designed throughput (designing efficient lifts with max uphill capacity)…..that needs Engineering. I can see Sno doing something like that. Of course the Engineer could care less if the seats ever actually get filled.