Stratton Mountain plans to build its seventh detachable lift, a quad replacing the aging Tamarack triple. The new chair will follow the existing alignment with the top terminal shifting slightly uphill. Stratton applied for Vermont Act 250 approval on August 22nd. Drawings show Doppelmayr as the builder utilizing UNI-G equipment at a cost of $8.5 million. The new lift will utilize a bottom drive, top tension configuration with a manual parking rail adjacent to the bottom station. The alignment will utilize 10 towers along a 575 foot vertical rise.
Tamarack Express will be Stratton’s first new chairlift in eight years and improve access to beginner and low intermediate trails. I’m told the goal is to install the lift ahead of the 2026-27 season, subject to environmental approval.
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Stratton has abandoned all plans to do anything with the Liftline Lodge/Lot 1 site, so they have pivoted towards making Tamarack a beginner-only area. The significant regrading is necessary to fix the current double fall line along the upper half of Lower Tamarack.
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What is the Liftline Lodge/Lot 1 site?
I think Stratton is working on a massive multi-year development plan.
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where did u find that info and why did they do that
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President and CEO Matt Jones said it in an interview with the Storm Skiing podcast, back in November 2024.
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There are plenty of trails in Tamarack that are great easy skiing/teaching terrain. No need to waste money and time regrading one.
Stratton could better spend that money spinning Villager. Mon-Thurs the only way to get from the beginner carpet to Tamarack is to take your skis/boards off and walk through the woods. Not a good look for a lesson.
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