- Lost Trail, Montana/Idaho seeks permission to replace Chair 1, Chair 2 and Chair 4 with high speed quads and utilize retired equipment for a new beginner lift.
- Aerial footage shows Eagle Point’s lifts still standing after wildfire but with unknown heat damage.
- Vail Resorts vigorously defends its owned and operated network model.
- New York’s Governor forms an exploratory committee for hosting the 2042 Winter Olympics.
- The Getty Museum in Los Angeles announces a Doppelmayr automated people mover.
- Lutsen Mountains begins charging extra for private gondola cabins and priority boarding.
- Donner Ski Ranch asks guests to report lift operators distracted by cell phones.
- Leitner to reach more than 40 miles of urban gondolas throughout Mexico.
- The Forest Service approves Telluride’s proposed replacements for lifts 7 and 8.
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I’m not familiar with the topography of Lost Trails, but do they plan to replace all 3 lifts individually or replace all 3, if they are redundant, with a single detachable quad?
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4 is a completely separate area, that would be its own chair. 1 & 2 could be a single lift, it would probably require a little earthwork around the base but absolutely possible.
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I hope Lost Trails decision to invest in high speed lifts doesn’t end up like Fun Spot America, GA.
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or Mount Ascutney, VT when they built North Peak Express in 2000. At least that lift found a new home in NH. Can’t say whether AF1 will find a new home or not, hopeful it does!
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What is AF1? @reaperskier
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Lachlan, it’s one of the world’s best roller coasters. AF1 = Air Force One. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6re77yvre4
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Arie Force One. A rollercoaster at (the soon to be closed) Fun Spot Atlanta
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Technically 2 serves the same terrain and you can already ski down to it if 1 is down or busy, but 1 & 2 are very separate alignments. I do not see the need for 1 to be HS a fixed quad would be better option as it is a short lift. A lift from the top of 3 to the top of 1 area would be good addition as it would keep people coming back to the lodge from the north part of the mountain off a rope tow.
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Don’t ruin Lost Trail with fast lifts. Old Bannock from Targhee is still going strong as Chair 4
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is there even enough traffic to justify high speed lifts?
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I’ve only skied Lost Trail on a powder day Saturday, so I don’t know what their normal business is like, but no. The fixed grip lifts hold up to the crowd fine. Maybe on a holiday? But even then, compared to other places I’ve skied I’m sure the fixed grip lifts will be fine.
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Also, the state law officially banning all ropeways in Hawaii has been signed.
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Lost Trail must be looking at free secondhand detachables from Yellowstone Club, right? The upfront cost sounds about right, but I wonder whether high-speed lifts can drive enough extra revenue to pay for the increased maintenance and eventual replacement. Lost Trail is a long way from much of anything.
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