Alberta is the longest lift at Wolf Creek and opened in 1999.Lift overview.Riding up a long, empty lift line.View of the upper part of the line.Tower 8.Lower lift line view.Another view of the ride up.Nearing the summit.Tower 19 and 20.Fixed top bullwheel.Top station overview.T19-20.Tower 18.Tower 13.Tower 17.Another view of the upper lift line.Middle part of the line.First few towers.
Probably since it has enough detach backup and Wolf Creek hadn’t thought about detachables yet. if you look at the list of lifts, most are around 7-10 years after this one.
This lift should have gone detach instead of Charity Jane though. Charity Jane’s only purpose is to get people back to this lift. There’s no beginner access to Charity Jane from the main village, and most of the cost of a detachable is fixed.
I think that a number of the blues off Alberta would need to be de-gladed to make the lift being detachable worthwhile (and make them actual runs, not just glades).
Wolf Creek used to be my favorite lift until I got bored during the Alberta 11 min ride. There probably is not enough room at the top of the lift for HSQ breaking equipment but I would love others opinion.
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Fitting that the cat parked at the bottom is an LMC or Thiokol.
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Why didn’t this go detach if it’s the longest lift at wolf creek?
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Probably since it has enough detach backup and Wolf Creek hadn’t thought about detachables yet. if you look at the list of lifts, most are around 7-10 years after this one.
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This lift should have gone detach instead of Charity Jane though. Charity Jane’s only purpose is to get people back to this lift. There’s no beginner access to Charity Jane from the main village, and most of the cost of a detachable is fixed.
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I think that a number of the blues off Alberta would need to be de-gladed to make the lift being detachable worthwhile (and make them actual runs, not just glades).
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That is a really low point!
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Wolf Creek used to be my favorite lift until I got bored during the Alberta 11 min ride. There probably is not enough room at the top of the lift for HSQ breaking equipment but I would love others opinion.
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This has a view on the right you can see the Alberta ridge jump out.
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On the Left you can see the hill.
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