This short lift is the only fixed grip lift in the entire Expanded Excellence expansion at Deer Valley.The short lift line features just four towers.Return station providing egress from the McHenry run.Chairkit loading conveyor.Tower 1 adjacent to the bottom terminal.Tower 2.Arriving at the drive, where skiers can head toward the Keetley Express.This is the first lift in North America to feature the latest generation EJ quad chair.Alpenstar drive station.View down at tower 3.Upper half of the lift line.The bottom terminal sits near the Pioche Express.Upper station overview.Side view of the drive.View from the summit.Back of a custom chair with green bail and black hanger.
A week into operations, they’re having a lot of trouble with the loading carpet and posted signs around the mountain that Aurora was closed for the day on Saturday 1/11. It was operating for people who were parked down at the new base (or said you were). Loading carpet was covered with snow and the gates were open. I wonder if they’ll bother to turn the carpet back on this year given the small crowds in the first year there.
Vail abandoned the 90-degree loading carpet on their heavily traveled Chair 4 six pack pretty quickly. It’s still there but covered with plywood and they load in line now.
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Love the latest EJ chairs!
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These types of EJ chairs have been in use since 1995
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Not these ones. Everything on these bolts together; the long-serving EJ/EC was mostly welded.
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A week into operations, they’re having a lot of trouble with the loading carpet and posted signs around the mountain that Aurora was closed for the day on Saturday 1/11. It was operating for people who were parked down at the new base (or said you were). Loading carpet was covered with snow and the gates were open. I wonder if they’ll bother to turn the carpet back on this year given the small crowds in the first year there.
Vail abandoned the 90-degree loading carpet on their heavily traveled Chair 4 six pack pretty quickly. It’s still there but covered with plywood and they load in line now.
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the carpet was running today
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What is the incomplete lift in the background of picture #3?
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Never mind, it’s Neptune Express.
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