Bonanza #1 – 49° North, WA

Lift overview.
View up the line from tower 3.
Lower part of the lift line.
View up from just below the mid-station load.
Looking down at T16.
Upper section of the lift line.
Mid-loading.
Top terminal with long tension carriage.
Breakover towers.
Unloading area and new operator house.
Top return bullwheel.
Loading area.
Motor room and drive bullwheel.
The top terminal in its last season beside a new high speed quad.
Upper part of the lift line seen from Northern Spirit.
View down the steep part of the line.
Middle lift line.
Side view of the mid with lots of towers and sheaves.

27 thoughts on “Bonanza #1 – 49° North, WA

  1. Misha Flynn December 31, 2017 / 2:51 pm

    That operatior house sure would look good with a Uni-G or a LPA next to it. I wonder if they were planning for a new detach quad when they built it?

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    • Donald Reif February 19, 2021 / 3:37 pm

      It’ll be a UNI G.

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  2. Skier o’ the Steeps September 30, 2019 / 12:46 pm

    They announced that they’re building a new high speed lift. I assume this is the one they’re taking out.

    They really need it here too. This lift takes forever to ride up from the bottom.

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        • Skier o' the Steeps October 1, 2019 / 6:58 pm

          Actually, I think you might have already featured this in one of your round ups. I was just wondering if it was this one or the quad on the other side of the mountain that they were replacing. I assume it’s this one, though since it’s older and lower capacity.

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    • skitheeast December 7, 2020 / 7:52 pm

      Honestly, I would rather see them replace this lift with a gondola, as no one really goes all the way down for lapping and it is mainly used for just getting skiers up the hill to other areas. A second lift would then be needed to replace the Klondike portion, and it would be great if it were detachable, but a fixed-grip is more likely. If they would only commit to one detachable chairlift beyond my gondola idea, I would rather see it be for Silver Lode.

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      • Myles Svec December 9, 2020 / 4:20 pm

        I don’t think 49 degrees north has the money to replace this with a gondola although that sounds like a good idea. I think your idea could be possible if 49 degrees north was bought by MCP.

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      • Donald Reif February 19, 2021 / 3:37 pm

        They’re replacing this with a high speed quad.

        Although I can see Silver Lode and/or Sunrise also going the route of high speed quads in the future.

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        • theincsupport May 6, 2021 / 1:49 pm

          I’d see Silverlode going first as Sunrise is a CTEC installing in 2005, and it seems perfectly fine when I went a week away from closing.

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  3. Ben Eminger April 17, 2021 / 1:46 pm

    Assuming the webcams stay online through the summer, the construction of the high speed quad should be partially visible.

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  4. theincsupport May 6, 2021 / 1:42 pm

    I’m hoping I can get my hands on of these carriers, I’d love to like hang one up. But I can understand if they wanted to keep them for spare parts or sell them to another resort.

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    • Ben Eminger May 6, 2021 / 6:19 pm

      The chairs from this lift are not compatible with the other two SLI’s as these have the slightly less angled hanger arms and the Riblet clip adapters welded in.

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      • V12Tommy April 11, 2022 / 11:46 pm

        Any plans to sell chairs?

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        • Ben Eminger April 12, 2022 / 1:46 pm

          I’d be surprised if management doesn’t but I do not know for sure.

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  5. Kirk May 6, 2021 / 7:05 pm

    Is anybody else having trouble getting into the lift data base section??

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    • Peter Landsman May 6, 2021 / 7:08 pm

      Are you talking about the spreadsheets? I’ve heard that from a few people but they are working fine for me.

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      • ne_skier May 6, 2021 / 7:28 pm

        I’ve been having the issue for about 2 weeks now, nothing I’ve tried has fixed it. To view the spreadsheets I’ve had to use Microsoft Edge. Google is saying it’s a WordPress issue

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  6. Kirk May 6, 2021 / 8:38 pm

    Yes I can open on Edge, but not Chrome. Haven’t tried deleting cookies yet.

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    • Peter Landsman May 6, 2021 / 8:39 pm

      From what I understand, you don’t need to delete all Google cookies, just the Google Docs ones. From what I can tell, this is a Google issue with Google browsers not properly displaying Google embeds.

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      • Utah Powder Skier May 7, 2021 / 7:52 am

        I tried deleting all cookies and clearing my cache, but I still get the Google Docs error.

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  7. Ben Eminger June 19, 2021 / 3:00 pm

    This coming season may be the only chance to catch two lifts standing/running side by side at 49N, which will be a very cool thing.

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    • Donald Reif November 28, 2021 / 3:03 pm

      Northern Spirit’s towers are definitely much taller at many points than the double’s.

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    • Donald Reif January 22, 2022 / 10:47 pm

      Honestly, your video illustrates just how loud Bonanza’s bottom drive is compared to Northern Spirit’s return station.

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