Mt. Hood Meadows replaced Buttercup with a SkyTrac quad for the 2017-18 season, the lift in these pictures is the old Buttercup double that was removed last summer.
Yes. They needed a quad. On busy days the lines for the lift could get quite long (which is exactly what you don’t want on a beginner lift if you want to get people excited about skiing).
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Did they really need a Quad here? Seems overkill for such a short lift
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are you on the right lift? this appears to be a double
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Mt. Hood Meadows replaced Buttercup with a SkyTrac quad for the 2017-18 season, the lift in these pictures is the old Buttercup double that was removed last summer.
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Yes. They needed a quad. On busy days the lines for the lift could get quite long (which is exactly what you don’t want on a beginner lift if you want to get people excited about skiing).
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Both because of beginners and also for those needing the lift to get up to Vista.
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quad equal good
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it was sad to see the lift i learned to ski on get eviscerated by a metal claw
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