Top station with drive.View down from the summit.Drive station side view.View up the line.This is one of the only lifts in the US that crosses over active railroad tracks.Lower terminal at Jackson Gore.Leitner-Poma Omega return station.Loading area in winter.
11 thoughts on “Coleman Brook Express – Okemo, VT”
Donald ReifDecember 12, 2019 / 3:35 pm
This would count as one of only two lifts in the US to cross active railroad lines. The other would be Sugar Bowl’s gondola which crosses over the Union Pacific’s Donner Pass tracks.
As a train enthusiast aka foamer as well as a lift enthusiast/ operator I was quite happy to be riding out of j gore on this one day when a train was passing underneath. This lift is the best beginner lift at okemo IMHO for the simple fact of it being a detach as opposed to the base quads. Fixed grip quads can be complicated.
There was originally supposed to be a second lift out of Jackson Gore’s base alongside Coleman Brook. At first, it was supposed to go from the base up to the intersection of Sidewinder and Moonshadow. However, as Solitude Village continued to develop, it was instead planned as a huge gondola going up to the Summit Lodge, crossing Solitude Express around Mountain Road and Green Ridge right below its top station. Even though this was eventually cancelled, likely due to cost, you can still approximate its liftline on Google Maps because no buildings were constructed in the lift’s intended path through Solitude Village.
The main gondola absolutely goes over a residential road, in fact it goes over the same road twice. Christie Peak does not go over any roads, but it does go over a private driveway.
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This would count as one of only two lifts in the US to cross active railroad lines. The other would be Sugar Bowl’s gondola which crosses over the Union Pacific’s Donner Pass tracks.
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As a train enthusiast aka foamer as well as a lift enthusiast/ operator I was quite happy to be riding out of j gore on this one day when a train was passing underneath. This lift is the best beginner lift at okemo IMHO for the simple fact of it being a detach as opposed to the base quads. Fixed grip quads can be complicated.
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wait – I’m not the only foamer and lift nerd???
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There was originally supposed to be a second lift out of Jackson Gore’s base alongside Coleman Brook. At first, it was supposed to go from the base up to the intersection of Sidewinder and Moonshadow. However, as Solitude Village continued to develop, it was instead planned as a huge gondola going up to the Summit Lodge, crossing Solitude Express around Mountain Road and Green Ridge right below its top station. Even though this was eventually cancelled, likely due to cost, you can still approximate its liftline on Google Maps because no buildings were constructed in the lift’s intended path through Solitude Village.
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It would’ve looked something like this.
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Christie peak express and the gondola at steamboat both go over residential roads
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The Wild horse gondola does but the main gondola and Christie peak don’t. After this summer the main gondola won’t go over a pedestrian walkway.
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The main gondola absolutely goes over a residential road, in fact it goes over the same road twice. Christie Peak does not go over any roads, but it does go over a private driveway.
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Railroads not roads. There are a ton of lifts that go over roads.
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Only chairlift to go over an active rail road track. How cool is that? Great for newbies. Sometimes it could get quiet
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Is this an Omega 2nd Gen?
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