After sitting idle and rotting for 25+ years they were able to jurry rig this thing to get it running one last time in order to remove the chairs when they took her down. A liftie/mechanic rode it one final time.. That was awesome. This was the lift everyone wondered about year after year. http://www.skilifts.org/old/images/resort_images/wa-snoqualmie/dinosaur/dinosaur.htm
I had hoped for a chair from it. But found out on my way up that no chairs were made available (after there being ample notification chairs would be available for sale to general public). I actually saw an old pickup a few blocks from my house in Renton with 4 chairs in the back. I still wonder how many people got chairs who had never ridden the lift.
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is this lifts drive still up?
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No, the new East Peak lift follows the same alignment that the Hyak side of Dinosaur did.
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They left a tower and the bullwheel standing on the Hidden Valley side. That’s all that’s left.
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You can see them in this video.
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Hidden Valley was originally end loaded, not side loaded. Wonder why the change?
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After sitting idle and rotting for 25+ years they were able to jurry rig this thing to get it running one last time in order to remove the chairs when they took her down. A liftie/mechanic rode it one final time.. That was awesome. This was the lift everyone wondered about year after year.
http://www.skilifts.org/old/images/resort_images/wa-snoqualmie/dinosaur/dinosaur.htm
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I wish we had video of that!
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I’ve got two chairs from this lift, after sitting for25 years they need a little welding work to be made into swings.
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I had hoped for a chair from it. But found out on my way up that no chairs were made available (after there being ample notification chairs would be available for sale to general public). I actually saw an old pickup a few blocks from my house in Renton with 4 chairs in the back. I still wonder how many people got chairs who had never ridden the lift.
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From Wikipedia:
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The counterweight bounce on this was amazing. I loved when a lifty’d hafta hit the E Stop. I only have fleeting memories of it, but they are good.
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