Bottom terminal with two motor rooms.Side view of the east drive terminal.Riding up the east side.View back down Double Runner East.Approaching the top of DRE.West side top bullwheel.West mid-station, east unload.View down the line from the west side.Upper portion of the west side.Mid-station.Single tower above the end of Double Runner East.Top bullwheel and last two towers on the west side.
I’ve recently made an observation via Sugarloaf webcam. It appears Double Runner West is operated early in the morning before public opening, likely to shuttle race training personnel up to their venue on Middle Narrow Gauge (where they will subsequently use their private T-Bar). However, on non-peak days (when they aren’t running both sides simultaneously), West is shut down once race personnel is through, and then east is run for the day. The east side is currently the preferred side to operate on off-peak days. My question is, if they have to fire up West early in the morning, why bother switch to the east side anyway? Especially considering the west side gives access to slightly more vertical and terrain.
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I’ve recently made an observation via Sugarloaf webcam. It appears Double Runner West is operated early in the morning before public opening, likely to shuttle race training personnel up to their venue on Middle Narrow Gauge (where they will subsequently use their private T-Bar). However, on non-peak days (when they aren’t running both sides simultaneously), West is shut down once race personnel is through, and then east is run for the day. The east side is currently the preferred side to operate on off-peak days. My question is, if they have to fire up West early in the morning, why bother switch to the east side anyway? Especially considering the west side gives access to slightly more vertical and terrain.
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I think because they gear toward the less experienced skiers, and that extra distance includes somewhat steeper terrain.
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