This bottom terminal location is not the original. It used to be located further downhill.Loading area and return bullwheel with tension carriage.Yan reused some elements from a previous Carlevaro-Savio gondola on this triple chair, inclluding the top terminal mast and building.Upper station building and Carlevaro-Savio lattice towers.Most of the towers are from the gondola.Yan assemblies fitted on C-S structure.Lift line.This lift serves approximately three quarters of Mount Snow’s vertical like the gondola it replaced.
Since the Bluebird Express was installed, this lift rarely runs. When open, hardly anyone rides it because 3 detachables also start in the same base area. When they still had the Summit Local, this lift made more sense because it was shorter and more tolerable than spending 15+ cold minutes on a fixed grip to the top. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is removed without replacement.
Most people also don’t know/care about the historic significance of this lift. To 99% of skiers, this is just “the triple chair that ends in a weird wooden building.” This lift was always a secondary lift and was made pretty irrelevant early on by the Summit and Canyon HSQs.
It’s the oldest and most historic by a longshot, but overshadowed by more popular lifts.
I’m recreating a photo I took with my son near this lift via colored pencils and have a deeper connection to the “shed.” Long may the shed stay and be maintained even if the lift becomes not used.
I wonder what the future plans will be of this lift? I’d love to ride it because it’s such a unique lift with old foundations, buildings, and towers from the old gondola.
Per an update from the resort in Jan 2026 the lift has been removed from operation for good:
Ego Alley has been an iconic lift here for decades, but after observing how much quicker our other lifts get you all up the mountain accessing the same terrain (and then some!) it submitted a request to take the winter off, which we approved. This decision allows us to focus on delivering the best possible experience across our primary lifts, which are designed to keep you moving quickly and comfortably. While Ego Alley has historically served as a backup lift and operated only a handful of days each season (just nine last winter), we remain confident that our lift network is strong and fully capable of meeting demand.
I think they should repurpose this lift in a new alignment. What is clear about the frontside is that there is no mid-mountain lift which leads to a clogged up base. Bluebird is a great lift, but practically unusable unless you want to wait in 30 min lines. Ego Alley in it’s current alignment is now redundant, and the only way to remove its redundancy would be to realign it to provide a terrain pod from mid-mountain up.
I think it would be perfect to have this new lift start at the intersection of South Bowl and Link, maybe 15-20 feet to the right of where Sundance lift currently crosses the link trail. In this new alignment, you could access the summit by riding up Canyon and traversing via Link to the new lift, which would end right next to the grand summit lift at the summit.
This lift would be about 2700′ long, and a vert of around 650′. Not the longest lap, but actually provides decent fall line skiing (for mount snow standards at least) for its entirety. Chairs and terminals could probably be re-used off the current chair, but new towers probably needed given age? This lift could get a ton of use because:
1) Provides an alternate route to the summit which Mt. Snow could always use more of, and creates a mid-mountain lift which allows skiers to ski the frontside without having to go down to the base
2) Race team often uses the South Bowl run for training, this could become the new de-facto “race team lift” without having racers clog up the base
3) Allows lapping of the upper portions of Cascade, Ledge, Drifter, Lodge, and South Bowl
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Since the Bluebird Express was installed, this lift rarely runs. When open, hardly anyone rides it because 3 detachables also start in the same base area. When they still had the Summit Local, this lift made more sense because it was shorter and more tolerable than spending 15+ cold minutes on a fixed grip to the top. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is removed without replacement.
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I don’t think they will because its pretty historic.
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I do not think this lift is that historic. The Air Car, G1, and G2 were all arguably more historic.
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Most people also don’t know/care about the historic significance of this lift. To 99% of skiers, this is just “the triple chair that ends in a weird wooden building.” This lift was always a secondary lift and was made pretty irrelevant early on by the Summit and Canyon HSQs.
It’s the oldest and most historic by a longshot, but overshadowed by more popular lifts.
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SkiTheEast, this IS G2!
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This shares a top terminal with G1 or G2, not sure which. But it also shares some of the towers.
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They will not because the towers used to be part of the old gondolas and its great for the windy days
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Frankenlifts make me happy.
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If only there were more out there like this one.
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The bottom terminal of this lift was moved uphill do to the installation of the grand summit hotel.
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Seasons, Challenger, and Outpost are older than Ego
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I’m recreating a photo I took with my son near this lift via colored pencils and have a deeper connection to the “shed.” Long may the shed stay and be maintained even if the lift becomes not used.
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I wonder what the future plans will be of this lift? I’d love to ride it because it’s such a unique lift with old foundations, buildings, and towers from the old gondola.
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They took the lift off the epic map I wonder if it’s going to be taken down. I hope not.
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Per an update from the resort in Jan 2026 the lift has been removed from operation for good:
Ego Alley has been an iconic lift here for decades, but after observing how much quicker our other lifts get you all up the mountain accessing the same terrain (and then some!) it submitted a request to take the winter off, which we approved. This decision allows us to focus on delivering the best possible experience across our primary lifts, which are designed to keep you moving quickly and comfortably. While Ego Alley has historically served as a backup lift and operated only a handful of days each season (just nine last winter), we remain confident that our lift network is strong and fully capable of meeting demand.
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It happened because it failed inspection
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I wonder if it will be reactivated for next season. I hope so; I’ve always wanted to ride it.
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I think they should repurpose this lift in a new alignment. What is clear about the frontside is that there is no mid-mountain lift which leads to a clogged up base. Bluebird is a great lift, but practically unusable unless you want to wait in 30 min lines. Ego Alley in it’s current alignment is now redundant, and the only way to remove its redundancy would be to realign it to provide a terrain pod from mid-mountain up.
I think it would be perfect to have this new lift start at the intersection of South Bowl and Link, maybe 15-20 feet to the right of where Sundance lift currently crosses the link trail. In this new alignment, you could access the summit by riding up Canyon and traversing via Link to the new lift, which would end right next to the grand summit lift at the summit.
This lift would be about 2700′ long, and a vert of around 650′. Not the longest lap, but actually provides decent fall line skiing (for mount snow standards at least) for its entirety. Chairs and terminals could probably be re-used off the current chair, but new towers probably needed given age? This lift could get a ton of use because:
1) Provides an alternate route to the summit which Mt. Snow could always use more of, and creates a mid-mountain lift which allows skiers to ski the frontside without having to go down to the base
2) Race team often uses the South Bowl run for training, this could become the new de-facto “race team lift” without having racers clog up the base
3) Allows lapping of the upper portions of Cascade, Ledge, Drifter, Lodge, and South Bowl
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