Lift line with Lone Peak in the background.Top tension terminal.Lift line.Bottom terminal in Mountain Village.Bottom vault drive.Looking back down the line.Top station.
The new gondola will most likely be a Doppelmayr, seeing how Boyne has always worked with Doppelmayr and has a great relationship with them. It would be weird for one of the flagship lifts at Big Sky to be Leitner-Poma when almost everything else that is new is a Doppelmayr.
This lift has 2 varietys of chairs. One with a fat middle back rest slat, and one with a skinny middle slat. This can also be seen on all of winter parks doubles.
When they end up building the gondola with a mid station to access the Explorer terrain, big Sky should keep the existing Explorer lift so that there is a chairlift option for beginners. Making all the beginners take of their skis after every run is really inconvenient.
I feel like if this is that big of a problem, they can go over to Swifty and take the nice long green runs coming off of there. I would think that a lot of beginners will be happy to take off their skis and sit down in a fancy gondola for a few minutes between runs, not to mention people who aren’t comfortable loading a chairlift yet.
It’s too bad but it needed to go. It’s way too long for being slow and a beginner lift. Cool lift though, wish the lift itself could have lasted longer.
I agree that lifts like this are cool to ride and I think every resort should have a lift that is like a museum piece to show the roots of the resort. That being said the skiing public votes with their dollars and a place like big sky which is a destination resort is expected to upgrade and update. There are resorts if old lifts are what you want to ride, you can. They are located in all regions of the world and offer lower cost skiing. If you go to a place like big sky you are paying a premium to ride modern lifts. This lift is long overdue for replacement And for the record my favorite lift on the planet is the red chair at magic mountain, vt.
“While construction progresses at the bottom terminal during the summer of 2024, teams will also work to shore the existing Explorer tower footings to allow the lift to operate for the winter 2024-25 season. Solutions, including a temporary operator house and a temporary loading platform at the Explorer lift, are being explored to make the overlap in construction and operations possible.”
Does anyone know why these modifications are necessary for Explorer’s last season?
Extensive concrete work is to be completed this summer at the bottom station of the gondola, The bottom station will have new locker space below the loading deck which is what most of the work this summer is focused on. All of this has to happen around the existing lift while keeping it operational for one more season.
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This lift is going to be replaced with a gondola?
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the gondola will run up this line with a mid-station at the top of this lift, it will then continue up to where the old gondola 1 ended
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Leitner Poma?
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Not Leitner-Poma, this lift is Heron-Poma.
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no not this lift but the proposed gondola.
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Will the new lift be a leitner poma lpa gondola?
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The new gondola will most likely be a Doppelmayr, seeing how Boyne has always worked with Doppelmayr and has a great relationship with them. It would be weird for one of the flagship lifts at Big Sky to be Leitner-Poma when almost everything else that is new is a Doppelmayr.
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Hopefully uni g
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or uni gv
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It’s probably going to be D-Line, if/when it happens.
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if it is i am going to evacuate big sky and go to sunday river. also d line is also not going to be 8 passenger gondola option.
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Most Likely a D-Line R2
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https://ibb.co/bNjqRSs
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https://ibb.co/XXQZkhj
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that is how
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This lift has 2 varietys of chairs. One with a fat middle back rest slat, and one with a skinny middle slat. This can also be seen on all of winter parks doubles.
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When they end up building the gondola with a mid station to access the Explorer terrain, big Sky should keep the existing Explorer lift so that there is a chairlift option for beginners. Making all the beginners take of their skis after every run is really inconvenient.
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I feel like if this is that big of a problem, they can go over to Swifty and take the nice long green runs coming off of there. I would think that a lot of beginners will be happy to take off their skis and sit down in a fancy gondola for a few minutes between runs, not to mention people who aren’t comfortable loading a chairlift yet.
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Its official, this lift will be out of service by the end of 2023-24, with the new Explorer Gondola and Lone Peak Tram project announced today.
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It’s too bad but it needed to go. It’s way too long for being slow and a beginner lift. Cool lift though, wish the lift itself could have lasted longer.
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I can agree, it will be 50 by the time it is decommissioned.
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Save the Doubles!!
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Here, here!!
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I agree that lifts like this are cool to ride and I think every resort should have a lift that is like a museum piece to show the roots of the resort. That being said the skiing public votes with their dollars and a place like big sky which is a destination resort is expected to upgrade and update. There are resorts if old lifts are what you want to ride, you can. They are located in all regions of the world and offer lower cost skiing. If you go to a place like big sky you are paying a premium to ride modern lifts. This lift is long overdue for replacement And for the record my favorite lift on the planet is the red chair at magic mountain, vt.
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3D Configurator – Doppelmayr Group
3D Configurator – Doppelmayr Group
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In Big Sky’s gondola construction update it says:
“While construction progresses at the bottom terminal during the summer of 2024, teams will also work to shore the existing Explorer tower footings to allow the lift to operate for the winter 2024-25 season. Solutions, including a temporary operator house and a temporary loading platform at the Explorer lift, are being explored to make the overlap in construction and operations possible.”
Does anyone know why these modifications are necessary for Explorer’s last season?
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Extensive concrete work is to be completed this summer at the bottom station of the gondola, The bottom station will have new locker space below the loading deck which is what most of the work this summer is focused on. All of this has to happen around the existing lift while keeping it operational for one more season.
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The path of the Explorer 10 Gondola has been put on to the GE map .
https://earth.google.com/earth/d/1ByUXjJ4obG1nWAuMQy_9TDHJv4AnvDJc?usp=sharing
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