This triple chair was the former World Cup lift alongside the White Peaks Express.It has a Doppelmayr drive terminal which was added to World Cup when the old one burned down.Bottom station seen from above.View down the lift line.The Green Peak expansion also included upwards of six new trails.Upper part of the lift line.Towers 15 and 16.Fixed return bullwheel up top.Lower section of the line.View up from near the bottom terminal.
6 thoughts on “Green Peak – Waterville Valley, NH”
CarletonSeptember 2, 2020 / 4:22 pm
This lift is very exposed to the winds. They shouldn’t have cut trails so wide, and preferably should have kept the lift a bit lower. I think in their original plans it was supposed to be HSQ, but opted for the cheaper solution of moving a seldom used lift.
It would have made so much sense for them to simply move Valley Run over to this alignment. A detachable lift would be more important here anyway if the master plan is realized because it will access South Green Peak and the town gondola.
I see no lies. Maybe the play here is to move the Green Peak Triple over to the new base area to serve as the lift that runs up to the lower half of the Green Peak pod, near where Bourbon Street meets Governor’s run. The Chondola will be the main event from that base area, so my guess is that a FGT would be perfectly fine as a lift that will be more about transferring between pods than it will be for lapping.
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This lift is very exposed to the winds. They shouldn’t have cut trails so wide, and preferably should have kept the lift a bit lower. I think in their original plans it was supposed to be HSQ, but opted for the cheaper solution of moving a seldom used lift.
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It would have made so much sense for them to simply move Valley Run over to this alignment. A detachable lift would be more important here anyway if the master plan is realized because it will access South Green Peak and the town gondola.
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I see no lies. Maybe the play here is to move the Green Peak Triple over to the new base area to serve as the lift that runs up to the lower half of the Green Peak pod, near where Bourbon Street meets Governor’s run. The Chondola will be the main event from that base area, so my guess is that a FGT would be perfectly fine as a lift that will be more about transferring between pods than it will be for lapping.
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Back when first announced. It was supposed to be a HSQ – from 2013: https://whitebookski.com/2013/11/25/waterville-valley-nh-gets-green-light-for-green-peak-expansion/
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Not to mention Green Peak serves all of Valley Run’s terrain.
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the bottom terminal looks like Borvig with just a bigger motor room enclosure
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