This lift replaced a Leitner-Poma triple in 2022, becoming the mountain’s first six pack.Bottom drive terminal.90 degree loading with queuing gates.Upper part of the lift line.Tower 15 and the top terminal under cover.View down at combo tower 10.The first few towers.Looking up the line at tower 4.Lower station and tower 1.Drive terminal situated on manmade fill.View up from the maze area.Bottom station overview.View riding up the line.Six place LPA carrier.Looking back down the line.Nearing the summit.Arriving at the return station.Unloading area.Top station overview.Side view of the upper station.Lift line seen from the summit.The final three towers and unload station.Side view of the drive terminal.
I didnt think i’d see the day that I found an LPA terminal to look attractive or modern, but this colour scheme makes this LPA terminal look on par with what Doppelmayr offers. Bravo to whoever chose this colour scheme, because it looks great
I would assume they’re pretty much done; my completely unfounded prediction is that their next move will be making Zuma detachable, probably in like 15 years.
I think there would be a low desire to make Zuma detactch, and probably a similar want to make Black Mtn a 6-pack. They could replace black with a HSS, and move the terminals to Zuma. Betting the existing towers would be fine as is for both lifts.
If they were to replace Zuma to a HSQ, it would make sense to lower the ground where the terminal sits to the same level as Lenawee so the rope tow is eliminated. I don’t know how much rock they would need to remove, ground conditions, wind conditions, etc.
A-Basin is a bit unique in the sense that their biggest constraint is their parking lot, not their uphill capacity. A-Basin’s near term priorities are to try to move skier demand to off-peak days of the weeks / times of the season and/or reduce peak day demand. They don’t want more skiers on Saturdays, they want more mid-week skiers. They want more skiers in Nov & Dec, and May. Increasing lift capacity doesn’t help with their current pain points.
Also they are trying to grow their summer and F&B revenue. Hence all the new summer activities and events to try to fill in the non-skiing months.
I don’t see either being a huge priority in the near term.
This unseated the Kensho SuperChair as the highest six pack in Colorado / North America when it was built. Since then, the top three also includes Keystone’s new Bergman Express.
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I love that shade of forest green on the terminals.
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I didnt think i’d see the day that I found an LPA terminal to look attractive or modern, but this colour scheme makes this LPA terminal look on par with what Doppelmayr offers. Bravo to whoever chose this colour scheme, because it looks great
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By contrast, most LPA terminals tend to leave that top part gray or beige, and the colored part of the terminal is limited.
Gray (in cases like Copper’s LPAs, Vail’s LPAs, the Kensho SuperChair, etc.):
Or beige (in the case of Breck’s LPAs):
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The black-on-black on Base to Base’s angle station looks pretty sharp too.
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Light blue (Taos, Loveland) is a great color for the LPA terminal.
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LPA terminals look really good in darker colors
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Base to Base gondola black comes to mind, so does Super Angel white
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wow!! very cool thank you for the update!
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Wow! You got every angle of this beast! Looks amazing!
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Is there anything left for A-Basin to do at this point? I get the sense that the resort is going to be pretty static for quite a while now.
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I would assume they’re pretty much done; my completely unfounded prediction is that their next move will be making Zuma detachable, probably in like 15 years.
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I think there would be a low desire to make Zuma detactch, and probably a similar want to make Black Mtn a 6-pack. They could replace black with a HSS, and move the terminals to Zuma. Betting the existing towers would be fine as is for both lifts.
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If they were to replace Zuma to a HSQ, it would make sense to lower the ground where the terminal sits to the same level as Lenawee so the rope tow is eliminated. I don’t know how much rock they would need to remove, ground conditions, wind conditions, etc.
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A-Basin is a bit unique in the sense that their biggest constraint is their parking lot, not their uphill capacity. A-Basin’s near term priorities are to try to move skier demand to off-peak days of the weeks / times of the season and/or reduce peak day demand. They don’t want more skiers on Saturdays, they want more mid-week skiers. They want more skiers in Nov & Dec, and May. Increasing lift capacity doesn’t help with their current pain points.
Also they are trying to grow their summer and F&B revenue. Hence all the new summer activities and events to try to fill in the non-skiing months.
I don’t see either being a huge priority in the near term.
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After a year without them, Abasin brought back the RFID gates for Lenawee.
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This unseated the Kensho SuperChair as the highest six pack in Colorado / North America when it was built. Since then, the top three also includes Keystone’s new Bergman Express.
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Panoramic Express at Winter Park?
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Panoramic ends at an altitude of 12,060 feet. The Kensho SuperChair offloads at 12,302 feet.
And Lenawee offloads at around 12,455 feet.
The Bergman Express offloads at an altitude of around 12,300 feet (same as the Kensho SuperChair).
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The original Len Double had a mid-station for beginners to reach Dercum’s Gulch right around the current location of Steilhang hut.
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I aonxss
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The original lift is being relocated to Sunlight to replace Segundo, so at least it’s being put to good use
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