This base-to-summit detachable quad replaced a CTEC triple for the 2023-24 season.LPA bottom drive station.Along the lower part of the line, the lift crosses over the Flying Yankee, another detachable quad.View down the line at tower 10.Lower station and big tower 1.Loading area.View leaving the bottom terminal.Tower 8, one of two towers that facilitate the Flying Yankee crossover.Top terminal on Attitash Peak.As of opening, this lift has no power at the summit and relies on a generator.Most of the lift line.View riding up.Nearing the crossover.Tower 19.Breakover towers at the summit.Mt. Washington seen from the top.LPA station.Riding under the Mountaineer on the Flying Yankee.Side view of the drive.Three segment splice tower 7.Overview of the crossing.Steep section of the lift line.Tower 10.Combination assemblies.View back down.Tower 12.Unskiable upper lift line.View back at tower 15.Riding up at tower 18.View back at the summit.Arriving at the return.Side view of the upper terminal.Another view of the line.Lift overview.
Surreal to finally see an HSQ up to the summit here. Curious to see how the increased capacity will play out given Attitash’s summit is still a limited number of old-school, narrow winding trails and Vail’s history of ops decisions here.
This lift, like the Flying Bear, seem to eject you as you reach the top. They don’t really slow down (at the unload point) as much as most other HSQ’s.
This lift literally launches you off your seat at the top but is a welcome upgrade. Was there on March 2nd and can confirm generators are still powering the shack at the top
Sounds like generators were powering the whole lift, not just the top shack. Maybe I’m missing something, but why not just build it bottom drive if power to the top wasn’t in place?
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This was very much an overdue lift upgrade for Attitash.
That 14 minute ride on the old triple felt like an eternity compared to the new 6.5 minute ride time of the Mountaineer.
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Surreal to finally see an HSQ up to the summit here. Curious to see how the increased capacity will play out given Attitash’s summit is still a limited number of old-school, narrow winding trails and Vail’s history of ops decisions here.
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Skiing here in the 90’s in the ASC days, you thought for sure they’d be upgrading this to a HSQ. Amazing it took this long….
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This is the only LPA lift in New Hampshire.
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Those operating houses look suspiciously like doppelmayr operating houses
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This lift, like the Flying Bear, seem to eject you as you reach the top. They don’t really slow down (at the unload point) as much as most other HSQ’s.
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This lift literally launches you off your seat at the top but is a welcome upgrade. Was there on March 2nd and can confirm generators are still powering the shack at the top
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Sounds like generators were powering the whole lift, not just the top shack. Maybe I’m missing something, but why not just build it bottom drive if power to the top wasn’t in place?
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I’m dumb, it’s absolutely a bottom drive.
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