Patsy’s is one of two Yan triples that run parallel.Height adjustable return tension station.Doppelmayr upgraded towers with new crossarms, catwalks, lifting frames and sheave assemblies.Yan drive station.Motor room and unload ramp.Lift line.Side view of the bottom terminal.
They are always open together. Groove primarily serves the terrain park and Patsy’s serves beginners on the green run next to it. They are both busiest late in the day to access downloading on Gunbarrel and the Tram for people returning to the California lodge.
Patsy’s (Lift 2A) was originally a Heron double – only the second chair at Heavenly, installed in 1960 – which was contiguous with Waterfall (Lift 2b) Chair. They both loaded, in opposite directions, in an area then known as “Creek Station”. Today’s Patsy’s triple follows the same route as the original, and Waterfall went in the other direction, unloading onto a knoll to the east of upper Mambo Meadows. I remember a steep, wooden “cattle chute” that dumped skiers out near the bottom of the old Ridge Chair – Lift 3, installed in 1961.
There was a shack on that hillside known as Blue Angels Snak Haus, which was removed when Sky Deck was developed near the base of Sky Chair. These chairs were separated into two separate triples in 1982. The “new” Waterfall loading station was moved a bit west and unloaded onto a widened spot on lower Ridge Run, now sometimes configured into a terrain park. This area was, at the time, considered to be the top of the newly cut Powderbowl Run (not to be confused with Powderbowl Woods). This run could be a much-needed intermediate run for the underutilized mid-level section of the CA side, but it’s almost never groomed and consequently is usually a mess of iced over bumps.
From opening day in 1955, until Patsy’s/Waterfall (Lift 2a and b) was installed in 1960, there was a rope tow that was a precursor to Patsy’s chair. It presumably served what is now Patsy’s run and provided access to Roundabout.
I have a brochure from 1956 or 57 that has a small, rudimentary trail map stating the above, but doesn’t actually picture it. It simply states the rope tow exists, but provides no name for the lift or run(s).
I’d be interested in any information anyone can provide from this era, as I have a collection of maps and memorabilia from throughout Heavenly’s history. Obviously, the earliest years (1955-1964, or “pre-Killebrew”) are the hardest to come by.
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Are Patsy’s and Groove both open at the same time, or does one usually run?
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They are always open together. Groove primarily serves the terrain park and Patsy’s serves beginners on the green run next to it. They are both busiest late in the day to access downloading on Gunbarrel and the Tram for people returning to the California lodge.
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Patsy’s (Lift 2A) was originally a Heron double – only the second chair at Heavenly, installed in 1960 – which was contiguous with Waterfall (Lift 2b) Chair. They both loaded, in opposite directions, in an area then known as “Creek Station”. Today’s Patsy’s triple follows the same route as the original, and Waterfall went in the other direction, unloading onto a knoll to the east of upper Mambo Meadows. I remember a steep, wooden “cattle chute” that dumped skiers out near the bottom of the old Ridge Chair – Lift 3, installed in 1961.
There was a shack on that hillside known as Blue Angels Snak Haus, which was removed when Sky Deck was developed near the base of Sky Chair. These chairs were separated into two separate triples in 1982. The “new” Waterfall loading station was moved a bit west and unloaded onto a widened spot on lower Ridge Run, now sometimes configured into a terrain park. This area was, at the time, considered to be the top of the newly cut Powderbowl Run (not to be confused with Powderbowl Woods). This run could be a much-needed intermediate run for the underutilized mid-level section of the CA side, but it’s almost never groomed and consequently is usually a mess of iced over bumps.
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From opening day in 1955, until Patsy’s/Waterfall (Lift 2a and b) was installed in 1960, there was a rope tow that was a precursor to Patsy’s chair. It presumably served what is now Patsy’s run and provided access to Roundabout.
I have a brochure from 1956 or 57 that has a small, rudimentary trail map stating the above, but doesn’t actually picture it. It simply states the rope tow exists, but provides no name for the lift or run(s).
I’d be interested in any information anyone can provide from this era, as I have a collection of maps and memorabilia from throughout Heavenly’s history. Obviously, the earliest years (1955-1964, or “pre-Killebrew”) are the hardest to come by.
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