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Matt Z. June 11, 2018 / 5:05 pm The place might be in trouble with the 416 forest fire raging in the Durango area. LikeLike
Andy June 11, 2018 / 6:01 pm current 416 (Durango fire ) fire status here: on Iciweb US Forest Service Forest Fire Status page https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5822/ LikeLike
Wyatt April 29, 2020 / 8:51 am What happened to the Legends triple. Was it scrapped, or sold? https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tsf3-legends-poma-5205.html LikeLike
Ben Eminger March 31, 2021 / 12:07 pm Sold to Catamount MA/NY I believe, it’ll replace the retired Glade SLI double. LikeLike
Chairlift World March 9, 2023 / 4:11 pm Sadly not. The new lift has detachable quad towers, a Skytrans return station, and a used Alpha drive from Vermont. LikeLike
Chairlift World March 26, 2023 / 8:05 pm According to skilifts.org, Lift #1 was listed as a Poma triple as well as Lift #3 http://www.skilifts.org/old/co-durango.htm There are also some cool pictures of Legends #8 before removal It also lists a future HSQ for Lift #4 in Planned Lifts section LikeLike
Ryan June 12, 2024 / 11:08 pm Does anyone know for sure if the old Plunge/#9 lift from Telluride is indeed going to go in at Purgatory? LikeLike
chairliftworld1989 September 27, 2024 / 7:20 pm You can also see the bottom terminal for what looks like a Pomalift/platter LikeLike
chairliftworld October 1, 2024 / 6:07 pm Some sped up footage of Spud Mountain and Needles running together https://media.gettyimages.com/id/489-158/video/people-riding-ski-lifts.mp4?s=mp4-640×640-gi&k=20&c=5MAFJT76gryTHthHx6eCzzoRbVUs_itWBSx9eNc8QTI= LikeLiked by 2 people
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The place might be in trouble with the 416 forest fire raging in the Durango area.
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current 416 (Durango fire ) fire status here: on Iciweb US Forest Service Forest Fire Status page
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5822/
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What happened to the Legends triple. Was it scrapped, or sold?
https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tsf3-legends-poma-5205.html
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Sold to Catamount MA/NY I believe, it’ll replace the retired Glade SLI double.
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Sadly not. The new lift has detachable quad towers, a Skytrans return station, and a used Alpha drive from Vermont.
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According to skilifts.org, Lift #1 was listed as a Poma triple as well as Lift #3
http://www.skilifts.org/old/co-durango.htm
There are also some cool pictures of Legends #8 before removal
It also lists a future HSQ for Lift #4 in Planned Lifts section
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Does anyone know for sure if the old Plunge/#9 lift from Telluride is indeed going to go in at Purgatory?
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Here’s a picture of Spud in a 60s postcard
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You can also see the bottom terminal for what looks like a Pomalift/platter
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Some sped up footage of Spud Mountain and Needles running together
https://media.gettyimages.com/id/489-158/video/people-riding-ski-lifts.mp4?s=mp4-640×640-gi&k=20&c=5MAFJT76gryTHthHx6eCzzoRbVUs_itWBSx9eNc8QTI=
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