The new Rip’s Ride is quite short and services beginner terrain.This lift was the fifth LPA detachable built at Breckenridge.Side view of the return in the Peak 8 base area.Tower 1.View riding up.Arriving at the drive terminal.Unloading area.There are maintenance rails at both ends.View down the line.Upper station area.The lift unloads slightly higher than the previous double to allow for ski out to the Town of Breckenridge.View up at tower 4.The first few towers.Side view of the bottom terminal.Side view of the upper station.LPA quad chair.Loading area.Chair turnaround.View back down the line.
It’s been a bit of a shortcoming that Peak 8 has lacked beginner terrain serviced by detachables (unless you wanted to ski down Springmeier from the Vista Haus). Now that shortcoming doesn’t exist anymore.
With Breck, it definitely is noticeable that this is a super short high speed quad. Before this was built, Imperial was the shortest detachable on the mountain (2,714 feet long), and every other detachable is a minimum of 5,400 feet in length. (Though this will soon change with Lift 5’s upgrade next year, as that’ll only be 3,600 feet long)
I find it quite odd they didn’t name give it the “SuperChair” name like every other detachable chairlift on the mountain. Having this one that doesn’t have the name makes the it seem out of place and makes it less obvious that it’s high speed for those looking at the trail map and snow report.
Yeah, that did seem strange too. I think “Ripperoo SuperChair” would’ve worked here, or just changing the name to something other than the mascot. Hopefully they’ll use a more creative name for next year’s replacement of Lift 5.
Nothing super about the chair.. just call it Rip’s Express. Express- like all other mountains refer to their high speed lifts as. SuperChair would have been appropriate for Quicksilver- being the first HSQ lift.. and perhaps some of those early high speed lifts as well, but now.. there is really nothing super about them. But then again, it’s just a name.
Breck calls their high speed lifts ‘superchairs’ to distinguish themselves from other ski resorts, and also likely as an artifact of the days when Aspen Ski Co owned them (Aspen referred to their first Poma high speed quads as superchairs on trail maps through 1993).
The reason they made this detachable is because detachable lifts are easier to load than traditional fixed grips, which helps reduce the amount of downtime due to misloads. Keep in mind, Rip’s gets quite busy during peak periods, and the less slows/stops the lift has, the shorter the lines are going to be.
I think Breckenridge should add a conveyor lift that would connect the base of Peak 8 with the terminal of this lift. Unlike most lifts on Peak 8, you have to climb up a small hill to get to this lift. Adding a conveyor would really help with that.
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It’s been a bit of a shortcoming that Peak 8 has lacked beginner terrain serviced by detachables (unless you wanted to ski down Springmeier from the Vista Haus). Now that shortcoming doesn’t exist anymore.
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It’s so odd to see such a short HSQ, Its a nice looking lift tho. Breck does a really nice job with their terminal design.
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With Breck, it definitely is noticeable that this is a super short high speed quad. Before this was built, Imperial was the shortest detachable on the mountain (2,714 feet long), and every other detachable is a minimum of 5,400 feet in length. (Though this will soon change with Lift 5’s upgrade next year, as that’ll only be 3,600 feet long)
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I find it quite odd they didn’t name give it the “SuperChair” name like every other detachable chairlift on the mountain. Having this one that doesn’t have the name makes the it seem out of place and makes it less obvious that it’s high speed for those looking at the trail map and snow report.
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Yeah, that did seem strange too. I think “Ripperoo SuperChair” would’ve worked here, or just changing the name to something other than the mascot. Hopefully they’ll use a more creative name for next year’s replacement of Lift 5.
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I feel like “Rip’s Ride SuperChair” would’ve worked just as well, to keep it simple.
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Nothing super about the chair.. just call it Rip’s Express. Express- like all other mountains refer to their high speed lifts as. SuperChair would have been appropriate for Quicksilver- being the first HSQ lift.. and perhaps some of those early high speed lifts as well, but now.. there is really nothing super about them. But then again, it’s just a name.
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Breck calls their high speed lifts ‘superchairs’ to distinguish themselves from other ski resorts, and also likely as an artifact of the days when Aspen Ski Co owned them (Aspen referred to their first Poma high speed quads as superchairs on trail maps through 1993).
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Rode this for the first time a couple weeks ago, bottom terminal feels like they dug it down a bit, and the march up the hill seemed easier.
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Video of the lift.
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I feel like it would’ve been more appropriate to make this a FGQ
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The reason they made this detachable is because detachable lifts are easier to load than traditional fixed grips, which helps reduce the amount of downtime due to misloads. Keep in mind, Rip’s gets quite busy during peak periods, and the less slows/stops the lift has, the shorter the lines are going to be.
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Good point
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I think Breckenridge should add a conveyor lift that would connect the base of Peak 8 with the terminal of this lift. Unlike most lifts on Peak 8, you have to climb up a small hill to get to this lift. Adding a conveyor would really help with that.
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Like the Deer park carpet at Bridger Bowl, connecting two lifts terminals.
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