This Skytrac triple anchors an expansion area opened in 2021.View from the top terminal.Skytrac Monarch with Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in the distance.Unloading area and lift shack.View down the line with snowmaking.Middle part of the line with combo assemblies.Skytrac tower with Leitner-Poma sheaves.The steepest part of the lift line.The bottom terminal sits in a narrow canyon.View up at tower 2.Loading area.Peak return terminal.Lift overview.The lift line.Side view of tower 1.Lower station overview.Lower part of the lift line.View up at tower 5.Lower half of the lift.Upper half.Breakover towers.
Yes and no. In a good year, this face probably holds 50-70in of base through April. In a bad year… Yes none, but JH gets consistently cold in the winter. Enough to make snow at town level every night for about 3 months if you wanted to. It’s also higher elevation, so manmade snow + cold climate means it will stick around.
This will never be their late or early season lift, but it should reliably open for 2.5-3 months a year. Unlike if you plopped a similar aspect lift in lower and/or warmer elevations like NE, the Cascades, Tahoe etc.
Quad fixed chairs are more work for the liftie to swing, and I’d think the ski area had a sense of what uphill capacity they needed (it’s actually much higher than the gondola capacity in skiers per hr!).
The Snow King web site lists the vertical of this lift at 580′ which is strange because looking at a topo map it looks like 710′. Definitely not 750′ though.
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This looks like a game-changer for Snow King! Nothing better than a pure-expansion lift into a sunny bowl with gorgeous views.
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Exposure could be an issue here
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Yes and no. In a good year, this face probably holds 50-70in of base through April. In a bad year… Yes none, but JH gets consistently cold in the winter. Enough to make snow at town level every night for about 3 months if you wanted to. It’s also higher elevation, so manmade snow + cold climate means it will stick around.
This will never be their late or early season lift, but it should reliably open for 2.5-3 months a year. Unlike if you plopped a similar aspect lift in lower and/or warmer elevations like NE, the Cascades, Tahoe etc.
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& by good year, I mean once in 5 or so. An average year is probably more like 30-50″ by closing.
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I’m curious on why they went for a triple instead of a quad
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Quad fixed chairs are more work for the liftie to swing, and I’d think the ski area had a sense of what uphill capacity they needed (it’s actually much higher than the gondola capacity in skiers per hr!).
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The Snow King web site lists the vertical of this lift at 580′ which is strange because looking at a topo map it looks like 710′. Definitely not 750′ though.
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