Yup, will be a membership. Private ski club. They are not yet ready to release more details so what you are able to find in google search is all you are going to get.
618 is an extremely long lift with some very steep sections. Almost 9000 feet long and holds 200 bubble chairs rivaling the Flyer over at Copper. Chairs have Leather seats, custom logos, seat heating and bubbles. Word is they cost up to $20K per chair. #11 is very steep as it goes up to the top of Jacob’s Ridge. #11 also didn’t open until the last day of the season and was only open for scenic rides and tours. The lift that is being built, #2 will start right next to the bottom of 618 and run lookers right where it will meet with other proposed lifts. 618 has 30 towers while 11 has 17.
Not that I’ve found. Just a standard LPA fixed grip with an Alpha terminal. Starts at the bottom of 618 and runs up A.O.K. to the right of. Super short lift.
On the terminal sidings for chair 1, the lifts name is 618. For chair 3 its 11. These refer to old train lines and engines within the Wasatch and Utah. 618 was an old engine, and 11 was named after another engine which was referred to as “Tooele Valley 11”. However, on their mountain report, the names “618” and “11” are no longer listed. Chair 1/618 is now listed at the Diamond Peak lift, and Chair 3/11 is listed as the Jacobs Ridge lift.
It’s not much but better than nothing. Updated google maps shows the new 4CLD-B from last summer as well as the construction of the two new lifts this summer. The new 4CLD-B looks like just a lift to service ski-in ski-out homes on the north side of the ski area and the new gondola appears to connect the base of the ski area to what appears to be a developing village (which is also where you can see the new golf course starts). Not gonna lie, this place looks pretty awesome.
Ha! 3 peaks and a mile point 5 if you’re being generous. As far as snow totals go, it’s a bit nebulous. Basin and PC claim 300, PowMow 500. Thurston is on a N-S ridgeline, exposed to both the west and east. The real producers in this part of the Wasatch are NW flow and wet/barely-cold-enough southeasterly wraparounds. Since Basin doesn’t benefit much from NW flow, I doubt Thurston does, either. The Bench Anomalies don’t help cos they don’t form high enough above Layton to clear the ridge. This leaves the southeasterly wraparound, and since the ridgeline is lower and less complex than PC and Basin, orographics aren’t favourable, either. Steenburgh’s snow map in Secrets of the (debatably) Greatest Snow on Earth at least supports my theory.
I agree with what you have here. There’s not a SNOTEL site close enough to verify so we do have to make assumptions. It should be similar to Snowbasin, but slightly less favorable across the board. It will also suffer the same elevation problems PC and Snowbasin do. Perfectly fine snow conditions in a good year, but very at risk in poor years.
A reminder to everyone, don’t trust claimed totals unless a ski area can back that up with high quality data (Alta). It’s very easy to manipulate by having the stake in a specific spot.
Steenburgh’s book is fantastic, anyone interested in Utah skiing should have a copy. His blog is also worth following.
Jim Steenburgh is a National Treasure. I drove up to Logan from Ogden one night back in the day to catch a lecture. Very happy I did. If I’d known about folks like him when I was young and excitable, I mighta actually done that college bidness up goodly.
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when will you get these?
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When someone invites me :)
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Can’t you just go in the summer?
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It’s a private resort.. Not open to the public.
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Peter has a full-time job, cut him a little slack….
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How do people get access to ski here? Is it a membership?
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Yup, will be a membership. Private ski club. They are not yet ready to release more details so what you are able to find in google search is all you are going to get.
Click to access Wasatch-Peaks-Ranch-Brochure.pdf
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Interesting how they are going for a fixed grip triple now for their new lift instead of a bubble quad
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I think it’s great! Not everything needs to be high speed. Or have bubbles.
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Dang! Starting out strong with two high speed quad bubble chairs!
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618 is an extremely long lift with some very steep sections. Almost 9000 feet long and holds 200 bubble chairs rivaling the Flyer over at Copper. Chairs have Leather seats, custom logos, seat heating and bubbles. Word is they cost up to $20K per chair. #11 is very steep as it goes up to the top of Jacob’s Ridge. #11 also didn’t open until the last day of the season and was only open for scenic rides and tours. The lift that is being built, #2 will start right next to the bottom of 618 and run lookers right where it will meet with other proposed lifts. 618 has 30 towers while 11 has 17.
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Holds almost up to 200 chairs*
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any pictures of the bubble chairlift?
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Top of 11
Base Area at Bottom of 618
Bottom of #11 on opening day
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Here’s another one of 618
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Here’s the liftline for 618:
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Wish someone would get a pic of their trail map. Curious as to how the mountain is setup.
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More photos of the lift construction by LPA:
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Here you go Randy
https://yt3.ggpht.com/wdrLIY1xN3UNjvvl_YATcdClGk0dslbfMJ_0SPaJ-1_zC72p1mdwljg5V_PYexX_I2LstjkfzUMUKE0=s2048-nd-v1
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Grey bubbles?
Are those the first LPA lifts with grey bubbles?
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Here is their 2023-2024 trail map.
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21-22 Trail Map:
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Chair 11 recently got a parking rail.
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Their first fatality. Sadly.
https://www.ksl.com/article/50554208/1-killed-in-ski-accident-at-private-utah-resort
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Any Pictures of the new triple chair?
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What I do know is that it’s similar to Loveland’s new Lift 6, which was built that same year.
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Not that I’ve found. Just a standard LPA fixed grip with an Alpha terminal. Starts at the bottom of 618 and runs up A.O.K. to the right of. Super short lift.
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On the terminal sidings for chair 1, the lifts name is 618. For chair 3 its 11. These refer to old train lines and engines within the Wasatch and Utah. 618 was an old engine, and 11 was named after another engine which was referred to as “Tooele Valley 11”. However, on their mountain report, the names “618” and “11” are no longer listed. Chair 1/618 is now listed at the Diamond Peak lift, and Chair 3/11 is listed as the Jacobs Ridge lift.
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I saw these lifts as I drove by. It’s south of Snowbasin. What splits them is a valley so technically they are right next to each other
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Here’s that picture that responds to the comment above:
https://yt3.ggpht.com/wdrLIY1xN3UNjvvl_YATcdClGk0dslbfMJ_0SPaJ-1_zC72p1mdwljg5V_PYexX_I2LstjkfzUMUKE0=s2048-nd-v1
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It’s not much but better than nothing. Updated google maps shows the new 4CLD-B from last summer as well as the construction of the two new lifts this summer. The new 4CLD-B looks like just a lift to service ski-in ski-out homes on the north side of the ski area and the new gondola appears to connect the base of the ski area to what appears to be a developing village (which is also where you can see the new golf course starts). Not gonna lie, this place looks pretty awesome.
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At least this is not Yellowstone Club.
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Does anyone know if the mountain actually averages 400 inches?
Also, I watched a few YouTube videos on the club, and all were saying different stats.
One also said spanning 20 peaks and 20 miles wide, not sure if it’s accurate. doesn’t seem right.
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Ha! 3 peaks and a mile point 5 if you’re being generous. As far as snow totals go, it’s a bit nebulous. Basin and PC claim 300, PowMow 500. Thurston is on a N-S ridgeline, exposed to both the west and east. The real producers in this part of the Wasatch are NW flow and wet/barely-cold-enough southeasterly wraparounds. Since Basin doesn’t benefit much from NW flow, I doubt Thurston does, either. The Bench Anomalies don’t help cos they don’t form high enough above Layton to clear the ridge. This leaves the southeasterly wraparound, and since the ridgeline is lower and less complex than PC and Basin, orographics aren’t favourable, either. Steenburgh’s snow map in Secrets of the (debatably) Greatest Snow on Earth at least supports my theory.
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I agree with what you have here. There’s not a SNOTEL site close enough to verify so we do have to make assumptions. It should be similar to Snowbasin, but slightly less favorable across the board. It will also suffer the same elevation problems PC and Snowbasin do. Perfectly fine snow conditions in a good year, but very at risk in poor years.
A reminder to everyone, don’t trust claimed totals unless a ski area can back that up with high quality data (Alta). It’s very easy to manipulate by having the stake in a specific spot.
Steenburgh’s book is fantastic, anyone interested in Utah skiing should have a copy. His blog is also worth following.
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Jim Steenburgh is a National Treasure. I drove up to Logan from Ogden one night back in the day to catch a lecture. Very happy I did. If I’d known about folks like him when I was young and excitable, I mighta actually done that college bidness up goodly.
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