Just got home from my first Whistler visit since 2021. New Fitz chair seems like a real gimmick for winter. Will be a huge benefit for the summer bikers.
One question I had about cosmetics, Fitz 8’s original destination is made obvious by that PCMR Red. Will JC6 also have its PCMR roots made as obvious in its installation or will it be the (in my humble opinion) drab and generic WB white/grey with a red gutter?
many of the lift parts are whistler now, and it looks like the terminals will be park city red. Fitzsimmons looks good in red but I don’t think JC will, especially with Glacier next to it in blue and BG and Catskinner just down the hill in the usual colours. Just my opinion. Hope they paint it before it goes up
Drab white/grey, orange, purple, USFS green- it makes no never mind as long as it runs and gets one up the hill, no? (Although certain paint schemes are better than others, yes).
My wish list would include a resurrection of the Orange Chair (top of Creekside up Dave Murray Downhill to Garbo/Chic Pea). It would relieve some of the pressure on Red in the Winter (especially when the Alpine is closed) with the added bonus of direct Bike Park access to the Garbo zone from Creekside in the Summer.
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Apparently a number of ppl who work for the mountain says there going to replace it after jersey crème.
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Replace it – as in the wvg.
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Just got home from my first Whistler visit since 2021. New Fitz chair seems like a real gimmick for winter. Will be a huge benefit for the summer bikers.
One question I had about cosmetics, Fitz 8’s original destination is made obvious by that PCMR Red. Will JC6 also have its PCMR roots made as obvious in its installation or will it be the (in my humble opinion) drab and generic WB white/grey with a red gutter?
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I’m not 100% certain, but I think the lift will be whatever colour Park city ordered.
Rob :-)
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many of the lift parts are whistler now, and it looks like the terminals will be park city red. Fitzsimmons looks good in red but I don’t think JC will, especially with Glacier next to it in blue and BG and Catskinner just down the hill in the usual colours. Just my opinion. Hope they paint it before it goes up
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Drab white/grey, orange, purple, USFS green- it makes no never mind as long as it runs and gets one up the hill, no? (Although certain paint schemes are better than others, yes).
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I think after Jersey Cream, the next 3 upgrades will be the WVG, then Garbanzo/Franz, then 7th Heaven. All before 2030.
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I hope you are right.
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any more word on what’s next? and what year you think the next one might be done in?
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Peter, you forgot to put that the Solar Coaster Express had bubbles when the chairs got moved from wizard.
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The bubbles lived on Wizard in the winter time. We would put half a line of bubbles (every other chair) on solar Coaster for summer operations.
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Fun! :-(
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Few things i noticed when i went here last year:
There is what looks to be an old Yan counterweight underneath the magic lift:
On the skiers rightmost of the Olympic chair, there is an old yan motor room:
And for some reason, in the roundhouse lodge area, there is a Mueller lattice tower with a yan tower tube bolted on top of it?
Sorry for the blurry photo, but does anyone know what this is for?
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My wish list would include a resurrection of the Orange Chair (top of Creekside up Dave Murray Downhill to Garbo/Chic Pea). It would relieve some of the pressure on Red in the Winter (especially when the Alpine is closed) with the added bonus of direct Bike Park access to the Garbo zone from Creekside in the Summer.
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I agree, Orange needs to come back!
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